The British Library

As well as Pick Me Up I visited The British Library where at first I did not know what I was going to see but was a bit disappointed when I was told it was called Comics Unmasked. Comic books are not something I particularly enjoy and although I wasn't excited I took it as a chance to learn more about the subject. The whole room was dark and spotlighted articles of old comics however I was freaked out by the models placed in corners of the room with V for Vendetta masks on. This made me paranoid and being claustrophobic having people surrounding me trying to fit in a small apace made me feel a little bit scared.

I did finally find something that I enjoyed and spent over an hour reading a Comic with a friend. We were one of the last people to leave from our group and it was very interesting to read. The comic was sewn but then taken into software to add text and even more imagery that was hard to sew onto the fabric. It gave a new feel to comics and I really lost myself in this one, something I didn't know I could enjoy. Having spent so much time on this one comic I didn't really spend enough time on the rest of the work shown but it was still interesting in ways.

I do feel like I didn't take in very much at this exhibition but I do not think it in the slightest links with my project and therefore isn't something I would do in the future. I also think that because I was not allowed to take photos that I was able to read more of what was going on but makes it hard to reference anything in the future.

Pick Me Up

Today I visited Somerset house which was holding the Pick Me Up exhibition. I was really excited to see some of the works that was being shown and I wanted to draw some inspiration from some of the people's works for my own however this was not something that actually happened. I did enjoy the exhibition and it was nice to see the people who created the works but it really didn't link to the things I was trying to do with my own project which was very disappointing.

Nevertheless, it was a great day out and got me thinking about other styles of work. It was interesting to see some of the typography work as well as bookbinding but they didn't really help with my style of binding I wanted to do. There was a lot of stuff to look at and all varied in style which meant it was interesting to learn about other works and styles of design. It also meant that everyone could find something they at least liked within it. Something that I did find nice was the amount of effort they went into creating their business cards. I picked up a few which were very nice to see and inspires my own business cards in the future hopefully.

Having the people there to talk to was slightly off putting but both helpful in ways. It was great that they could tell you about their work but it felt too much about people trying to by their stuff rather than them trying to show off their artworks. It was somewhat off putting for me as I felt like I was being watched and put me in an uncomfortable mood to find out more about what they do.

Overall, I didn't enjoy this trip as much as I would have liked however it still felt interesting and made me think about new ways to start working.