Punk Pattern: Beginning to Finished Piece

The Guardian asked us to create a punk pattern for a jewelry box. 

Clay tiles: punk objects pressed into clay and that leaves an impression of the object behind.
Create patterns with the punk object in the clay then have them sent off to be biscuit fired.
I did 6 tiles and i'll admit that I only like half of them, second from the bottom then fourth than 5th.
The zips and studs looked great, nice detail and the groves are visible but the safety pins didn't give results the way I wanted without deforming the clay around it.

After being biscuit fired then glazed and then re-fired this is the results. The colours I choose to glazed with were red and purple, colours that I thought would look punk and they did. The purple has a tinge of grey to it that gives off a brooding emotion where as the red gives an explosion of chaos.
These emotional vibes of the colours combined with the object imprints enhance their punk theme making them great for example pieces for the project on colour and placement choices. The zippers fired perfectly with defined detail and the rough looking tiles now finished do look great as punk doesn't care for neatness.
Health & Safety

• Keep clay & tools away from face area!!!
• Clean tools after use.
• Use care when handling the tools!!
• Keep glaze power away from face area!!!
• Keep work space clean & tidy.
• Apron & gloves optional.

After consulting with myself I decided to try the lino route. So after choosing some repeating objects like the safety pins, as I thought they'd be better productive on lino piece (which they were),  I also choose some new ones like keys and skulls for a wider punk range.  After deciding what to carve I paused to think about what the placement would look like, mostly I thought of them on the spot but with the skull I did some thumb nail sketches in my sketchbook to help me think. The union jack has a placement of its own so no changes there, the safety pins I kept the same design as the clay tile one and the keys were a free flow kind of design that did end up looking ok.

The safety pins and skull carved out nicely shaped and even gave positive prints on a good range of textured materials, the union also print very well no real troubles there as it is a simple design. The keys were a bit tricky to print fully as there was either too much ink or not enough as it is a compacted design but I did get some good ones. Again I use red and purple for colour choice as they gave great results on the clay tiles before and on lino print they gave great results for that too that I was happy with. Although when I did tiles with the linos I choose green and grey/blue glazes to also widen the range on punk fitting colours and they too gave great results that i'm happy with. The lino clay tiles fired well and the images are clear to see with the smooth glaze texture they finished well and i'm happy with the examples.
I next did plaster casts of my linos which is a 3D surface texture piece made by using non-fired clay tiles as a mould, build walls around them as a container for the mixer of plaster powder and water making sure there are no holes.
They dry fast and naturally. They finished wonderfully, if a bit chunky never the less they managed to produce clear 3D images of my lino pieces. You can't use glaze on plaster cast but normal paints are fine though I didn't paint mine as I thought they were better off as natural sample. Though I am pleased with them I believe they are successful examples.
Health & Safety

• Keep lino & tools away from face area!!!
• Carve away from hand!!
• Keep lino shaving in a pile!
• Keep inks away from face area!!!
• Keep work space tidy.
• Keep plaster powder away from face area!!!
• Don't leave hand in plaster mix!!!!
• Wash hands straight after!
• Aprons & gloves optional.

Resposse: which is drawing/pressing into metal. These pieces are from drink can metal so the metal is harder then the normally used metal for respousse, but I did the best I could which wasn't bad as there is some impression and the images are visible. They might not be 100% success but near 60% at least, this has shown me that using a different method would be better as there is a shortage on the normal metal used for the technique so is was wiser to use a different approach. These are old ideas that aren't really designs more of a sort of test for the metal then for a pattern choice but they did give an alright result that I am happy with but won't be using, only another sample to come back to.
Health & Safety

• Careful of sharp edges!
• Keep metal away from face area!!!
• Keep work space tidy.

This poorly crafted art piece is nail art, a technique like the name suggests uses nails to create a picture then threading through it to structure it more strongly/visually. I was trying to craft a union jack in a sort of abstract way, which although that part was achieved on some level the result I wanted wasn't however achieved. It has a child like quality to it which i didn't want but does make you smile in a odd way. The background is made up of three layers of cardboard and a book page for a visual backdrop, the third layer of cardboard I shaped into the cross then covered that in a netted fabric for more of a texture affect then for beauty wise. I choose the tradition colours to do the rest of the nails and as you can see it didn't go as I had hoped, the result was definitely not what I had imagined it to be so it was not a success. Though it doesn't really feel punk it does make a good example to look back on as I can improve on were I had lacked in direction.
Health & Safety

• Keep nails away from face area!!
• Be careful when handling the nails!
• Wear a thimble if found or use masking tape.
• Be patient.
• Keep work space tidy.
• Use scissors with care!

Layered cardboard is a good technique and can be a bit hard to cut with scissors or a scalpel so choose wisely and carefully. The technique is easy to follow as your pieces either get smaller or bigger depending on how you want to layer it. I choose my union jack pattern for this technique as I though it would look neater though I did rush it a bit so it's slightly jagged. A technique I wouldn't usually use but it does have a nice affect and great for sample making. I'll admit that I could of done it with a bit more patience but at least it does look like my pattern so there is success in that. I won't be using this technique but I like the idea of a cardboard background.
Health & Safety

• Use caution  when cutting the cardboard with either scissors or scalpel!!
• Keep cardboard & tools away from face area!!!
• Keep work space tidy.
• Be patient. 

 This is my final pattern, improved from my original lino cuts.
I chose which of my linos would I like to work from and that was my skull piece, so drawing three different patterns based on that first design I finally came to draw this design which I thought was an improvement. I stuck to making my final piece a lino print because the texture and unneatness just seems to shout punk. I am very pleased with the piece as it is successful in shape and manages to look clear and professional at only 8cm by 8cm, this is my final lino that will create my final punk pattern piece.
The same health & safety rules apply! 

My final punk piece.
I thought a white cardboard background would look more professional and contrast better with the dark ink colour choices. Purple and black harmonise well together and create a good punk affect, the rough texture and the skulls looking slightly deformed beautifully enhances the punk theme more. Imagery is still clear and visible also to my view has a professional finish to it. My inspiration was from Vivianne Westwood herself with her punk aura and unwavering charisma.