L'automatica Workshop- Barcelona
I was been selected to go and visit L’automatica workshop in Barcelona, to do a project with 2nd and 3rd year Graphic design students. This project has been one of the great and first experiences that I have had. During the first day, I wasn’t too keen about this trip as everything was new to me and I have never been away from my family. However, throughout this trip, I have learnt many things such as using big printing machines, work with others in a small group and I have realised that the 3rd year students were quite clever as they were doing work very quick, rather than wasting valuable time, and they were able to pick up any mistakes that we had made. I have never been too keen on working with others, as I like working independently. However, after couple of days everyone started to get along, they were being very friendly and polite, and everyone was helping each other out despite the fact that we met each other the first time during this trip. Therefore, I started to enjoy this trip more and we were working really close due to us having less time. This project was difficult as we had to do everything manually and it was time consuming. Hence, we had to work in fast pace, in order to complete all our work in a week. Therefore I feel that I have rushed in my work, as we did not have enough time to check over every little details or to re-do the work. Overall, I absolutely enjoyed working with others as well with the teachers.
During Professional Practice module, we had lecture that we had by L’automatica, Ariadna mentioned that without Ferran, (Works at L’automatica workshop) the studio would have not been successful. This is a fact as I saw Farahn working consistently hard; he knew everything about the workshop and the decision that he made in order to finish the work. If we had any problems then we had to go to Ferran to give us solutions to overcome that issue. Without him it is very difficult to get the work done to a high standard and I would say that he is a legend, as he knows everything about the workshop/job from bottom of his heart. He is a big inspiration for me, as I have learned many things from him, such as if there is a little gap between each letter then he would add a piece of thin paper in order to fill in the gap so it is fixed tightly together. Another thing is that he creates boxes to fill up the different left over paint so it does not go to waste. It was really creative and he demonstrated us how to make a box from a card. It was really amazing as even if you fill it up with the water it would not still leak or the paper would not be damped. In addition, it was really sad that he could not communicate with us as much as others due to the fact that he could not speak English, however, there was still great understanding between all of us and he really helped everyone with any problems that we faced.
Here are some images shown below of how we worked as a group as well as how big are the machines in the studio.
Diwali is one of the greatest Hindu festivals, which is celebrated every year. The meaning of Diwali is that the festival celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. Although the actual legends that go with the festival are different in different parts of India for example:
- In northern India and elsewhere, Diwali celebrates Rama's return from fourteen years of exile to Ayodhya after the defeat of Ravana and his subsequent coronation as king.
- In Gujarat, the festival honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.
- In Nepal Diwali commemorates the victory of Lord Krishna over the demon king Narakaasura;
- In Bengal, it is associated with the goddess Kali.
This is one of the most festive and beautiful times of the year, especially in India. Diwali means a “row of lights”. Diwali is celebrated on the thirteen or fourteen day in the dark half of Kartik (October or November); it is also known as Krishna Chuturdashi. It is the darkest night of the darkest period, yet it is a celebration of light. Additionally, Diwali is the holy time in which we offer our prayers to Maha Lakshmi and we worship Her with piety and devotion. Maha Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and prosperity.
There are five days of celebrating this big festival of Diwali and each day different festival is celebrated.
On the first day of Diwali, housewives consider it auspicious to spring clean the home and shop for gold or kitchen utensils.
On the second day, people decorate their homes with clay lamps and create design patterns called ‘Rangoli’ on the floor using coloured powders or sand.
This is the main day of the festival when families gather together for Lakshmi puja, a prayer to Goddess Lakshmi followed by mouth-watering feasts. Also,we line are homes and streets with lanterns we explode fireworks and children play with sparkles.
This is the first day of the New Year when friends and relatives visit with gifts or money and best wishes for the season.
On the last day of Diwali, brothers visit their married sisters who welcome them with love and a lavish meal.
This is an image of ‘Rangoli’ pattern that I have created using colour powder and decorated it with lanterns.
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