Unit 9- 3 careers

3 jobs i could do after the end of my course.


Art teacher:

39+ hours a week with pay starting £22,244 per year. 

Teaching takes place for 39 weeks a year, usually from 9am to 3.30pm or 4pm. You are likely to spend several more hours outside of these times, planning lessons, marking pupils' work and taking part in activities such as outings, parent evenings and training.

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/secondaryschoolteacher.aspx#sthash.dKJ290UG.dpuf

Your work would be in state or independent schools, teaching children aged from 11 to 16, or up to 19 in schools with sixth forms. You would:

• specialise in teaching one or two subjects
• teach classes of different ages and abilities throughout the school
• prepare pupils for exams like GCSEs and A levels

You would also:

• prepare lessons and teaching materials
• mark and assess work
• manage class behaviour
• work with other professionals such as educational psychologists
• discuss pupils' progress with parents and carers 
• attend meetings and training
• organise outings, social activities and sports events.

For these routes, you will need:

• GCSEs (A*-C) in English and maths (and science, depending on your teaching subject) or equivalent qualifications 
• passes (before starting ITET) in numeracy and literacy skills tests
• Enhanced background checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

You will also need experience of working with young people through paid work or volunteering for example, at a local school, through youth work or on a holiday scheme. The NCTL has lots of advice about contacting schools for work experience. It also offers up to 10 days' classroom experience in certain secondary subjects through the School Experience Programme. 

Interior designer:

£18,000 + per year with hours variable

To be an interior designer you will need a high level of design skill, which means you usually need to have completed an art- or design-related foundation degree, HND or degree.

Junior interior designers can earn from around £18,000 to £22,000 a year.

Experienced designers can earn between £24,000 and £40,000 a year, with senior designers earning £45,000 or more a year.

Freelance designers set their own hourly rates.

Several training providers offer interior design courses (some by distance learning) and related subjects, such as fine art, 3D design, spatial design and interior architecture. Entry requirements for courses vary, so you should check with colleges and universities directly. 

To become an interior designer, you will need to have: 

• creativity
• practical skills
• excellent organisational skills
• project-management skills
• drawing, computer-aided design (CAD) and model-making skills
• an understanding of building and safety regulations
• knowledge of products, materials and architectural history
• effective communication skills, for working with suppliers, contractors and clients
• the ability to find practical solutions to problems
• the ability to work out costs and keep to budgets
• business skills if self-employed.

Tattoo artist: 

salary starting at £15,000 for 30 - 40 hours a week

A tattooist, on a day-to-day basis you can:

• advise clients on suitable tattoos
• make sure that the chosen design is exactly what the client wants
• check that clients understand that the tattoo is permanent
• copy the chosen design onto the customer’s skin, either by drawing freehand or using a transfer
• follow the design lines with an electrically-operated needle, which injects ink under the skin
• use different shapes and numbers of needles depending on the type of tattoo
• make sure all equipment is sterilised and clean and follow strict hygiene and health and safety procedures
• keep your knowledge of the latest trends in tattooing current

You may also spend some time researching artwork, creating new designs and developing a portfolio of your work to showcase your skills to potential customers. 

You would usually work a five-day or six-day week, including Saturdays.

Studio hours are usually 9am to 5pm, but you may schedule your work into short sessions during the day because of the level of concentration and attention to detail you need.

It is usual to become a tattooist by completing an apprenticeship. You’ll need to approach local registered tattooists and ask if they will agree to take you on as a trainee. A tattooist may expect you to demonstrate that you have a real interest in tattooing and that you have artistic ability. Developing a portfolio of your artwork and design ideas can be a good way to showcase your talents.

Your apprenticeship may not be paid and you can be expected to provide your own equipment and sterilising units. 

As a tattooist you will need to contact the local council where your premises are based and register for a tattoo, piercing and electrolysis licence. You must register both yourself and your premises. It is illegal to work as a tattooist without being registered. 

further FMP Activities.

Today, i continued researching further into my final piece, to find more resources for my bibliography. I now have 4 books that i have borrowed from the learning curve to help me with my research on the topic i have chosen, which is architecture.
Once i had gathered more information, later that day i took part in 2 group activites to help us understand our project more. The first activity i was in a group of 5 and we had to work as a team to create the tallest tower possible, made from 50 straws and duct tape. This is how ours turned out:

The objective of this activity was to create a tower which would securely hold a wooden ball somewhere in the structure. This turned out really well as, we worked as a team to overcome certain problems such as, we had to create a base to hold it steady as at first it was too heavy and began to topple over, however omce we created a type of base, it stood up on its own quite well. We also added extra straws down the sides to make it more secure.
This is an image i had taken at the beginning of the activity to show our planning and development.

For the second task we were put into groups of 4, however this time it was with different people. We had to create a structure that would hold a kg weight and then a five kg weight, using just card. We created a triangular sttucture, which looked like this:

It worked quite well for the 1kg weight, however when we placed the 5kg weight in the structure, it wasnt strong rnough to hold it, therefore it collapsed and was crused by the weight. To prevent this from happening if we did it again, i would add more slots on the inside to try and strengthen it.

Start of FMP Activities

In today's lesson i participated in 2 activities, which involved enlarging an image. In the first task, we were set into groups of four and each given a quater of an image to enlarge on an A2 piece of paper, which when put together with the other 3 sheets, it would create the same image on an A0 scale. This is how our groups drawing turned out. 

This is the completed version of all four sheets, which all use a range of different media's, including coloured pencils and water colour paints. It was quite difficult creating this as we all had to measure out the parts that joined each sheet together, which was harder than i thought, however we managed to do this without too much hassle.

This is the section of the image that i created, using water colour paints, brusho inks and coloured pencils, which i think works really well. It turned out better than i thought it would, as i thought that using water colour may make it look messy, however i like the effect it has created.

The second task also included enlarging an image, however this time it was a lot more complicated.

You first had to mark out the middle of the page by drawing a line from corner to corner using a set square to make sure that the lines were in the correct place.

You then had to draw a 7cm by 5cm rectangle using a ruler, and cut out a rectangular window. You then used this to choose a part of an image to enlarge.

Once you'd chosen the section of the image you wanted to enlarge, you had to draw out cm squares over the image.
After this you had to follow the same steps and draw another rectangle on a A2 piece of paper, but 5x bigger, so this time it woukd be 12.5cm by 17.5cm. However, whilst i was doing this i found it quite difficult doing the measurements as they didn't seem to be going to the correct scale. As a result of this, i didnt have enough time to finish tbe second task, however i aim to complete this in Tomorrow's sole lesson.

I have also completed a small mind map exploring different ideas and themes that i can focus on for my FMP.

Power list 100

Contextual studies: power list 100
Top 10.

1. Iwan & Manuela Wirth

2. Ai Weiwei 

3. David Zwirner
4. Hans Ulrich Obrist & Julia Peyton-Jones
5. Nicholas Serota
6. Larry Gagosian
7. Glenn D. Lowry
8. Marina Abramović
9. Adam D. Weinberg
10. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

David Zwirner born october 23rd, 1964 is an American art dealer and owner of the David Zwirner gallery in newyork city and london, which opened in 2012.
 David zwirner was also partners with Iwan Wirth in " Zwirner and Wirth" a gallery in newyork that focused on private sales. 
In April 2011, actor, director and philanthropist ben stiller joined Zwirner to organize "artists for haiti" an auction to raise money for education and health programs for children. The auction took place at Christie's in New York on September 22nd 2011 and raised $13,662,000.

Throughout unit 3 i have created 8 design sheets based on 6 different art movements: pop art, YBA'S, Abstract expressionism, Bauhaus, arts and crafts and art deco.
For two of the design sheets i had taken my own primary photos to use.

For my arts and crafts sheet, i decided to research william morris, who uses a lot of flourelle patterns. Go create this sheet i used acrylic paint and oil pastels, as a lot of his work used block colour. I think this sheet could have turned out better, unfortunately i was running out of time whilst i was creating this sheet so it isn't to the standard i had hoped.

This is my development sheet on art deco based on Louis lozowick's work. These are the primsry photos that i had taken of architecture whilst i was on the college trip to newyork. I decided to create this sheet using Hb pencils, as his work is quite dark and looks pencil like, however i also decided to use coloured pencils on this sheet so that it wasn't exactly like his work.

This focuses on Frank stellas abstract expressionism. I used coloured pencils and felt tip pens to create this sheet. I dont really like this as although It is quite colourful the background is really plain, and doesnt really look like there is much on it. Also, using the coloured felt tips made the sheet look very messy and not very neat or professional.

This design sheet is based on Bauhaus. I used coloured inks to create this as they are brighter and dry quicker than paint. I really like this as its reslly colourful and the black background makes it stand out. 

This is my YBA'S design sheet based on damien hirst. I used coloured pencils to create this as i wanted to mskr it look as realistic as possible and by using coloured pencils i can include more detail. I cut out the wings of the bird so that they stand out more. 

This is the first sheet i created on art deco based on Louis lozowick's work which i later went on to develop further. I used HB pencils to create this sheet so that i could get to the darkest and lightest shades. I also usdd a yellow coloured pencil just to add a little colour. This is also one of my favourites as it inxludes a lot more detail.

This is my 2nd development sheet based on arts and crafts. I didnt really know what to do for this at first so i decided to take certain parts from my prep sheet such as flowers and birds and try to create a pattern. I used coloured pencils and felt tip pens to create this which worked really well as while using the coloured pencils to create detail, i then used felt tip pens as a block colour.

This is my design sheet for the art movement pop art, focusing on the artist Niagara. To create this sheet i used acrylic paint, pastels, and biro pens. I really like this sheet as the colours stand out and make it look really eye catching, and i think that the mixed medias work really well together.