Library Mural CollaborativePitch Project
My Role: Co-Ordinator, planner and muralist.
Deliverables: Wall Mural
The library at The University Of Huddersfield is a place full of inspiration and yet the walls were plain, which doesn't lead it to feeling like a creative space.
This is why we pitched to brighten up the 3rd floor (which houses the creative subjects books) by creating a wall mural that showcases the creativity of the course we study and our individual styles (read more about the process below)!
My Illustrations for the Mural
My contributions for the artwork mock up. I made each illustration quite simple, as I felt this style would work well being painted at a large scale, while still being attainable skills wise and complimenting others work in the space.
To get this wall filled with the concept design we measured and gridded up the wall so we would be able to translate the elements to the wall with ease and fair distribution of our work and colour combinations.
Presentation Pitch for the University
We had the idea of doing a mural and decided to talk to the library staff. On talking to the lovely people that worked in the office we were told to come back with a presentation, but they were very positive it'd get the approval! In order to come across as professional, but also excited I created the layout and chose fonts/images that helped showcase who we were as people.
It went really well and we were asked to create some kind of idea of what we wanted to do individually (style wise) and the equipment we'd need. We did a lot of research into paint, however we were waiting on a call by a muralist to give more advice on this.
This was first presentation which got us the initial yes
And the second presentation with a few more details.
Health and Safety forms for the practical elements of the painting.
The Painting Process & Some Advice
We arranged a conversation with British artist and muralist David Shillinglaw as he was a big inspiration and knew far more about the process due to it being in part his career; he gave us some invaluable advice on some dos and don'ts:
- Use Dulux water based paint (opposed to acrylic blend) as it's cheaper and more durable.
- Plan to a point, things may change in the space and be open to that.
- Paint in stages of lightest to darkest as it's far easier to go over mistakes made with lighter colours using darker colours.
This advice came just in time and we were able to sort a revised list for order before presenting our 'final' piece and forms.
