I thought about different elements to the argument of reef preservation, such as why coral is dying and the effects of this on the local communities that rely on these environments for necessities such as food and money. One factor that affects the health of the reefs is over fishing and unsustainable fishing methods. This reason particularly stood out to me as it seemed very self destructive; the people who needed the reefs the most were one of the main causes for their destruction.
I thought it might de interesting to sew into the final image on what ever material I choose to do it on, be it fabric or paper, as it might work to illustrate a fishing net. I kind of made this technique/formation of stitches up as I went along but thought it actually made the sort of pattern of lines I wanted to create. However it doesn't really resemble a net's lattice formation and therefore it might be useful for me to experiment more with different stitching techniques.
Still not sure about the effectiveness of the imagery I had made so far, I started experimenting with illustrating the colours and textures that resemble dead coral in the same sort of cell like blobs I used earlier in my experimentation.
I also thought about making a poster for the final piece as I thought the use of words might enable me to communicate my message more effectively. I really liked the watercolour + salt technique I had used earlier and wanted to incorporate this into the image some how so decided to experiment with making typography out of it. I am not very comfortable with using fonts and typography in my work as I don't have much experience in this area so thought creating my own might be a good solution.
Although I think this could a good way of communicating this particular issue, I didn't feel that this was a path I wanted to take with my project and decided to focus more on trying to make the imagery speak for it's self.
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