Bio for Hazel Pitt
A teacher of graphic design in both further and higher education. Following a Masters Degree in Art, Cultural Media and Photography, I am in the process of creating graphic illustrations via the medium of photomontage.
The youth culture in which I partook during the 80's had a large impact upon me becoming a graphic designer. A lifestyle built around watching live bands lead me to connections within the music industry and for the best part of a decade I worked as a freelance graphic designer, my main commissions being for Midlands band The Wonder Stuff and Polydor Records. The medium I used to produce the designs was photomontage created by hand, with final artwork laid out using the traditional 4 colour printing process. No Macs.
Prior to this I learnt my craft at a drawing board as a draftsperson, correcting ordinance survey maps for surveyors and engineers. The traditional hands on approach to my training stood me in good stead when studying graphics at university.
It is this craft based approach that I return to now, with photomontage remaining my first choice of media. Working with both my own photography and found imagery, I experiment with geometry, texture, scale and light in an attempt to disrupt the senses. I take much inspiration from the Futurist, Modernist and Dadaist movements in art and design. My intention being to create meaningful, visually arresting graphic illustration work, whereby the onlooker completes the the meaning of the artwork themselves.
Contact details: hazelpitt@talktalk.net
The youth culture in which I partook during the 80's had a large impact upon me becoming a graphic designer. A lifestyle built around watching live bands lead me to connections within the music industry and for the best part of a decade I worked as a freelance graphic designer, my main commissions being for Midlands band The Wonder Stuff and Polydor Records. The medium I used to produce the designs was photomontage created by hand, with final artwork laid out using the traditional 4 colour printing process. No Macs.
Prior to this I learnt my craft at a drawing board as a draftsperson, correcting ordinance survey maps for surveyors and engineers. The traditional hands on approach to my training stood me in good stead when studying graphics at university.
It is this craft based approach that I return to now, with photomontage remaining my first choice of media. Working with both my own photography and found imagery, I experiment with geometry, texture, scale and light in an attempt to disrupt the senses. I take much inspiration from the Futurist, Modernist and Dadaist movements in art and design. My intention being to create meaningful, visually arresting graphic illustration work, whereby the onlooker completes the the meaning of the artwork themselves.
Contact details: hazelpitt@talktalk.net
