Current finished centre from the Archetype Album

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This Pilot Project is part of a research-based Phd to test the viability of artists working long distance over the internet using a brief to create a collaborative rose window design.

This pilot project is designed to test the work shop spaces and the success of interaction and negotiation on line. The workshop chats will be monitored and analysed but no names will appear in the resulting texts and quotes will not be identified. Participants will be asked to feedback about their experience of using the rooms and the resulting designs at the end of their session.

Groups of 7 people will work on individual sections independently for at least 4 meetings over no more than a month to discuss their work. Participants work on a small A4 size design and then send it to the relevant album.The images must reflect the common purpose of the whole design – celebrating women and their work. The artwork does not have to be done in computer graphics – as long as it can be scanned or photographed to send to the workshop galleries. Uploaded images are displayed in the workshop albums on line along with other work by the artists involved. Only registered users can comment on designs but everyone can view them...

Participants need need to discuss their designs and make sure they compatible in colour and imagery - also readable from a distance. They should be prepared to compromise their individual design to make their section work together.

There need to be collective decisions made on the relative size of the figures, the colours of the backgrounds and the decorative borders. See How to make an Icon for a guide to medieval window design

At the end of the project the completed rose window will be posted on line for further comment. At this stage the Editor may have to make adjustments to fit the sections together.

The main website gives examples and information about traditional stained glass design to help those artists not familiar with the medium. Downloads for the panels can be found in Templates.

Students who can prove their status maybe able to claim a book token for £5.00 for every hour spent on line in the workshops up to £25