Small card. Calligraphy design on cover with illuminated initial. The Glasgow School of Art tag in the lower right corner dates the work to the academic session 1915-16, and the artist as Dorothy Doddrell.
Originally located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies
CD containing photographs of knitwear design and embroidery charts, and two spreadsheets for organisation. Annotation on the upper right corner of the sleeve states: 'Old Ballantyne Charts'.
Abstract forms are painted onto a sheet of tracing paper and adhered to a pink ink painted surface. A fibrous semi-transparent material is stitched onto the surface of the paper outlining the forms in blue thread. Some pieces of the tracing paper and material have been deducted in the shape of the figures to reveal the painted ground.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Abstract figurative mono-print in black ink on white card. Shapes rendered in pastel colours using gouache. Similar design to DC 089/1/2/4/1.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Oil pastel background with acrylic painted onto surface. Tool used (most likely pencil) to draw figurative suggestions to reveal the pastel background. Work on white card.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Red ink design with painted check in purple paint. shapes deducted from paper by knife and painted in purple and yellow ink, shapes reintroduced to the paper by tapping them from the back to create a collage effect with a flush surface. Similar materials and format to DC 089/3/6/5.
Gouache painting of figures in Native costume. One figure wearing a leopard style costume and mask and the other wearing a blue poncho and animal mask. Painted on white paper.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Organic shapes painted in black ink and rendered in pink, white and green gouache. Gold and copper coloured flecks of ink on surface of design.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Abstract painted design for textile on black paper with linear paint strokes in cream paint, washed over with black ink creating a crackled effect. Background painted in grey. Annotated verso "FT.35". Similar materials and format to DC 089/3/6/2
Crosshatched abstract design on grey paper with collage pieces of cream paper adhered to the surface. Collage pieces in chip like shapes with gestural paint marks in grey and black paint. Similar materials and format to DC 089/3/6/1.
Seven pieces of teaching examples for pattern designs, attached to backing paper. This work was used as teaching material in schools in Scotland during Murphy's career as an art teacher.
A botanical pattern design painted in shades of yellow, green, and blue. Student registration no. ("No. 71") and signed "G. Murphy." on the back of paper.
Airbrush drawings/visualisations of 2 designs for a fuel stove. The drawings have been cut out and mounted/completed on board. "Dugald Cameron 6 4th Yr. Indus. Des G.S.A" is written on the back.
