For the unit Intentions I chose the theme of Urban
influences. To start this off I experimented with a wide range of media; pen, pencil,
graphite, charcoal, acrylic, water colour, oil pastel, soft pastel ect. I created
a variety of experimental drawing both in and outside of my sketchbook not all
of which were successful for example some stencil building this didn’t work as
it was too literal and I prefer look more at the micro scale of the urban environment,
the textures and forms.
I feel that my development
through this project has been steady I have been both experimental with
sampling and drawing in the earlier weeks and more concise in the later weeks
about choosing which certain lines and marks to translate into stitch. As a result
my earlier samples were not so successful with their composition and colour way
as they weren’t planned, they were an idea that I wanted to try out to see what
happened. The process of experimenting with samples and drawing was beneficial
to me even though some were unsuccessful they gave me ideas ideas to explore
and refine and combine in later samples.
An example of this was scale. My samples were small squares
as this was a size I felt comfortable with as was my sketchbook, during the
tutorials the tutor asked me why I chose to work on such a small scale which
left me thinking why not go bigger what’s the worst that could happen. I moved
from an A4 square to an A3 sketchbook I kept in it for a week but it jus didn’t
work for me I felt that I was making my drawings bulky and not detailed because
of the large sketchbook. I finally moved into an A3 square sketchbook which I
kept in. This process has made me a lot comfortable working on a larger scale.
I feel that my development has shown clear links and connections
from my own photography, samples and drawings as well as artist research. One
of the most influential artist for me this projects was Caroline Bartlett her
along with Julliann Worell use the tonal grey colours which were in my initial photographs
and was something that I used throughout my sampling and drawings. Caroline
Bartlett’s work made stop and think about my ideas for composition to which
before I had not thought about as much her work inspired me to think about how I
wanted me work to have some parts heavily sewn to create dense focal points and
others vacant and clear.
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| Caroline Bartlett |
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| development sample |
The next thinking step for me after initial sampling was the
context of my work and where I want it to be the first thing to do was to rule
of fashion and the commercial sector although my samples may share the same
theme they are not the same and couldn’t be easily repeated and so couldn’t be
mass produced for the commercial sector. I feel that my work is a lot more one
off gallery or exhibition piece. I began to research some artists for contextual
purposes and came across Alice fox who is a textiles artist who exhibits her
work in a white wall room this is somewhere I could see my work in a space
similar to this where the white walls serve as an almost vacant space for my
sample to become a focal point for the whole room. After finding Alice’s work I
put my work up on the wall and began to imagine a spaces for my work to be I
researched spaces and came across this one which I feel would fit extremely
well. I can just imagine my samples taken further to create large scale long pieces
drape across the walls the exposed pipes further implying the theme of urban
influences. I imagine my work to create an installation to which the audience
can walk into and have an experience with my work.
I feel that I have used my independent and studio time
wisely although I did waver at a certain point however once I had my tutorial
and my tutor told me its amazing what one person can do in a day when they put
their mind to it I feel like I got back on track.
I feel my final samples are effective as they show clear
links through my visual research and development. I also feel they are effective
as they bring all the elements from my development samples and combine them
together for example the cornelli, cording and applique. If I was to take my
samples further as I have previously said I would experiment with scale and
composition to create large textural gallery-based installations as this is
where I see my work for an audience interested in in an
abstract form and an urban.
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