tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39453339366630908202024-03-24T14:52:24.555-07:00OCA Textiles Learning LogDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-72481761110055889882014-05-28T14:54:00.000-07:002014-05-29T10:29:58.473-07:00Assignment 5 - Tutor Report<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Overall Comments</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US">This
final assignment demonstrates a steady development in your technical and visual
skills over the five assignments. You are now able to make more considered
choices in terms of the selection of materials, techniques and processes and
your visual awareness and compositional abilities have become more acute. You
have recognized the need to focus your thinking more clearly on the task in
hand and this has resulted in significant progress in relation to a more
creative development of ideas from starting point to final outcome. As your
confidence grows, I think you will feel more assured about taking risks with
your work.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Your
logbook and reflections on your progress and assignment outcomes show me that
you have become increasingly able to make pertinent observations about your own
work and that of others.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">You
have made very steady progress throughout the course and a key development is
your willingness to take a more open minded and enquiring approach to your
work. Congratulations on the successful completion of the course, Donna.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US">Feedback on Assignment: </span><span lang="EN-US">Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills, Quality of
Outcome, Demonstration of Creativity</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Stage 2: Focusing on a
Theme: Funghi</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Although it took you a
little while to narrow down your choices, I think that you undertook some
valuable research in order to arrive at your final decision.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">You
produced a competent documentation of your ideas and visual stimulus in your
theme book and justified why you changed your focus over the course of
completing this final assignment. I felt in this respect that the theme book
was a truer reflection of your learning than the final outcome. There was evidence of your ability to
identify some strong starting points and to use sampling to good effect in
order to make decisions about what might work or otherwise. I do hope that now
the course has finished, you find time to return to some of your initial ideas
and take them further. For example, the pottery shards have great potential.
You might like to look at Japanese Boro textiles This might give you some
further ideas in terms of piecing cloth together as in your random patchwork
sample.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Stage 3: Developing a Design</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US">There
was some good experimentation and sampling here which showed the extent to
which you have internalized and applied learning from previous assignments; the
tearing and slashing, pleating and folding being a good example of this. I
liked the way you attempted to contrast surface textures by your choice of
fabrics and I think that you could have taken this further with reference to your
photos of fungi against tree bark for example where you had different surface
levels as well as textures. I also thought that the distorted fluted curves of
the fungi in the photo were something worth taking on board.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">You made some good links
through to costume and fashion with your folding, gathering and pleating
samples. Think carefully about your choice of fabric though. The taffeta and
chiffon although attractive in terms of surface, are not the easiest of fabrics
to manipulate in this way as they tend to be stiff and unyielding.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Experimentation with black
thread and soluble fabric picked up on the strong linear qualities of your pen
and ink drawings. Is this something you might take further in the future? There
was a delicate and fragile feel to this sample.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Stage 4: Making a Textile
Piece</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Your choice of embellishing
to bond your fabrics together worked well, although I also liked your earlier
sample where you folded the fabric in layers. In most of your sampling, you showed
good understanding and use of colour and there were close comparisons with some
of your earlier drawings and imagery. I felt that your final piece could maybe have
been developed further and perhaps the choice of a bag limited you somewhat in
terms of scale. For example, what might you have considered in terms of further
surface manipulation if the piece had been larger and flat, rather than folded
into the small bag shape?</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Could you have begun to
distort your layers as in the fungi photos to give a fluted, curved effect?
Could you have varied the height of the layers? Could you have combined with the
layering and slashing technique that worked so well in your sample? Did you
notice how when you moved the stitched lines closer together, the frayed effect
of the layers increased proportionately? How might this have enhanced the
fraying of the scrim? Another approach might have been to produce three smaller
linked pieces where you varied the surface height from almost flat through to
raised. You could also have allowed the surface manipulation to extend right to
the edges of the piece and become an integral part of the design rather than
trimming or stitching.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">By pushing your exploration
of surface to its limit, this would then have been the main focus of the piece,
rather than the functional element. A final question is whether you needed to
further embellish with sequins? Did you really need them? Can you justify them
in terms of your deign source?</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Sketchbooks - </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills, Demonstration of
Creativity</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US">You have become increasingly confident in the use of drawing as a means
of recording your observations and ideas. Please try and maintain this approach
as it is certainly strengthening your design work. You have also recognized the
value of using your sketchbook for different purposes e.g. to explore design
possibilities, to link ideas from other sources etc.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US">Learning Logs or Blogs/Critical Essays - </span><span lang="EN-US">Contex</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><b>t</b></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US">For me a key area of your development is your willingness to undertake
experimentation in the interests of developing your creativity. Your review
also indicates that you have gained a great deal of personal insight and
self-awareness of the ways in which you work and you have discovered what
motivates and excites you. This is the first step to finding a more personal
style of working. For the future, try to maintain gallery visits and reviewing
artists’ work. This will strengthen the knowledge and understanding of the
wider context of your own practice.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Your review indicates how much you have enjoyed the
course. It has been a pleasure to tutor you Donna. Best wishes for the future</span></i></span>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-23399227556977604612014-02-22T15:31:00.002-08:002014-05-29T10:39:14.449-07:00Assignment 5 - Reflective Commentary<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16.2pt;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When I introduced myself to my tutor at the start of the course this is what I wrote:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have always had a passion for making things - Blue Peter has a lot to
answer for - and I still have that passion, I have however moved on from making
clothes and horses for my Sindy doll and jumpers for my trolls and
teddies. Crochet and hand embroidery are probably my favourite
mediums to work in and I like to use found objects and re-cycle wherever
possible.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">More years ago than I care to remember - after leaving school - I
studied Surface Pattern Design at college, and although I gained A level Art and
a North West Regional Textile Design Certificate I decided that the course
wasn’t for me and left after 2 years.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Over the last two years I have been studying A
Level Textiles at night school. I attend the class once a week at
the local high school, but did the majority of the work at home. I achieved an
A (100%) in the AS and A* (98%) in the A2. I have thoroughly enjoyed
the last two years and have learnt a lot (although I did find it quite hard at
first to get back into the writing part of the course) so decided to take
the next step and enrol on this OCA course.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am looking forward to the challenge, although I am not good at drawing and I am sure I will find this part of the course difficult.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So two years down the line, it is now time to reflect on my experience with the OCA. I have really enjoyed doing the course and am glad that I decided to enrol. I have found it hard at times to get the work done, there are a lot of other things that demand my time and I think if I decide to continue, I will have to find a different way of working.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have found the keeping of a sketchbook quite hard work, although I do think my sketching and drawing has improved, and I have got a lot more confidence in being able to get my ideas down on paper.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I enjoy working through each of the exercises and this has opened up different ideas and methods of working; I didn't think I would be able to do the colour matching exercise, but found it wasn't as difficult as I had imagined; and I had never tried weaving before and found this very enjoyable.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think the thing I enjoy the most is creating the mood boards; collecting together different fabrics, yarns, threads and notions to create the mood of a piece. I don't think I have found my personal style yet but I am getting there and am realising more and more what I like and don't like.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I definitely need to visit more exhibitions, take part in an OCA organised gallery visit and do more research.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking back over the work I have completed so far; realising that my garden features a lot; and as my <a href="http://mytextilejourney.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Assignment%203%20Project%207" target="_blank">Theme Book</a> is Funghi & Fragments - the following are the pieces I have picked out to continue to explore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Underlying all the work that was being undertaken for each assisgnment, was the thought of th</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e personal Theme Book and Final Outcome. I had found it quite difficult to choose a theme - I wanted something that was personal to me so I made a mind map to look at anything that related to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not a brilliant gardener (or a very consistent one) but I do find a lot of inspiration in the garden. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am always photographing interesting shapes, patterns and colours. So I decided to use my garden as the inspiration for my theme book. I then narrowed this down to two choices - <b>Funghi & Fragments.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we first moved into our home, over twenty years ago, there was no discernable garden. So over the years, we have worked hard to create one. This has involved a LOT of digging! Which always turns up lots of treasure. I always find small pieces of blue and white china - wherever I dig - I even find pieces in molehills in the fields. I always image the farmers wife bringing her husband a cup of tea and a freshly baked scone, and him leaving the plate and cup on a fence post and it being forgotten about. The truth is probably less romantic and there was more likely a rubbish heap where all the broken china, bottles and tins were dumped. Whichever notion is true it has left behind lovely fragments of the past waiting to be discovered. I do save all the pieces I find - one day I am going to make a mosaic bird bath. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a very small selection of the lovely patterns and shades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My partner collects blue and white willow pattern, this is just a few pieces on the dresser.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mushrooms always fascinate me. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They come in such interesting shapes and have fan</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tastic patterns, f</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">olds and pleats and frilly edges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stage 2 and 3 got merged together really. I started off by making a number of sketches based on the china fragments. I also tried bleach and tissue paper which I then ripped and layered and sketched over. I tried a number of rubbings - with crayon on paper and also with fabric crayon onto fabric. I then manipulated the image on the computer and tried weaving two different effects together. I thought this looked like crazy patchwork, so tried a sample with fabric. I then tried a different method. Cut up fragments of fabric, laid them on to a base and covered them with organza and overstitched along the pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the coloured samples created by manipulating the image on the computer, although I decided not to take these ideas any further. I created two felted pieces using the embellishing machine. The first one is mostly cottons on a felt base, with lace and beaded trim. The pieces didn't felt very well and needed a thin layer of wool tops on the top. On the second piece I used mostly organza and wool tops which created a much better felted surface. I then added embroidery over the top, of shapes taken from the patterns on the china fragments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last sample I created was a distressed piece using the embellisher again. I cut small pieces of fabric and laid them onto a felt base. I laid a piece of net over the top and randomly stitched it in place. I then slashed into the surface and folded bits of fabric back and went over the whole surface with the embellisher. It created too thick a fabric really to do this and I ended up breaking a lot of needles. I like the effect though and thought it conveyed the old, distressed surface of the china pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then looked at the funghi photographs. I thought one of them looked like a wedding dress already. The gills look like a very finely pleated skirt. I thought some of the gills looked like smocking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did some drawings of mushrooms using watercolours and a black gel pen and inktense pencils. I also tried manipulating the images on the computer, heightening the contrast. I also played around with corrugated card, tissue paper and sweet wrappers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then developed these images and drawings into fabric samples. I tried a very fraying cream fabric with brown yarn and a piece of tweed fabric. I really like how this has turned out. I don't know what the fabric was, but it feels synthetic and when I used the embellisher on it, the effect it created was ruffled, but it needed the addition of the yarn to hold it all together - it didn't felt very well without it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also tried a little gathered piece, using cordrouy, velvet and organza and simple running stitches. I also really like how this piece has worked out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking back through my workbook I am drawn to the fabric created with the embellisher and this is the direction I want to take. I have decided to make an evening clutch bag. A simple fold over design to show of the very textured surface. I am going to combine a number of the different ideas from the fabric samples I have created and try and keep the fabric fairly lightweight so that I don't break too many needles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am very pleased with how the bag has worked out. I think I like the colours and the surface texture. I haven't made a bag before, but I thought the magnetic clasp was really good and easy to fit. I like the loose threads, it gives it an organic feel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Can you see a continuous thread of development from your original drawings and samples to the final design?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this piece has definitely developed from my original photographs and biro drawing of the mushroom gills. Having made the small samples, I have used the ideas that I thought would work best in the final piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Do you feel you made the right decisions at each stage of the design process? If not, what changes would you make?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am happy with the decisions I have made throughout this project. I enjoyed developing ideas from my photographs and was happy with my decision to use the mushroom images to continue to my final sample. I like how the final piece has turned out, it is how I imagined it to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Were you able to interpret your ideas well within the techniques and materials you chose to work with?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought the materials and techniques I chose to work with interpreted my ideas well. Some were less successful but the felted surface I was very happy with and I thought they portraed the mushrooms very well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>How successful is your final design in terms of being inventive within the medium and conherent as a whole?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am pleased with how my final piece has turned out. After making the sample pieces, and combining some ideas - the finished bag worked just as I wanted it to.</span>
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-89834588312655028682014-02-22T13:45:00.001-08:002014-06-16T05:48:55.033-07:00Project 7 - Theme Book<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been thinking about my Theme Book on and off for quite a long time. I have found it quite difficult to decide on the subject. I wanted it to be personal to me; something that inspires me often. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started with a mind map - based on ME! I wrote down anything that I could think of that was part of my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After looking at all the ideas I decided that my garden features quite heavily in my work and photographs already and as I am outside everyday that this would be the best choice. I made some notes about ways to develop this theme and a few sketches for ideas for a final piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then looked back through some of the photographs I had taken of my garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had also already used my garden as inspiration in my sketchbooks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I find all the images inspirational and I could use any of them I think as a starting point, so I had to decide which were my favourites, this was very difficult but in the end I decided on the funghi and blue & white fragments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then started to collect fabrics ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... and resources; threads, yarns, pens, pencils, beads, buttons, inks, crayons and anything else I could find that fitted these images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also started a collection of images from magazines, my scrapbooks and the internet that I felt suited the themes I had chosen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am happy with the choices I have made for my theme book - </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FUNGHI & FRAGMENTS.</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The work which you have
sent me for this assignment shows that you have got to grips with the basic techniques
and processes associated with woven structures. You have shown an understanding
of the extent to which an appropriate choice of materials and colour can make a
significant contribution to the success of the final outcome. Your work is well
presented and your feeling with regard to the development of the samples was
clearly articulated in your learning log. Your research into the work of
selected textile artists shows an understanding of their approaches to their
work and this was clearly articulated. Try to move this on now and consider how
insights gained into new working practices might inform your own work.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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assignment, it would be useful for you to recap on learning to date and to consider
how you might profitably apply this to the selection and development of your
chosen theme. You might also like to make direct reference to the assessment
criteria for the module when reflecting on learning outcomes.<b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>You undertook some
interesting experimentation with paper weaves which also allowed you the
opportunity to explore the potential of the structures themselves to distort
imagery. This is an area where you could have usefully extended experimentation
with different patterned papers and found materials. A further extension could
be to isolate some of the woven areas to use as a basis for further drawing.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>With the ropes and braids,
you achieved some unusual combinations of threads and it was a good idea to
link these visually in terms of colour. I also liked the way you documented the
yarns you had used. This is a useful reference point for the future. You might
like to give some consideration to additional non-textile materials such as
wire, strips of plastic etc. as a way of creating further textural interest
within these samples. Have you also considered how you might pull the threads
to create more distorted shapes?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The sample where you
created your own structures with wire and crochet worked well and you made good
use of a contrasting range of textile and non-textile materials. You also might
like to take this approach further by weaving into existing woven structures
such as vegetable netting. The principle is the same.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The final driftwood piece
was simple but effective. Again, I would be inclined to do some drawings from
this in your sketchbook. You might also like to do a spot of beachcombing when
next at the coast or photographing shoreline finds. Much of this material can
be recycled and incorporated directly into woven structures.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Your first sample was a delight and really
helped you to familiarize yourself with the techniques. There was a good range
of yarns and seeing them together like this showcased their individual
characteristics. How might this aid your choices in the future? In terms of
technique, you could have bound the top and bottom of the weave to give it
additional stability rather than struggling with short warps.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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and then binding the fabric strips was an innovative use of different
materials. I think there are some great possibilities here in terms of extending
your experimentation here. Have you thought of creating longer strips and then
coiling them both 2d and 3D? Another
great material for this is old tights.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See example below from the
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African art/textiles for similar shapes and shallow dishes but with stronger
colour combinations and more traditional patterns.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The colour analysis and wraps
were a good bridging point for your final weave. Although you said you
preferred to work intuitively by referring directly to your image, it is
generally a good idea to work with the cartoon behind your frame for reference,
especially when weaving a larger piece. Small errors early on can grow at
alarming speed and it is difficult and time consuming to undo large sections of
weave. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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considered with a good balance in terms of compositional elements. Your choice
of techniques reflects your understanding of the characteristics of particular
weaves and their ability to enhance areas of your design. Your use of soumak
was a good case in point.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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solid, no nonsense sample. I am interested to know if this has sparked any further
thought for future work. Did you get the chance to look at Sheila Hicks’ work?
If not, Google Weave as Metaphor. I think that her use of materials and
extensions of techniques such as wrapping might inspire you.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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account of your progress through this assignment but try to be a little more
analytical in terms of what you have learned in relation to the assessment
criteria for the module. For example, what evidence have you provided of the
development of your technical and visual skills? Does your learning log provide
evidence of self-reflection and research and in what ways?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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work of two very different artists summarizes their artistic production and
charts significant periods in the development of their ideas. How would you
describe key elements of their work? Is there a clear distinction between art,
design and craft in their outcomes? How do they view themselves as
artists/producers?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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doesn’t seem to have progressed much or have I missed a post on your blog? Think
through your ideas very carefully and don’t allow yourself to become
overambitious at this stage either in quantity or scale. Sometimes, a simple
idea well executed can be the best option. The outcome doesn’t have to be a
functional item. It is important that you demonstrate how previous learning has
informed your thinking and execution of this final piece in terms of materials,
techniques and processes. Take time to devlop your design through drawing and
sampling. Ensure that your work is well supported by commentary in your
learning log and sketchbook and that you look at the work of other artists who
have worked in similar genres.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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to develop in terms of your responses to direct observation. Try to extend your
use of media and maybe use it as a vehicle for jotting ideas, quick sketches to
follow up later, small textile samples etc.</i></span></span></div>
Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-9583890728338397582013-11-28T14:53:00.000-08:002014-05-28T12:45:34.988-07:00Assignment 4 - Reflective Commentary<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time again to reflective back on the latest projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes I did have enough variety of yarns and other materials. When I looked more closely at the collection of yarn I had, I realised that I had an example of most of the different varieties mentioned in the course material. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried to use as many different kinds of yarns as possible. I haven't done any weaving before so didn't have a preference before hand. I do like working with yarns that have got slubs of unwoven wool followed by stretches that are more tightly woven. I also really liked the result of using yarn that I had already crochet into a thread with bobbles and loops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like the way the slub yarn creates a very textured surface. I don't think I have done enough weaving to analyse the feel of the fabric. I can still only think of each exercise as a sample and not as a fabric to create something else. I think the yarn I made by crocheting bobbles and loops made the most interesting surface that could have been worked onto further.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wasn't looking forward to the weaving exercises at all. I have never done any weaving before and didn't have any equipment and weaving has never appealed to me. However, I am pleased with the final sample I have created and will probably keep experimenting with different yarns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found the setting up of the loom quite laborious, but once I started weaving I didn't find it slow. I didn't find it limiting but I wasn't trying to be too ambitious as this was my first attempt ever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like my finished sample. I think it has worked really well, there is shape and texture and I think it relates well to my original image inspiration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Are you happy with the relationship of the textures, proportions, colour and pattern to the finished size? </b> </i>I like the colours and textures and think the proportions are good. The colours are not quite right, because I didn't realise at the start that I could really use any yarn, I thought it had to be strong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only thing I would change is the colour. I would have liked it to be more pink, but I think the colours I have used work well together but are not quite pink enough. I didn't realise at the start that I could really use any type of yarn for the weaving, I thought it had to be strong and smooth. I would just look for the colours I wanted to use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only thing I didn't do was make a detailed plan of how I was going to do the weaving. I just did it as I went along and tried different ideas which seemed to work and look like I wanted them to look. This was more luck than good planning, but as I didn't know what I could do I couldn't really plan it and had to just go with the flow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only way to tackle this would be to do a lot more weaving exercises so that I know what effects can be achieved and then know from the start what effects I was trying to create.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I enjoyed putting colours together intuitively more, although I am always surprised by the outcomes of the exercises in the source material. The paper weavings, which I have done plenty of in the past, produces some really good ideas to work from. I do find that once I have got the colours onto a yarn wrap then I am able to focus better on the colours I am going to use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-48518078086843947722013-11-28T14:52:00.000-08:002014-05-29T10:10:07.185-07:00Sketchbook #4<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do struggle to work in my sketchbook regularly. I think this is because I can't capture what I see and my drawings don't look like I expect them to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was a link on our OCA Facebook page to a series of drawing lessons on the Derwent website and I had a look at these. I have found them really useful. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have done two of the exercises on the Derwent website and I think it has improved my drawings. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shoo Rayner - who teaches drawing and writes and illustrates children's books - is a great teacher. He makes it really simple and explains things in a very easy to understand way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first exercise was Shading 3D Objects and I produced this sketch following his instruction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then used these ideas to create this </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">poppy seed head</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and my tack (from a photograph)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second exercise was Understanding Perspective for which I did this sketch</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then used the same method to sketch this stapler. </span><br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-32584659726150154142013-11-28T14:51:00.000-08:002014-05-28T12:43:49.994-07:00Project 9 - Woven Structures<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>STAGE 1 - PREPARATION</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have never really done any weaving; it has never appealed to me, so I haven't got any equipment to work with. I used a piece of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stiff</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">card and made a very simple loom to make a start.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using the very basic loom I warped up using a strong linen. I tried weaving with all types of yarn just to see what sort of effect I was able to achieve with very little equipment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this has been really successful. I like all of the textures that have been created with the different yarns. The row of bobbles and loops was created by crocheting the yarn first and then using the resulting yarn to weave with. I like the effect of the variegated slub yarn and the wool roving. The only thing I would change about using this very basic cardboard loom would be to wind the warp yarn around instead of up and down. I didn't really leave enough warp thread to knot the ends together when I had finished the piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had wanted to try weaving with different fabrics, I first cut strips of fabric and wrapped them tightly in yarn. I then used the pieces to weave onto the loom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used one of the images from Analysing Colour, Texture and Proportion from an earlier <a href="http://mytextilejourney.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Project%208" target="_blank">exercise</a> in Project 8 as a starting point for my sample. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose yarn that I thought represented the colours in the image and made a yarn wrap, any yarn that was too fine I doubled or tripled up. I had bought a loom, I warped up using a fine, very strong linen yarn making sure there was an even number so that I could knot them together when I cut the piece off the frame, and used this strong yarn to make the heading cord to provide a firm base to start weaving from. I cut lengths of my chosen yarns and made butterflies with them ready to weave. I didn't make a graph paper chart, I just worked by referring back to the image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the Soumak technique to create texture in my sample and to accentuate the curves created above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created these using some pieces of unspun, hand dyed wool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am pleased with my final piece. I have never done any weaving before so it is a very basic sample, but I think it has worked well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-29462167402277807802013-11-28T14:44:00.000-08:002014-06-15T14:28:02.223-07:00Project 8 - Yarns<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>STAGE 1 - EXPLORING THE QUALITIES OF YARN</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have got a large stash of knitting yarns because I have been knitting and crocheting for years and I can never resist buying yarn. I looked through all my yarns and picked out a selection in all the categories from 100% wool and silk to nylon, polyester and acrylic mixes. The range of yarns available today is vast and ranges from the very cheap to the very expensive. I like working with the more expensive yarns but they aren't without their problems, I find a lot of the Debbie Bliss yarns split when knitting with them. For baby clothes and blankets that are in the wash all the time, I find the cheaper yarns with acrylic in them wash much better and keep their shape better. Modern acrylics can also be soft and keep the softness through many washes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also looked at the more unusual yarns - video and cassette ribbon, wool roving, old tights, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">t-shirt yarn and plastic bag yarn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a series of paper weavings. I used an old sketch and gold foil, then tried a piece of striped scrapbook paper with the addition of thinner green strips. I then used a patterned plastic and metallic foil. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I especially like this example with the foil strips woven through at an angle. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then tried weaving with ripped strips of fabric adding a few embroidery stitches to hold it together. I like how all of these examples have turned out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Using DK in 6 colours</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Using DK acrylic in single colour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Using a mix of yarns and a stripe of a bobbly yarn</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Black and White plastic cord woven around in a square shape to produce a cord.</span><br />
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plaiting (Rough)</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Plaited zips</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Same slub yarn as 7</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Multi-coloured DK acrylic, crocheted into a chain, and then the chain crocheted again into a chain</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Crofter DK - Acrylic/Cotton/Wool mix</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. A long piece of French knitting in DK Acrylic, plaited together</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started collecting ideas onto my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/donnaallbright/weaving-ideas/" target="_blank">Weaving Ideas Board</a> board on Pinterest. For my first piece I used a piece of chicken wire as the base. Using plarn (a strip of plastic cut from a bag) I first knitted a small piece and attached this to the base with short pieces of plarn knotted through the knit and the wire. I then knotted the plarn round the chicken wire. I also wrapped any bare wire with the plarn. I like the way this piece has worked I like the different textures and the open pieces with the bare wire covered in fabric. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second sample is a piece of open worked crochet that I used as a grid and through which I then wove other yarns and knotted them on all sides. I like how this piece looks but wish I had used some different colours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... I started the grid with four pieces of driftwood which I constructed into a square with string wrapping at each corner. The same string forms the grid in the centre. I have used a variegated blue dk and an eyelash yarn with beads and shells threaded onto them before weaving a section. I added a string of shells, woven in and left to cascade down. I hoped it looked like it had been washed up on the shore with a collection of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flotsam and jetsam caught in its net.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weaving has never really appealed to me before. However after constructing these experimental pieces I have realised that it can produce some surprising results in even in its most simplistic form. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have enjoyed working on these exercises and think the paper weavings have worked out well. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like the way the stripes are formed when the same colour is used for the warp and the weft. I also like the metallic foil added on the diagonal. I like the fabric weaving, a very quick way to produce a patchwork effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In analysing the colour, texture and proportion the use of felt pens to match the colours in the images was not accurate at all. I had more success with using acrylic paints in earlier exercises, but I wanted to try using felt pens. I had more success matching the colours on the yarn wraps. I like doing the yarn wraps, I think they are a good starting point and really create a good colour scheme.</span><br />
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-88833151639444320992013-11-28T14:39:00.001-08:002013-11-28T14:39:28.357-08:00Analysing Colour, Texture And Proportion<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this exercise I chose three images to work with. The first is just a fragment of a larger picture. This is just a strip of flamingo's legs. I really like the colours. I used felt pens and graph paper to analyse the colour because I thought that I would be using one of these starting points as the basis for my weaving in the next project. The felt pens didn't have a large enough range to match the colours in the images exactly, but I decided that it would give a simpler more stylized version. I thought the yarn wraps were a more accurate impression of the colours and proportions. I used the third image to create a striped pattern. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It always surprises me when I upload photographs to the website how much it changes the way something looks. I can see from the image above that the felt pen colour matching has not been successful at all in the left and middle examples however the yarn wraps are much more accurate.</span>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-31283529907490895232013-11-28T14:38:00.001-08:002013-11-28T14:38:23.840-08:00Research Point - Textile Art<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX228110351" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">For this
last piece of research I decided to look at the work of Jennifer Collier and
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Both
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different. Jennifer Collier produces whimsy, sometimes a bit twee,
items that provoke loving memories of the past and nostalgic feelings for times
gone by; whereas Tracey Emin is brutal in the retrospective look at
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><b>Tracey Emin</b> is
an English artist. She was born in 1963, studied art
in Maidstone and at the Royal College of Art; where she obtained an
MA in painting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">A lot of
her work is textile based (using fabric that she has collected that hold an
emotional attachment for her) which she uses to create large
scale appliqué, patchwork and embroidery work. Although a lot of her
pieces are brutally honest, there is also a lot of poetry in her words; “DRUNK
TO THE BOTTOM OF MY SOUL” “YOU FORGOT TO KISS MY SOUL” “EVERY PART OF ME IS
BLEEDING”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">When I look
at her work, I can never really come to a decision about liking it or
not. Her controversial piece “Everyone I Have Every Slept With
1963-1995” (an erected two-man tent , appliquéd with many names) was
often talked about as a <i>“… shameless exhibition of sexual conquests...”</i> and
does indeed include the names of many of her sexual partners; but it
also contains the names of anyone she has every slept next to - family members,
school friends, her twin brother and her aborted babies - and it is
this that makes the piece very intimate and always makes me feel very
sad. A life counted by people she has laid down next too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I can’t make
my mind up about her work. I don’t know whether she produces work as a
cathartic release for her troubled past (do what you know); or whether she
uses it as a defence mechanism (this is me, wart’s and all; take it or leave
it); or whether she is pushing the boundaries of poor taste and quietly
laughing up her sleeve when it sells for tens of thousands of pounds; or is
that what makes it art - pushing the boundaries and making people question the
outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><b>Jennifer
Collier</b> is a British textile artist who studied at Manchester Metropolitan University graduating
with a BA (Hons) in Textiles in 1999. She has a studio on her parent’s
farm in Staffordshire and is self-employed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I met
her at a workshop that was run in her studios and she seemed to be a very
generous, friendly, open person - happy in her skin - which comes across in her
work. She seems to work very hard to make a living being a textile
artist; running her studio/exhibitions, selling work and taking commissions,
running workshops and renting out studio space to other artists and mentoring
up and coming textile artists. Her work is nostalgic. She creates
shoes, dresses, tea cups and teapots using found papers, stamps, vintage
paper, books and maps. Combining elements to create new fabric to work
with. Her recent work is creating items from found papers - typewriters,
telephones, lampshades and cameras. Nothing about her work is offensive,
it is very pretty and delicate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">This is a rag rug that I have made. I used to help at primary school when my children were small. An elderly lady also came in to help and teach rag </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">rugging</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> to the children. This held many memories for her and she didn’t want the practice to be forgotten. Her and her mum would make a rag rug from old worn out clothes and this new rug would then take pride of place in front of the fire in the best room. The old rug from this room would then be moved into the kitchen and the rug from the kitchen would be moved to the scullery. I made my rug from an old hessian sack, which I unpicked, washed and then hemmed by hand around the edge. For t</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">he rags I used old t-shirts, </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">leggings and </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">PJ’s</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">. I can see bits of fabric that we all used to wear (including my mum) and it brings back lots of memories. </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> The </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">proddy</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> was a split dolly peg sharpened at the end. </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> I use my rug in front of our log-burner, it saves the carpet from stray embers. I wash it in the washing machine and just hang it on the line to dry. The pile is no</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">-</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">where</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">-</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">near worn out, but the hessian sack is starting to fray</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> (will have to relegate it to the kitchen soon)!</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span><br />
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<span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">My favourite evening bag is made by local textile artist </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Daphne </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Bursell</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">. She lives locally in </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Shropshire</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> and is inspired by the countryside around her. The bag is a very basic shape and fastens with a small magnetic closure, the fabric is felted crochet. I think the looped fringe is possibly </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Giotto Yarn </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">from the local </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Collinette</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> store</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">. This is an Aran weight, plant/manmade fibre yarn possible in the </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Gauguin</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">colour way</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">. The bag is a very versatile colour and seems to go with anything that I wear in the evening.</span><span class="EOP SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="EOP SCX228110351" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The other bag is a beach bag from American Eagle Outfitters which my son brought back </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">for me </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">from New York. It is a very heavy striped cotton fabric with a strong handle made of the same fabric stitched along its length five times. It has a drawstring closure at the top.</span><br />
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<span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">My grandmother was an extremely accomplished needlewoman. She made many items of embroidery for her home, for both her daughter-in-laws and also as prizes for local whist drives and raffles. I only have two pieces of her embroidery - 4 panels (possible for a bed cover) and a very small picture that would probably have been a prize. These are all hand worked. The large panels are heavy linen and have been hemmed by hand and edged with blanket stitch so that they can be easily sewn together to form a much larger piece. As you can see in the photograph below the reverse side of the piece (on the right of the image) is almost as neat as the front (on the left of the image).</span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB"> </span><span class="TextRun SCX228110351" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-GB">The small picture is worked on a small piece of satin and placed in a small silver frame.</span><br />
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-74432517011991841552013-11-28T13:21:00.000-08:002014-05-29T11:11:06.786-07:00Assignment 3 - Tutor Report<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The
project work you have completed shows the extent to which you are beginning to
recognize that you have a personal style and a particular way of working. There
is a clear link between work in your sketchbook and the identification and
development of possible starting points for your design ideas. Your visual
awareness as well as an increasing fluency with design based work is becoming
increasingly evident as shown in stage two and this is backed up by the
connections you make with wider artistic and intellectual concerns. Your
technical skills continue to develop and the work you have completed shows a
concern for the presentation of outcomes in an accessible way. In your next
assignment, try to maintain the documentation of your working practices and to
continue to reflect on more specific aspects of your progress.</i></span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Project
6 Manipulating Fabric: Creating Shapes and 3D Forms </span></span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aims:</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></i></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -21.3pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To explore how work from your sketchbook can be used
a starting point for the development and realization of your ideas<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -21.3pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To explore different ways in which stitch can be
used to assemble fabrics and hold structures together<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -21.3pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To experiment with a range of 2D and 3D fabric
manipulation techniques and processes<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -21.3pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To gain an understanding of the diversity of style
and design in textiles<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -21.3pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To consider why craft produced textiles maintain a
place in our society<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></li>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Stage
2: Exploring Ideas<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I liked the way in which
you focused your experimentation on just two images here. You took a focused
approach with each in that the horseshoe photo led you to work directly with
materials to hand and to use their qualities to explore the surfaces seen in
the photo. By contrast, the barnacle image led you to explore further
possibilities by digitally manipulating imagery. Did you have a preference here
in terms of preferred ways of working? A further extension of this preliminary
work could have been some smaller focused drawings or collages in your
sketchbook. This would have been a good reference point for further
experimentation with applied fabric techniques. There are close links here in
terms of how you work with shape and line in compositional terms. There was
also some interesting sampling based on word and colour association and the results
showed a good understanding of the extent to which your choice of fabric and colour
can create a particular mood or feeling.</i></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Stage
3: Applied Fabric Techniques<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The first two samples
based on your horseshoe photo were lively and well considered. There was a
robustness and crustiness about them which you achieved by carefully building
up the layers of fabric. It was a good example of where the addition of braids
etc. is fully justified in achieving your intentions. You might like to have a
look at Lez Brotherstone’s costumes for Sleeping Beauty. Look at how he uses
layering and combining different fabrics. See link below and click on View the
Gallery to see the gothic fairy costumes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><cite><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;">www.new-adventures.net/productions/<b>sleeping</b>_<b>beauty</b>/reviews</span></cite><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was also interesting to see what happened when you began to
manipulate the barnacle photo further. The structure became very lace like and
delicate. Could this lead you to further research? You might like to look at
Michael Brennand Wood’s Material Evidence, Improvisations on a historical theme </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">based on the Whitworth Art Gallery’s collection of lace. It
might lead you to further experimentation with materials and techniques. There
is also a good link here between this and the crochet work you undertook for
Alice Kettle.</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>You are becoming increasingly aware of how subtle changes in
your images can be used to create very different outcomes. I’m thinking here of
the contrast you achieved when selecting hard contrast imagery as opposed to a
softer focus. In all your samples, you relied very much on fabric quality to
achieve the overall effect. It was interesting see that by contrast, you used
only very basic utility stitches to assemble fabrics and hold structures
together. Was this a conscious decision on your part?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The diversion into stained glass allowed you to capitalize on
the use of semi-transparent fabrics and the sample in which you combined the
printed background with overlaid shapes worked very well indeed. The reference
to Klimt’s work was very self-evident but you might also like to look at Frederich
Hundertwasser for his use of rich pattern and simplified, distorted shapes.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<i><span class="action-menu-toggled-item" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;">This piece was
technically very well executed, showing pleasing evidence of your ability to
apply what you had learned through developing your design ideas and subsequent
sampling. However, I thought it had a heavy solidness about it which didn’t really
reflect the qualities of your starting point. It seemed a little overworked and
this was exaggerated by the very solid circled shapes, firmly enclosed and held
down with the blanket stitch. Compare this with some of your freer more
delicate sample where you used a lighter machined stitch to</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">secure your shapes. The background by contrast was rather more
sensitively handled with some good layering and the use of running stitch which
served to secure the layers as well as create additional surface texture. You
might like to re consider this piece in terms of alternative approaches. Could
you for example, insert some of the shapes underneath the top background layer?
Would further consideration of varying the scale of the shapes in terms of
larger and smaller circles help you to re consider the overall composition and
the relationship between positive and negative shape?</span></i></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Stage
4: Surface Manipulation</i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>You produced some very interesting samples for
this stage. I particularly liked the slashing and the way in which you varied
the distance between the rows of stitching. This allowed a denser buildup of
frayed, coloured threads to emerge on the surface. You could take this experimentation
further by trying the same techniques but with different fabrics. You might
also like to look at Elizabeth Brimelow’s work. She used slashing very
effectively in her quilts but cuts on the bias of the fabric within an enclosed
stitch area. This effectively prevents the fabric from fraying at all but
reveals slashes of pure colour reminiscent of Elizabethan costume.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The moulded samples were
highly successful too. I felt as though the beige hairy sample was actually
growing whilst I was looking at it!<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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Sample<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>This was a really good
choice of technique to re-create your barnacle photo. I liked the way in which
you create different surface heights by using French knots as an intermediary
level. My only reservation was again in relation to the overall composition.
You could maybe re consider more carefully the spaces created in-between the barnacles.
Would less be more? You can exaggerate elements within the original photo to
suit your purpose rather than trying to achieve a direct copy. Could you introduce
some darker tones with your French knots in order to create an illusion of
greater depth and tonal contrast?</i></span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preparation
for Project 7: Theme Book</span></span></b><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Your theme of ‘Gardens’ is
a good one with lots of potential but you need to focus in more closely on a
particular aspect otherwise, it will become unmanageable. Also, think very
carefully about everything you have learned so far in terms of materials,
techniques, observational skills, visual awareness design and compositional
skills and try to demonstrate how you intend to build on this. Don’t be
overambitious. Often a simple design well executed can work much better than
something which is overcomplicated and maybe beyond your current level of
expertise. Remember, it’s a level 1 module. Again, reference to Elizabeth
Brimelow’s work in terms of subject matter might help you here.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Learning Logs/Critical
Essays</span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -54pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>References to artists’ work
and exhibitions are thoughtfully considered. Try to link this more loosely to
the development of your own ideas e.g. you clearly loved Gillian Bates’ work.
What elements might you consider developing in your own work?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Research
Point</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>This was a very interesting
choice and one which resonated with your own personal interest. You mad some
pertinent references to the ways in which the craft of crochet has been incorporated
into the work of current designers and the general revival of the craft through
retro and vintage revivals.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sketchbooks</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: -54pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>More work is need here but
I think you know that from your comments in your learning log. The work you
have undertaken for your art class has clearly had a beneficial effect on your
OCA work but remember that you cannot submit it as part of your assessed course
work. It might be better to keep it in another sketchbook unless the techniques
you have acquired feed specifically into the development of new ideas for your
OCA course.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suggested reading/viewing</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pointers for the next
assignment</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></i></div>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The next assignment is concerned with the
construction of textiles. Some of the weaving techniques can be quite time
consuming and the intention is to familiarize you with the techniques and
processes. My advice would be to keep your samples quite small and when asked
to identify possible starting points, don’t be tempted to go down a very
literal or representational route. It is very challenging to do this because of
the structure of the weave which favours a geometric or linear approach. Also,
consider what other non-traditional textile materials you could weave with and
in what ways you might combine their use.</i></span></span>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-91234003716383756192013-05-09T13:22:00.000-07:002013-05-09T13:22:00.282-07:00Research Point - Why Do Craft-Produced Textiles Maintain a Place In Our Society<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love to
crochet.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I taught myself, from a book,
when I was about 11 and, at the age of 17, I made my first granny square
blanket and have made lots of them since then.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My eldest daughter (late 30’s) does not like them at all - won’t even
have the brightly coloured cot or pram versions - she thinks they are old
fashioned and “granny-ish”; but my younger daughter (early 20’s) can’t get
enough of them.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When she recently moved
into her first home, she requested a turquoise/brown/cream retro style one for
her sofa and then a purple/red/cream one for her bed.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having just had a baby, she is now on the
receiving end of pram/cot/mini versions and she loves them all.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She doesn’t think they are “grannyish”; just
retro, funky, fashionable and unique.</span><br />
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I crochet
because it is very relaxing. It also
grows very quickly and is very portable.
If the project is granny squares then it is the perfect project for the
long winter evenings – because you can snuggle up under the developing blanket
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interest in crochet is definitely on the increase and it does seem to be quite
fashionable at the moment - although this could probably be because of the
popularity of vintage/retro designs. In
the current economic climate our spending has been squeezed to be almost
non-existent, so people are turning to do-it-yourself and taking up traditional
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">In recent
years crochet has been seen on the catwalks of Missoni, Paul Smith, Kenzo and
Dolce & Gabbana, to name but a few and looking on the internet produces a
vast array of crochet items for sale, or patterns to buy, or free patterns to
make your own in any possible choice you could wish for; but really, unless you
are at the top of the market - with a Dolce & Gabbana crochet handbag
retailing for around $2900! - the intense work involved in producing a crochet item
(and the cost of the yarn) doesn’t make it very profitable. The best idea probably is to write a book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there will always be a place in the market for hand crafted products of any
description.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People will always want
individual, unique items – whether clothing or items for the home – and certainly
hand-made for babies cannot be bettered.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my grandson I make all kinds of cardigans (both knitted and crocheted) – that aren't found in the
shops – little granddad cardi’s with shawl collars and vintage leather buttons.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don’t think they would be particularly
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-76796950278644770692013-05-09T00:14:00.003-07:002014-06-16T06:18:51.209-07:00Assignment 3 - Reflective Commentary<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is again time to reflective on my progress so far. I have enjoyed working on this assignment, but once again life seems to encroach on my time and it has taken me far longer than I anticipated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have worked on samples using techniques that I have never tried before - smoking and furrowing. I preferred doing the smoking on the check fabric so that I didn't have to mark the grid on the reverse of the fabric. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have decided that I am not a very neat person, but am definitely a colour and texture person. I love creating texture and colour - with layers of sheer fabric and with lots of stitching. I think the running stitch background on both of the final sample pieces has worked really well. This is something I will be using again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have found drawing in a sketchbook very difficult this time and I am really going to have to concentrate on doing more drawing for the next assignment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am really looking forward to starting Project 7. It has been difficult to settle on a final topic, but I think now that I have decided to use my garden as inspiration.</span><br />
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-76862841107565508552013-05-09T00:06:00.003-07:002014-06-16T05:49:55.337-07:00Project 7<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>THEME BOOK</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been going around in my head for a long time now. I have had lots of ideas - but didn't seem to be able to decide what to choose. I had a look back through some old exam papers at night-school and noted down any starting point ideas that appealed to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sat down and wrote down everything in my life and did a brain-storm with ideas - but I just kept coming back to the idea of my garden. I live in a beautiful rural part of mid-Wales and my garden is not necessarily full of flowers but it is full of inspiration, so I have chosen that as subject for my theme book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have recently purchased two book by Frances Pickering and found her work very inspirational. I am going to experiment with some of her techniques and see where it leads.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Cover-Paper-Fabric-Books/dp/0957351100/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368083100&sr=8-1&keywords=frances+pickering">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Cover-Paper-Fabric-Books/dp/0957351100/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368083100&sr=8-1&keywords=frances+pickering</a><br />
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-38251217745771935032013-05-08T13:49:00.001-07:002014-05-29T10:05:20.797-07:00Research Point - Gillian Bates<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My tutor suggested I look at the work of Gillian Bates and I'm glad I did.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gillian </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is a textile artist based in Eastbourne, East Sussex. She takes her inspiration from the surrounding seaside towns (the residents and architecture), holiday advertising, old postcodes and vintage footage of seaside holidays - producing quirky images of bandstands, helter-skelter, beach huts, 99's, carousels and deck-chairs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She produces lovely, nostalgic textile images; very intricate black machine embroidered glimpses of everyday seaside life - highlighted with bright coloured pieces of fabric. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a background of plain cotton drill, she draws her images, freehand with needle and thread, creating pops of colour with fabric - a mix of recycled, vintage and new - to create beautiful art canvases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like these textiles pictures. They look fairly simple, but when you examine them closely they are really quite detailed. I love the sudden pops of colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link to website: http://www.gillian-bates.com/index.aspx</span><br />
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-87911934254851907292013-05-08T13:21:00.001-07:002014-05-28T13:04:39.411-07:00Research Point - Alice Kettle<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw on Facebook that the UK textile artist <a href="http://alicekettle.com/index.HTML" target="_blank">Alice Kettle</a> was looking
for members of the public to help her with a new installation.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After emailing her, I received a pack of
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alice explained that she was making 3 installations for the Queens House, National Maritime Museum - due to be installed during the second week in March 2013. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Garden of England flower installation which takes floral motifs from the clothing in the portraits of Queens and courtiers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A hanging approx 10m high in the centre of the Tulip stairs, using the lace work from the collars and cuffs of the lacework in the displayed portraits</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Tulip staircase installation was the one she was asking for help with, the others she was creating herself. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The installation uses the starting point of the tulip motif echoed in the metal banister which is a cross between a tulip and a fleur-de-lys. Also the motif of Queen Anne’s lace; which is a lacework based on the flower (which is like cow parsley). Alice explained that she needed lots of flowers to make a floating cascade in the centre of the tulip stairs.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use your initiative and be as creative and inventive as possible</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the work is so big I can use everything and anything</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lace is the starting point, light airy and open, no cloth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t use too much wire as I am concerned with the overall weight</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The whole work must be white, can include little bits of black and silver</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alice said that she was basing the installation on the collars, and by asking for flowers and shape contributions from everyone, she could connect and make everything into a huge piece. She intended to make the structure to which all your parts/flowers/motifs will be attached.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She enclosed pictures of how they made the lace collars. These had wire shapes which then had fabric or needle lace worked around them.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the wire to make individual flowers which can then be worked into with needle lace. The fleur-de-lys will echo the banisters and the other flowers are like cow parsley</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the design drawings attached to copy, or draw your own - each flower head up to 6cm across or smaller</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As above but make something that combines floral motifs from the various enclosed references of motifs into a bigger combined shapes - develop and let this grow </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the design drawings attached to copy, or draw your own each flower head not more than 6cm across</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Either draw it out or just let it grow organically</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don’t want to use wire, just make some floral motifs in threads - size as above.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had never done needle-lace before, so had to Google the instructions. I found it quite fiddly, and mine wasn't very neat, but as Alice had said that anything goes I thought it would probably be OK. I only made as many pieces as I had wire for – which was 5 and then I made loom flowers with the rest of the yarn. These were very simple but I think they turned out very well. It was a bit boring doing the same thing over and over again but having seen the finished piece it was worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a very enjoyable project to work and gave me a small insight into the work of a professional textile artist. I looked at the <a href="http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/collections/2013/03/14/installing-the-garden-of-england-day-3/l-8/" target="_blank">installation</a> of the internet and it looks brilliant. It is a massive installation and to think it is made up of very small parts – all posted to Alice from all over the country – I think I can see some of my flowers in there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-42219055182121519312013-05-08T08:45:00.003-07:002014-06-16T06:15:49.385-07:00Art Class Wednesday #3<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Collograph</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to try some collograph printing at nightschool. I tried four different plates to see what would work best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is just strips of thin card from a biscuit wrapper with some scraps of thread that I found on the table and some wool stretched across.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next I tried just slicing a layer off the cardboard base and peeling back some of the top so that the corrugated piece showed through. Then I stabbed holes with a pencil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found a piece of crochet and used that as another plate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally I used pieces of fabric and a selvedge I found in the scrap box and some crumpled tissue paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All the pieces were glued to the card board plate and then sealed with a 50:50 mix of pva and water. When they were dry I inked up the plate by covering my finger in fabric and dipping it into the printing ink and rubbing it over the plate. I had dampened the paper in a bowl of water and I layered up the printing blanket, scrap paper, inked plate, dampened paper and another layer of blanket and rolled it all through the printing press. I also tried printing onto fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The results were pretty mixed, but as an experiment it was very informative. Some of the materials used were more successful than others. The selvedge with the row or stitching worked really well, so did the little piece of sequinned fabric, the lines gouged with pen lid, the fancy square fabric and the heavy net. The crumpled tissue paper and the woven plastic were not as successful and were very dependent on the correct amount of ink to produce any kind of successful image.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The crochet doilly was too thick really. I wasn't very pleased with the image printed from this plate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The plain cardboard was ok - a bit boring - didn't have a lot of variety.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The plate made with the scrap thread though produced a lovely print, and the net behind was also successful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also tried rubbings from the plates. I used a fabric crayon onto poly-cotton. Again this produced some interesting results. Definitely worth considering for future projects.</span></div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-18010115967000241092013-05-07T14:53:00.001-07:002014-06-09T14:13:04.730-07:00Research Point - Diversity of Style & Design in Textiles<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As my daughter has recently had a baby, we have been looking at nursery fabric. Given the vast array of choice available to the consumer in the current market, it can be difficult to know where to start. The colour scheme for the nursery had been decided by a crochet blanket that I had made for the cot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This consisted of coloured circles - in teals, red, greens, yellows - in squares of grey. With this in mind we went to John Lewis fabric department and had a look at what fabric was available. There were a lot of collection books to look at, but we narrowed it down to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zagazoo - the illustrations of Quentin Blake have been turned into a range of fabric and wallpaper for Osbourne & Little. This fabric is 100% cotton and 140cms wide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a Hoot 3230 Jolly Jurassic is a lovely dinosaur design from Harlequin. This again is 100% cotton and 137cms wide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our favourite though was Elephant & Castle from Designers Guild - also 100% cotton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The photographs don't really show a true likeness for the actual colours, but it is interesting to note that they all have elements of the Pantone 2013 Colour of the Year - Emerald.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When it comes to choosing sheets for the cot, we all know the benefits of eating organic food or driving a hybrid car, but are perhaps not as aware of the importance of choosing organic bedding or clothes. We can spend up to a quarter of our lives in our beds, and the rest of the time in our clothes - and babies can spend up to 70% of their first year sleeping.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soft</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wicking - absorbs moisture</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thermal Regulating - warm in winter; cool in summer - helps to keep the babies temperature regular</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dries quickly</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Free from pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides and formaldehyde (a fabric treatment to lessen creasing)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dyed without bleach or chlorine and coloured without the use of toxic dyes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Organic wool is naturally fire retardant</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because cotton is not a foodstuff there are less rules governing the use of pesticides and chemicals used in its production.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cost - at least double the cost of non-organic products</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Choice - not a great deal of patterned or coloured options available</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Considering how organic cotton is produced, the cost can be understood. The cotton is collected by hand - making the finished product much softer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are bombarded on a daily basis with pollutants - noise, electronic, chemicals, GM products to name but a few - to make one more choice to lessen this must be advantageous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the current economic climate, the choice is more likely to be financial and with organic products usually being at least double or triple the cost - this can be a large influencing factor. However, the ready-made market is also full of choice - to suit any budget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ikea sell this cot set blanket/pillowcase/sheet/quilt cover - 100% cotton - £10. They say that their cotton is grown in a more sustainable way with considerably reduced usage of water, fertilizers and pesticides compared to conventional cotton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There seems to be a dearth of colour available for fitted cot sheets - pink, pale blue, lemon, pale green, cream or white seem to dominate the high-street market. A few companies - Babies R Us; sell coloured sheets but only in bedding bundles and Mothercare sell some brighter colours, but there is a very limited choice in strong colours and patterns; so these beautiful designs from funkynursery.co.uk are a real find. They are 100% organic cotton fitted cot sheets and have a high thread count to give a smooth and soft finish. At £23 each they are not cheap, but they are lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the past I would probably have been driven by colour and possibly budget, but after doing the research for this article I would now be more inclined to choose organic, ethical products.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the news currently - the Bangladesh textile factory collapse - has brought to the forefront of public awareness the conditions of the workers supplying a lot of cheap high street consumables that are so popular at the moment. In order to buy a cheap £3 T-shirt production costs must be kept to a minimum - but someone has to pay the price.</span></div>
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There are high couture designer items as well as clogs and shawls which
would have been worn by the working people of Manchester and Lancashire. However, as the collection is quite
extensive, only a small proportion is on display at any one time. The remainder of the collection can be
accessed via the internet. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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displayed downstairs on shop type mannequins, back to 17<sup>th</sup> century
costumes; displayed on tailors dummies upstairs. There is work by many top designers - Chanel,
YSL, as well as British designers such as Mary Quant, Zandra Rhodes and Vivien
Westwood. There are also displays
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such as Sonia Rykiel for H&M and Kate Moss for Topshop.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Manchester Ship Canal in the regenerated Salford Quays area - near to the city
centre. I visited this iconic Manchester
building earlier in the year because I thought the exhibition - </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once Upon A Wartime</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (which explores
five well know children books about war) - might be of interest to me for my
personal project. The book I was most
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it this way and although you do “exit via the gift shop” your also enter this
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The <b>Once Upon A Wartime</b> exhibition opens
with <b>War Horse by Michael Morpurgo</b>,
then takes the visitor on through Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden, The Machine
Gunners by Robert Westall, The Silver Sword by Ian Serrailier and finally
Little Soldiers by Bernard Ashley. The
exhibition is very interactive and seemed to be much enjoyed by the parties of
visiting school children.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The <b>War Horse</b> section features scripts and
props from the recent Steven Spielberg film of the book. It also included the original painting which
inspired the book. There were lots of
original items/photographs/letters all showing the terrible conditions these
poor war horses had to endure. I found
myself crying through most of the exhibition - my own horse has the kind of
build that would have made her a suitable candidate to have been requisitioned
by the army - and to think of her going off to war was unbearable. There was a very poignant letter from some
children asking if their pony could be spared from being called up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exhibition space is in the <b>earth shard</b>
of the building. It holds the <b>National Imperial War collection for 1914
onwards</b>. This is a timeline of the major
conflicts of the 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> centuries. In addition to this area there are five
“silos” that concentrate on the human aspect of war. Every hour</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> this main exhibition
area becomes one huge projection screen for the <b>“Big Picture</b> <b>Show”</b>. This is a series of six films that are
screened all around the room, telling the stories of war through photographs,
art and commentary. Besides the War
Horse exhibition, this was one of my favourite pieces. The projection of the images onto all the surfaces
was very effective. My all-time
favourite plane - the Harrier Jump Jet was also exhibited here - so that was
great to see - up close and personal!
Another very simple piece was a series of small model bomber planes
hanging from a grid of timber with a spotlight behind it. This put much larger shadows of the bombers
onto the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the IWM is that the visitor will go away from their visit and reflect on how
war and conflict affect us all and that they will re-visit the museum to gain a
better understanding. I certainly
enjoyed my trip to the museum and if I decide to choose War Horse as my
personal theme, I will take a lot away from this exhibition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945333936663090820.post-64217561377624890922013-05-07T12:21:00.000-07:002014-06-15T14:42:08.223-07:00Project 6<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MANIPULATING FABRIC</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/donnaallbright/oca-fabric-manipulation/" target="_blank">Manipulating Fabric Board</a> on Pinterest, to collect some ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My fabric samples are already sorted into colours and stored together. So I went onto Stage 2 and then just picked out any pieces of fabric that I thought would be suitable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had already created a mood board for this photograph in <a href="http://mytextilejourney.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Project%203" target="_blank">Project 3; Stage 4 - Exercise 2</a>. I love the texture and colours in this photograph of some old horseshoes that I find when I am digging in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My second choice is from <a href="http://mytextilejourney.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Project%203" target="_blank">Project 3; Stage 6 - Exercise 2</a>. I had taken this photograph of barnacles on a breaker on the beach at Barmouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had developed this into some mixed media ideas and a French knot piece. And I felt that these ideas could definitely be developed further.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next three choices are all from <a href="http://mytextilejourney.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Project%203" target="_blank">Project 3; Stage 4 - Exercise 1</a>. I choose them because I liked the colours, the texture and thought that they could all be usueful starting points for further exploration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used this as inspiration for <a href="http://mytextilejourney.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Project%204" target="_blank">Project 4; Stage 2</a> - to develop design ideas. I like the graphic quality and the colours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took the image of the barnacles and isolated an interesting part. I then manipulated this on the computer. Enlarged it until it was unrecognisable and changed the colours. I then took the sample and just kept playing around with effects and created a whole array of colours and ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the fire image I tried gathering and manipulating the fabric, but I didn't like how this was looking. I tried small strips of different fabrics held down with a simple running stitch. I was very pleased with how this turned out, so repeated the idea for the cool image. I think these samples are really successful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To develop this further, I recoloured the image and enlarged it and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">then tried it in a different colour-way. The fabric sample is lots of squares of fabric, machine sewn in squares and then cut back to reveal the fabric below. I think the sample has worked well to represent the surface texture of the glass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my final sample for this stage - I chose the calm image. For the background I used a piece of dark purple velvet. On to this I layered strips of various sheens and sheers in greens, purples and lilac. Over the top of all the strips there is a piece of lilac net to hold everything in place and then a final piece of turquoise-green organza. I then cut different size circles out of various purple and green fabrics and used blanket stitch to hold them down. I used blue-green-grey thread for the running stitch on the background. I love the colours in this piece and am happy with how it has turned out. I think it is a good development from the original image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>STAGE 4 - RAISED & STRUCTURED SURFACE TEXTURES</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 1. Rectangle of fabric, single line of gathering in the centre</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 2. Rectangle of fabric, single line of gathering at each long side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> </b>3. Thin strip of fabric, double line of gathering in the centre</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 4. Small strip of fabric, folded into pleats, held down with running stitch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 5. Circles of fabric stitched in the middle, pulled tight, bead added</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 6. Suffolk Puff - circle of fabric, gathered around the edge, pulled tight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 7. Strip of fabric, folded, single line of gathering at edge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 8. Furrowing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 9. Spot fabric, stitched around spots and pulled tight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Grid marked on fabric, stitched on marks and pulled tight</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FOLDING & PLEATING</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Smocking on a piece of gingham</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fabric wasn't really suitable for this and a piece of ordinary gingham would have been better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Smocking on gingham</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a piece of small check gingham to try out various sizes of smocking using the squares as a guide. This shows the various surfaces that can be created using different sized grids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Smocking on a piece of plain cotton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This fabric was more suitable for this technique and for a first attempt I think it has worked well and gives a really good surface texture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Smocking on a piece of check cotton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Again I used the squares in the fabric to create the smocked effect. I really like how this has turned out and the way it has broken up the squared surface of the fabric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. Pin tucks stitched down at both sides and stitch the opposite way in the middle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16. Circle of fabric with a hole cut off-centre and pin-tucked around the edge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17. Gingham fabric with random pin-tucks</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>TEARING, FRAYING & SLASHING</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18. Layers of organza, machine stitched together and burnt into</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19. Layers of fabric, stitched in lines at various intervals, slashed and machine washed to create the frayed edge. I had to cut a lot of the fraying off as it was taking over the sample.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>QUILTING</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20. A sandwich of cotton :: wadding :: velvet - stitched into with random French knots</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21. A circle of muslin, with a gathered circle in the middle, stuffed with wadding</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>RAISED SHAPES</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22. A piece of calico with 3D things stitched to it - various sized curtain rings, a shell, a bead, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a button - with a piece of calico manipulated and stitched down over the top. Seed stitch and French knots added. A piece of moulded organza also caught down to add interest and texture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried various fabrics - using a small elastic band to secure them - I tried different items to create shapes - marbles, glass nuggets and screws. I then steamed the fabric until it held its shape. Once the fabric was cool I left it to dry and then removed the elastic bands and shapes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my final sample I decided to develop the barnacle image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a piece of muslin and a piece of striped organza. I fixed glass nuggets into these fabrics with small elastic bands I then soaked the fabric in a strong solution of coffee before steaming the fabric in the microwave until the fabric held its shape over the nuggets. When the fabric was cool, I left it dry and then removed the elastic bands and the nuggets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background fabric is a piece of poly-cotton. I cut the muslin fabric to the size required and then used the left-over pieces to fill in the areas that needed more raised shapes. I also attached the piece of organza to create a subtly coloured area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used dark brown thread in a running stitch to attach all the layers together and catch down the extra pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am really pleased with how this piece has turned out. I like the addition of the organza, which has added an area of colour and texture. I also like how the coffee has stained the top of the nugget shapes more than the sides.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>How does working with fabric in this way compare with working directly with stitch? </i> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have really enjoyed this assignment. I like working directly with the fabric. I have enjoyed working with muslin, which is lovely and soft and easy to manipulate. I like being able to crease the fabric and ruffle it to create a textured surface on which to stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Are you pleased with the shapes and movements that you have created in both appliqué and fabric manipulation? What would you do differently?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am pleased with the work I have done. Both of the final samples have worked well and I have used a lot of techniques that I haven't tried before; smoking; quilting; raised shapes; furrowing. I wonder if I need to be a bit neater in my experiments. I have looked at other people's pin tuck samples and they are beautifully made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>How did the pieces work in relation to your drawings? Were the final results very different from the drawing? Did the fabric manipulation technique take over and dictate the final result?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the first experimental pieces were quite different from the drawings but had elements that were definitely related. Both of the final pieces were more like the drawings - although the fabric manipulation created a further dimension.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't mind either way. I find it fairly easy to just pick up pieces of fabric and thread and play around with little ideas. Relating them to the drawings was harder but there was less choice to get distracted by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>How do you feel about working with stitch in general? Is it an area you would like to pursue in more depth? Do you find it limiting in any way?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love working with stitch. I find hand-stitching very relaxing and the fact that you can pick it up at any time and that it is portable is very useful. I like the freedom of stitching and the ability to build up layers and textures. I don't really find it limiting at all - I think the possibilities are boundless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602147884479395648noreply@blogger.com0