Firstly, I'm not choosing to reference any artists that I
looked at throughout 3D as it was a particularly difficult unit for me and I
didn't enjoy it very much. I know for me it's not something that I'm going to
pop back into so I don't think it's relevant.
Whilst in London I visited Wallace and Sewell, I absolutely
loved their work and all the colour and texture within it. It was great to see
there fabric right in front of me. It was also particularly helpful to see the
context of their work and what audience they aim it at. It was interesting to
see who was in their shop browsing. This all influenced the direction for my
own work. I used an image I had taken whilst in their shop, to produce my
colour palette for the print rotation. This helped me go on to produce bright
and vibrant sample work. I can see my drawing work that I produced in print and
my digital print as stationery, or wallpaper in the home. It could even be
developed into furnishing for the home, as a couch for example, like the one l
seen whilst in Timorous Beasties and also Wallace and Sewell.
Whilst being back in construct I've focused mainly on
landscapes and materials, I've looked at a textile artist called Josie Russell.
For me she is really inspiring because she uses lots of found materials out of
charity shops, she's very economical and my project is partly thinking about
materials used. I think it's great that she works in this way, she keeps her
environmental impact to a minimum whilst creating her work of North Wales. I
feel like In some ways there is a connection between our work because she
focuses on beautiful surroundings like the countryside, and that's what I have
tried to focus my work on. She has picked up on all the different marks because
of the patterns and textures in materials that she's used, I think that's really
clever and it's exactly what I've been trying to do but with yarns. The bronze
and brown tones she's used reference my photograph that I've taken, as well as
my yarn wrappings and weave samples.
Another
artist I’ve looked at and found to be relevant is Patty Hawkins. I like the
composition of her work and the way she uses shapes to form a piece of
textiles. I have used many trees, branches and twigs as visual research in my
body of work, and when I've looked at her work I can see a clear connection
between the two. We both use lots of mark making and notice all the lines and
shapes. Just looking at her work next to my weaving you can already see how it
relates by the colours and textured lines. She uses many bright colours that
aren't necessarily true to a real landscape, I have done some of this way of
working too. I suppose I have in my head a colour palette of what I expect
summer to be which would be yellows, oranges, turquoises, pinks etc. I think
when you think of summer you think of holidays, lovely weather and bright
colours. However, this isn't always true and colours aren't as bright as you
first thought when presented with a photograph for example. This is the reason
why I've slightly changed the direction of my work and have opted for a more
neutral colour palette incorporating shades of browns and more muddy tones.
I can
definitely see my weaves as scarves, blankets or huge throws. Maybe even a rug
if the yarns were durable and substantial. I also like the idea of making
little purses or bags and embroidering in to my weaves in some way to add more
detail. I think the artists that I've chose to look at are all very colourful
and quite fussy which is definitely how I like to produce my work.
