Blog 19

Inspirational image


These images made me think about the colour and media when creating my final piece.
I like the idea of producing a painting that has multiple people in a jar. That way I can show all my various types of trafficking I had been researching.

Blog 18

To finalise my concept in relation to the after math of an earthquake, I was inspired from a puzzle image. I liked the idea of the community working together to try and regain normality by rebuilding homes and life's. Although great efforts have been made to do so, the pieces can be put back together again although the memories of sadness and devastation will still be lurking beneath. The joins of appliqué will represent this successfully. If I had the opportunity to re-do this design, I would like to create it on a much larger scale.

Blog 17

A few weeks To go...

With hand in a few weeks away, I'm at the stage of refining my ideas and beginning to create my final piece. I have made sure that I showed a clear progression in developing samples that relates to my concept. I made a final decision on the layout of my composition through experimenting multiple ways to present my finished piece. 

I have made the decision to create multiple textile sections that will join together forming one piece. The concept in comparison from my last brief is much more stronger and detailed.

The downside to creating this piece is that each section is very time consuming. I am now concentrating fully on creating these sections. Once completed, I will go back and annotate my sketch book.

Blog 16

Trafficking research

Stop the traffik is a human trafficking organisation that helps support the victims of abuse and also raises awareness. They do this by selling merchandise and campaigning. As a final idea for this brief, I began to create some designs that could also make people more aware of this terrible matter that still goes on.

 I thought about creating bags that Would help to raise awareness also. I could encorporate the hand prints from the stop the traffik website and use textile techniques such as appliqué or fabric transfer paint to do so. I have not decided just yet on what to create for my final piece. I plan on creating more paintings and looking at the composition of the human body's first before I make a final decision. 

Blog 15

Dimensions

As an alternative design idea, I experimented with the dimensions as the way I will present the finished piece is very important to me. Firstly I began with the idea of creating a flat framed final piece that would be made using the textile combinations I had experimented with. I feel this would be a save idea to go with. 

This idea shows my final piece displayed in a large flat frame.

The good thing about creating this final piece would be that it could be made fast and relatively quick. The downside in my opinion would be the scale, I would not be overly happy with presenting it this way as I would feel I was taking the easy route. I like to give myself a challenge and therefore will continue with further developments.

Week 14

Combination development...

The techniques used in this sample were:

-Soluble fabric

-Appliqué 

-Encaustic wax

Out of the previous samples created and the multiple combinations of techniques, this one is my most preferred.

This combination of techniques used turned out very effective as a successful texture was created. I am really happy to progress forward and work out how I can layout this combination controllably. The colour choice also worked well due to the contrast in colour. I will continue to use these colours as the orange represented the rescuers from the disaster zones. The black gives a strong mood of death and destruction. Rough drawings will also be created to help me visualise the end result.