Project Brief

To further the work I have already done I plan to take forward my colour palette and use the textures from my photographs to add depth to my work. I also plan to add in a wild card, in one of the shock, wonder, wow classes we were told to take something forward from that class whether it be something we created ourselves or an idea from someone else. Someone had received a Spyri graph in their kinder egg and I think it would be interesting to incorporate one into my project. This would give my project a new interesting feel.

Half way project review

When given the brief for this project, I knew that I didn't want to use the words given to me. In fact, at first, I wasn’t overly keen on this project brief at all. However, as I started my research, I discovered lots of inspirational and interesting things and became quite excited about the development of my project. After spending some time researching in the library, I decided to focus my project on growth and decay. I began to take photographs of natural forms of growth and decay. This was extremely beneficial as the resulting photographs were very successful and helped me decide categorically to make my theme growth and decay.  I particularly liked the photographs where I zoomed in close to capture the detail in the images in view. I chose Weave Intermediate for my workshop and found it surprisingly easy to transfer the textures and colours from the photographs into my weave samples. I was very experimental with weave this time and feel that my experimentation and fearless attitude towards weave improved the final results. I used paper yarns, shredded paper, dried leaves and even tried cramming many yarns together - all to create various different textures. However, I struggled with what to draw in my sketchbook. I found drawing or painting images far too literal as they didn't relate to my weaving pieces. I tried experimenting with different techniques, such as using fabric in my book as part of drawing and editing images, but I really struggled with the sketchbook side of things with this project, as I didn't find doing it beneficial – it wasn’t a process which was going to influence the product. However, I did find attaching yarns next to the photographs very useful as this helped me plan the colours I would be using. It not only helped me match up the colours, but the textures I wanted to achieve from the photographs as well. I am very pleased with my final weave samples as I feel I have successfully captured both the colours and the textures of the images in the photographs. In future projects, I need to remember there is a lot more to drawing and painting than just pencils and paint. Usually I am very experimental, but in the first half of the project I thought drawing and painting was required and didn’t ‘think outside the box’.  I have made a conscious note and will not fall into this trap again and ensure I am as experimental as possible with my drawing and painting, not only in the next half of the project, but in future projects. Furthermore, I need to change the scale of my drawings and paintings by working outside of my sketchbook more often. Large scale pieces always look more effective. I presented my weave samples in the last project on plain white card, I will do this again as it is effective and doesn’t detract from my work like any other colour would. In fact, white card makes the weave samples stand out. Below there are a few photographs of my weave samples and the photographs I took my inspiration from for both colour and texture.

            

  

1. Above are 2 photographs. The top one is the weave sample I created from the photograph below it. I have matched the lovely red colour of the flowers of the shrub, but intentionally went for a yarn representing the leaves with a more autumnally feel.

2. Above are 2 photographs. The top one is the weave sample I created from the photograph below it.  I feel I have matched both the colours and the textures of these Chinese Lanterns in the photograph.

3. Above are 2 photographs. The top one is the weave sample I created from the photograph below it. This is my favourite weave as I feel both the colour and texture match is particularly good.  I have created so many different weave textures, patterns and colours, but they go beautifully together. 

4. Above are 2 photographs. The top one is the weave sample I created from the photograph below it. The colours are quite a good match, but I particularly like the vein effect I have created.

Wild Card

In this weeks drawing task we were asked to bring in a kinder egg and draw from it. Students also made an installation with the wrappers and packaging. At the end of the task we were asked to take something from this task and add it into our project. One girl had a spyrigraph in her kinder egg and I think that will put a really new and different twist on my project as its the complete opposite of my project. My project is about natural growth and decay whereas a spyrigraph creates very accurate drawings.

The Installation.

Finding My Path