The Trees

This morning was one of those crisp, fresh, clear and frosty-type winter mornings, so I went out to take some photo's in the woods behind my house;

The Fern Leaf

Inspired by Wednesday's walk I set up my desk and made some art;

I picked out the fern leaf as an interesting motif to work from, and started with some inky drawings;

I then began to work with a colour story  I hadn't used before;

Black
White
Gold

After making the inky drawings I progressed on to printing with fern leaves and using them as stencils.

I also introduced a triangle stamp, I liked the contrast of the geometric shape with the natural form of the fern leaf. It was also a nice way link in the colour story with block colour.

 Finally I experimented with pattern making. I used really basic techniques/media which made for a scruffy/rustic look which I think works well.

Walking on Sunshine!

Yesterday the weather was beautiful and sunny which makes a change from the otherwise constant rainy, misty and dark days of late. 

So I went for a quick walk behind my back garden and took some photos...

First Term Project Completion

The first term at uni flew by, just as I was really starting to settle in I found myself mounting my work ready for the deadline. The deliverables for the project were;

Drawing Sketchbook

A Research file

A Dye Technical File 

A stitch Technical File

Loose Sheet Drawings (life drawing etc)

Six Best Samples edged and mounted

A Collection of next best samples mounted

200 word statement

It wasn't a particularly large amount of work for a term in comparison to foundation. However, we did also have constellation and lots of introductions, health and safety talks and general first year things to do that took up a lot of the time.

Overall I was pleased when handing in my work. I felt my response to the brief was strong and unique to me. I think I was quite successfull in identifying quite early on what techniques were working best and so focused on perfecting and experimenting with them.

I think the links between my research, drawing and then the translation into textiles were a strength. I created drawings in a style personal to me that I developed whilst on foundation. I have discovered I really enjoy working in this fluid, abstract way, focusing on creating a rich language of marks in each drawing.

However, as always there were a number of things I felt I could have done better or explored further. Again balancing my time and workload was difficult particularly with moving to a new place. Perhaps I should set myself weekly goals or some improved kind of  scheduling in future.

Anyway here's my work;