Tuesday 30 April 2013

The Artist Linda Florence.

I came across the works of Linda Florence purely by accident but what I found was really interesting and impressive.




I love her combinations of geometrics and stylised florals and her compositions are amazing. I love her choice of structure and the simple selection of colours really works well. 


The Artist Stasia Burrington.

Here is an artist that was recommended to me by a friend. I love how she has combined florals and geometric patterns to create these interesting patterns. Obviously some of her subject matter doesn't apply to me but what I am focusing on is how she has managed to integrate all the elements to create such innovative work.




Her works are beautiful. I really like her use of colour with the black and white, I think it is very effective. 

The Leaf and Flower Structures.

These worksheets are a combination of leaves and flowers in the style previously stated but in a range of compositions. I have created these by using those cut out flowers that were photocopied earlier on in the module.

 
I love the structure of these two worksheets because of the limited palette and the simple arrangement of leaves behing some flowers. These two are possibly my favourite.
 

 

 



This sheet below is purely an experiment with my flowers and line. I wanted to see if the offset leaf idea worked just as well with the flowers and looking at this I just don't think it is to the same standard.

 
 
Unfortunately on these next few worksheets I had a problem scanning my images in. The scanner seemed to be dirty and it has left this horrible dark line down the sides of my worksheets.
 

 
 
These worksheet I like but are yet to be finished. After I scanned one of them in I had to make the colour bolder to show the emphasis on the stems leading to a point at the bottom of the page. I like this idea of using a bunch of stemmed flowers and I may research this further.
 

 


The Offset Leaf.

The offset leaf was yet another factor of my work discussed during my half way review and there was little or no evidence of my development of these at this time.

These are my offset leaves so far.






I am really happy with each of these leaf styles. I like the small groups that have one or two different colours and finished with a linear version of that particular leaf. I love this way of working with leaves and I think the results are very interesting and there is definitely more that can be done with them. 



The Neutral Collection.

My neutral collection, collection number 3 is the development of a collection from last semester. After the review of my work and time frame it was discussed the idea of discarding this collection and having only 2 to handle.

This collection may still be an option if enough time is available but at the moment the future is bleak for collection number 3.

The 7th Week Review.

My review for reaching the half way point of the module went well. Each of my collections were discussed and my plans for what I would like to make.

One issue that arisen was the foam jigsaw idea. It turns out that to produce four of these poufs of a decent size and weight would be quite costly and not appropriate at student level. Also, I was having trouble with creating compositions that I would be willing to cut up and that would still look as good as separate pieces so it was decided that the idea to create foam jigsaw poufs would be scrapped but I can still reference it in my sketchbook.

Now this idea was out of the question, other ideas came to mind... chair, fabric lengths, wallpaper, bedding box.

hmmmmmmm.

The Machine Embroidery.

I really like doing embroidery work by machine because I love the different effects and textures that can be created and it is much easier to use a selection of different weighted threads.

Shona Skinner.


This is an example of Shona Skinners work. She is a Machine embroidery artist and I love how she has used a sewing machine to create this realistic view of the water. This is definitely something I could have a go at.

Louise Gardiner.


This is a composition by Louise Gardiner and she is another machine embroidery artist. I like her work because in it she uses a variety of different weighted threads using different machine feet and the ideas are all very interesting and modern. 

The Anthropologie Website.

I love these bedding designs from Anthropologie. I love the composition and the colours and all the different pattern elements.



I like the mixture of black and white and colour in this design and I like how the floral composition stays only in the bottom of the design. The use of space is interesting and I would like to create some ideas using this design structure.




I love this design because of the use of line. I like how there are different qualities of line that make up the pattern and I love how the colour compliments the style or theme.


This design I like for the different geometric patterns arranged in a simple patchwork sort of way. 

The Jigsaw Toile.

This is a three-dimensional jigsaw toile and I plan to create poufs with this idea.


I found that this was a very difficult experiment because the grooves of the shape were not easy to fit the fabric around. 

My inspiration for this came from M.C.Escher because of his interlocking shapes and this reminded me of jigsaw pieces. I would like to use a couple of different shaped pieces and fit them together to create one large pouf. I think this would be very interesting to pursue but at the moment it is proving awkward.