Overall I have thoroughly Enjoyed the Sampling unit, I have enjoyed experimenting with new techniques and ideas.I feel that during the sampling unit that the context of my work has been more visible and the artists I have looked at have helped me work in a more professional way, provoking new ideas.
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| Final Sample for Mixed Media |
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| Anne Kyyro Quinn |
During Mixed Media I was focusing on natural things like flowers which I collected images of from the Manchester Museum during feedback week. During these three weeks I wanted to achieve something that was not too three-dimensional but had relief. Artist Anne Kyyro Quinn inspired me along with Artist Giles Miller as there work is very neural colours and there work seems to be mostly made up from the same pattern/ shape but repeated. I wanted to capture this within my own work and feel that this has worked because from one single image of a daisy I have created something that can repeat. I thought that working with the laser cutter was very time consuming and had problems with that my design was to detailed and became very fragile when cut out.
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| Final Collection for Print |
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| Kim Parker |
During my time in print I was again focusing on flowers, but in a a completely different way. I really enjoyed print, more than I thought I would, I learnt a lot of new techniques I did not know about and feel it has a lot of potential, like working into the prints afterwords with other areas of textiles for example embroidery. During this rotation I was working with my prints in mind to be for interior. I was particularly looking at artist Kim Parker as I liked the composition of her work, it is very spaced out motifs, I really liked this and can see the link between this and my own prints. During print I did not have many problems, I managed to get the hand of the process well though found it tricky when mixing my colours. Some of the colours I mixed did not show up in my fabric very clear and others were too bold, so this is something I would need to be aware of next time.
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| Final Samples for Knit |
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| Hannah Buswell |
For the last week of Sampling we where able to choose what area to go back into, I chose Knit and have really enjoyed it. I took a different direction for this as I felt I had out done the flowers and needed something new to work with. I focused on 'Street Beat' and with my photos I have been making block colours with intarsia mostly, on the domestic machines. I have been working with the idea for my work to be wall hangings on a larger scale, but have taken influence from designer Hannah Buswell who's fashion pieces are very bold, using very bright colours. One thing during this three weeks that I have found tricky is using thinner yarns, I wanted to create a look of translucency but due to not being able to manage the thin yarns or even thin wires I could not get the desired effect.
