Unit X Week 1

Blackpool Beach

During the first week of Unit X we have been set to go to archives. Tuesday we took a trip to Blackpool and visited the sea front, the big disco ball sculpture and the illuminations centre where the illumination sculptures were designed and made. Out of this trip I did not really have a good idea about what to actually focus my work of, but was most interested in the wires at the illuminations, I was fascinated by how hectic the wires were and how many bundles of them there was, all very colourful and all tangles together.

Silk Museum

Also during this week we had the opportunity to visit the Macclesfield silk museum. This was really interesting, fascinating seeing a mill as it was when it was in use. I thought it was good to see how big the machines where and how much they have changed today. It also helped me to understand weave a little more as when we went to look their, I had not actually done any weaving yet. 

Wires from Blackpool Illuminations 

As the wires mostly interested me from the illuminations, I am going along with the bright flat colours similar to these, so thought as I can not get amazing drawings from these, I could look at other things relating to the bright colourfulness of Blackpool like the sweets and tack.