Thorough my time in the Sampling unit I went to the following areas
Construct and Embroidery.I was set the brief in Feedback week and I went
to the following places to which I felt would spark my inspiration, places such
as the Manchester Museum, the Holding Gallery along
with the Slide induction. In my opinion the Manchester Museum was great
inspiration for looking at data and collections, as there is such a wide
variety of different collections.During my time traveling to the Museum
yet again I began to think in a different way, which was about data collection
that could be anything. I was walking when suddenly noticed an unusual
looking door handle it was rusty as time has worn it away however I
thought about its rustic faded features which I felt added history to this
particular handle as this what intrigued me to it in the first place, so I took
a photo of it and at that point my idea originated to explore the city capturing
wondrous range of door handles
. I
walked to town taking photos and quick sketches of different door handles capturing
the different qualities of each handle nevertheless when I arrived into central
town there where no door handles to be seen everything was automatic or
electronic which made me wonder if door handles will one day disappear as they
will no longer be needed.My first rotation was Weave were I reflected in what
manner could I incorporate my door handles into my woven work, I come to a
decision to look at the colours and textures of my handles and to emphasize
them however at first it was a struggle to come to terms with even simple
weaving pattern as I tend to avoid numbers it something I have always struggled
with, I kept forgetting the numbers for my weave however I solved this problem
by singing them out like a song singing it out loud sounds silly I know but it
really helped me a lot. By different types of yarns and there quality’s I
tried to incorporate the same texture and colours of which a handle would have,
I achieved this using shiny plastic yearns to represent the cold shiny touch of
the handle which I think worked well and also to gave my work a dated look. After
testing many different types of yarns I discovered that some yarns are very
difficult to weave with, as the yarn was very delicate and kept breaking such
as the Moe hair and the fine wool. My second rotation Embroidery
was quite hard to get used to, as there was 10 to 15 samples which
in my opioin was quite hard to produce in a week however I managed to complete the
task.Embroidery was quite a challenge for me I felt I did not enjoy as much as
weave, as I prefer to take my time when producing samples when I rush I tend to
make mistake and embroidery is quite hard to correct as you cannot get a rubber
and erase it. I really enjoyed both rotations which both had challenges
which I felt I rose to these challenges however I wanted to explore
weave more thoroughly so I chose it for my last three weeks for my word I
decided to choose duality however and explore it within my woven work through
colour pattern and much more however I feel as it’s a bit random adding a word
on the last three week of sampling.
. I
walked to town taking photos and quick sketches of different door handles capturing
the different qualities of each handle nevertheless when I arrived into central
town there where no door handles to be seen everything was automatic or
electronic which made me wonder if door handles will one day disappear as they
will no longer be needed.My first rotation was Weave were I reflected in what
manner could I incorporate my door handles into my woven work, I come to a
decision to look at the colours and textures of my handles and to emphasize
them however at first it was a struggle to come to terms with even simple
weaving pattern as I tend to avoid numbers it something I have always struggled
with, I kept forgetting the numbers for my weave however I solved this problem
by singing them out like a song singing it out loud sounds silly I know but it
really helped me a lot. By different types of yarns and there quality’s I
tried to incorporate the same texture and colours of which a handle would have,
I achieved this using shiny plastic yearns to represent the cold shiny touch of
the handle which I think worked well and also to gave my work a dated look. After
testing many different types of yarns I discovered that some yarns are very
difficult to weave with, as the yarn was very delicate and kept breaking such
as the Moe hair and the fine wool. My second rotation Embroidery
was quite hard to get used to, as there was 10 to 15 samples which
in my opioin was quite hard to produce in a week however I managed to complete the
task.Embroidery was quite a challenge for me I felt I did not enjoy as much as
weave, as I prefer to take my time when producing samples when I rush I tend to
make mistake and embroidery is quite hard to correct as you cannot get a rubber
and erase it. I really enjoyed both rotations which both had challenges
which I felt I rose to these challenges however I wanted to explore
weave more thoroughly so I chose it for my last three weeks for my word I
decided to choose duality however and explore it within my woven work through
colour pattern and much more however I feel as it’s a bit random adding a word
on the last three week of sampling.
I have really enjoyed the sampling
brief however I will be happy to move on and start a new project as I feel like
it has been a long time. The weekly blog post have helped
me so much by helping me to review my work and have confidence with my writing.
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