Locating

Week One

During my first week in the locating brief, I was struggling to think of a concept, which relates to both my live and my personal brief.I started by looking at different images for inspiration Pintress is a very helpful source,as there’s such a wide variety of artist which inspired me when thinking of my projects and themes.

During our group tutorial, it helped me to be more selective with what I want to approach and anything I may have to consider when creating my warp. For example planning and making sure my warp is compatible to both my projects as it would be very difficult to create two warps in the time scale.

My task now is to develop my ideas further by gathering primary visual sources I would like to improve on my last feedback which is to do more drawings and create a wide verity to work from and develop I want to be more experimental with my drawings and unpick my work more.

Week Two

During my second week I gathered objects which I personally had an emotional attachment to I discovered some personal items which belonged to my uncle who had recently died. This was the starting point of my drawings.

I wanted to explore more with my drawings using different types of methods such as very tight and tonal drawing as you can see in this image which is an older method of drawing which reminds me of artist such as Leonardo da Vinci I am very interested with this drawing method.

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also included methods such as collage, mix media fine liner and ink which give my work a wider variety of mark making I want now to become more loser with my drawing as it gives me more inspiration to incorporate into my weave work.

Week Three

During the Christmas holidays I lost my flow when drawing so I attended life drawing sessions to help me with my drawing techniques this helped me to become looser and flowing with my drawing methods.

I used methods such as stick and ink which when reviewing the marks that was created was quite interesting and flowing the ink almost had a glossy tone when thinking how I can incorporate this into my weave work I am thinking of methods such as inlaying materials, satin sateen to recreate the flowing marks. 

Using methods such as screen print rubbing out parts where the light reflected this was my first time life drawing whilst                                                                                            

was my first time life drawing whilst doing screen print you had to work quite fast as the colour hardens.

Week Four

During our week back our group feedback session really helped me giving me inspiration and how to develop my work further as it confused me when doing two briefs at the same time.

My group really liked the marks from my life drawing class the loose and tonal parts, when looking closer at my screen prints the lighter tone reminded my tutor of floats patterns which was quite interesting. After researching I discovered a weaver’s work who uses the same flowing and lose method like my print.

Example of the flowing effect in my printed work it has inspired me to incorporate

 furry yarns such as Moe hair and wool to try and recreate this effect. 

 

Weaver named Laura Miles incorporated materials such as fluffy yarns brushing parts to create a swishing effect also leaving parts untouched this is a perfect source of inspiration for my work, helping me to consider a wide range of different textured yarns to recreate the same textures from my life drawings.

Week Five

 my fifth week I was considering my colour palate when thinking what colours to include I was inspired by the old family photos which had an array of browns to grey shades which would be good to include in both briefs as Calvin Klein incorporates a neutral colour scheme. 

I wanted to base my colour scheme on the objects which I have a deep emotional attachment to so I went to my grandma’s house where she had a collection of old memories captured in old black and white photographs some of which turned brown because they are so old. The brown colours really interested me however after making yarn wrapping incorporating the  different types of browns together seemed a bit flat and didn’t relate to my live brief or my line drawing as much as I wanted.

        (Old photos aged brown)

               

                  

     (Yarn wraps with different browns)

When researching Calvin Klein I wanted to make sure that my warp would be relevant in both projects I started to get a feeling that the company uses a lot of simple pattern and different textures I want to expand on this idea of textures by incorporating my own styles to the warp simple patterns repeated to create an array of texture.

                                                                Calvin Klein  

When considering my drawing it has a lot of movement and textures in my opinion it is more fine art work, however it has helped me which inspiration for form, structures and shapes to incorporate into both of my projects. I plan to experiment with texture in both projects however refine it and simplify it for my live brief as Calvin Klein represents a much classier simplified look.

Week Six

I finally decided on a colour scheme which is different grey tones I have never worked with dark colours so it would be great to challenge myself. I incorporated the greys tones which was in an old photo of my nanna and her friend she has now passed away I have an emotional attachment to this image as it helps me to remember her in a time which she was happy in her life.

(Final wrap for warp)

I then developed lots of different yarn wraps using different tones of grey it was very hard to select which one I wanted to use for my warp as I liked all the colours I think they all worked well together however after my tutorial Lesley suggested that I double up some yarns together to get a mixture of the grey colours in my warp.  

I am very happy with my end result for my warp I think the mixture of colours blends in well and the colour concept would fit in well with Calvin Klein designs I have a greater understanding of blending colours together and what effect it has in my work.

Week Seven

                                    (mill)                                                     (Weights added)

Warp making week was a disaster for me as both tutors where away I discovered when wrapping my warp on the mill I tend to get confused and lose count of my ends I don’t think I can resolve this problem as maths is a subject I can never seem to improve on. 

My tutors where both away I didn’t want to get behind in my work so I attempted to put my own warp on the loom however when trying to thread it in the correct way the string fell off and I lost my place being brave I still attempted to put my warp on the loom however it was a complete mess,I was so distraught with my warp it took my tutor hours to fix it. One thing I have learnt by this disaster sometimes it’s good to be patient so you don’t have to wait even longer correcting your mistakes however I am still proud that I attempted to do this task as I have learnt from my mistakes and will hopefully never do them again.

Extra ends had to be added to my warp and it had to be re planned Rebecca says almost any problem with the loom can be fixed I hope this is true as I always seem to have a lot of problems when weaving this information is reassuring because in my last unit I thought I broke the loom.

Week Eight

Live Brief

                                               (Sketchbook ideas and connections)

For my live project I wanted to focus on the different textures which interested me both from my drawings and other textures.From my drawing it helped me to create weft patterns and different structures such as rib patterns I feel I have made lots of connections from my sketchbook to my weave patterns and structures. I want to experiment with different yarns when weaving playing and manipulating them to see what textures I can create.

By doing a live brief it helped me to get an idea of what it would be like if I wanted to pursue a professional career as a textile designer. 

Personal Brief

I started to create a large body of drawing which I used them for my colour pallet I was struggling to make my woven pieces different from my live brief so I incorporated more colour I also wanted to incorporate more of the different types of line quality from my drawings using patterns such as Ms and Os which has a flowing fluid feeling like my ink line quality’s.

                                             (Sketchbook ideas and connections)

Experimenting with yarns and materials to try and recreate the same line qualities in my drawings by drawing my weave ideas out it really helped me to think how I can connect my drawings to my woven work.

Week Eight

Live Brief

When researching Calvin Klein I discovered that they incorporate a lot of grey tones in their pieces however I wanted my work to be similar to their work but incorporate my own unique style I created I pallet of blues to greys I think this colour scheme works well as it fits into the range of products that Calvin Klein produced.

A piece which I created by doubling up blue and grey yarns worked well it’s a simple yet effective piece I also incorporated Moe hair to give my woven piece a more texture relating to my drawings. 

Personal Brief

This piece really relates to the different line qualities in my drawings I experimented with different textural yarns it has a really sketchy effect. This piece has been really successful when relating to my drawings.I want to add more colours into my work and experiment more with woven patterning. the contrast in this piece really worked well with a mixture from light to dark.

Week Nine

Towards my final week I cut my samples off to review them the see what worked well I discover that all my pieces related more to my live brief. My woven pieces are  very organized yet playful pieces using different yarns to add floats and texture to my work one piece I think work well was incorporating ribbon and being it to create a bumpy texture I think my collection relates to each other yet each piece is different. 

I would like to see my work used as bedding or frow overs it has a very posh. During the last few weeks I have to try and make my weave samples different from my original pieces however once you have been weaving the same work for a large amount of time it’s very hard to get out of that mind frame.

Week ten

This week I was thinking all about my personal brief I was looking at the compositions and mark making quality’s I experimented with patterns to try and reproduce the effect my drawings are much more lighter so I brought more white into my pieces as a collection I experimented with patterning sequences which has helped me to learn a lot more when creating my own patterns  I feel this collection was not as successful as my live brief however I now have a greater understanding of how my loom works which will help me in future projects.

My personal brief links together well as it incorporates the same patterns and its working towards getting the line quality’s which are in my original drawings.

Evaluation

My drawings of old objects and life drawings was the primary point of the locating brief it helped me when creating ideas in this project.

I wanted to explore my emotional attachment to objects that belonged to loved ones which have passed away. After recently losing a loved one I believe your attachment to an object which belonged to them becomes a lot stronger it helps you to feel more close to this person.

I created a large body of drawings from my objects which helped me when developing both briefs for my live project I looked at Calvin Klein I was inspired by the different textures which my drawing had created I began to research yarns such as ribbon, Moe hair and wool to combine them into my woven pieces manipulating them by bending, overlaying, pulling and scratching to see what textures I could create relating to my drawings. I think this collection works well it relates to each other and yet but all my pieces are different and unique I would describe my work as organized yet playful. When considering the context of my collection pillow covers would work well as it has a very fancy and elegant feeling to it.

In my personal brief I looked at the different line qualities from my drawings it really helped me when producing woven work I wanted to incorporate the same quality’s by experimenting with pattern and different yarns to re crate the fluid lines from my ink drawings.

While reflecting on my personal brief as a collection I feel the live brief was more successful in that aspect as it represented what I really wanted to portray as a collection however I learn more skills when producing my personal brief as I had to create and draw my own pattern sequences my personal brief has given me a greater understanding on planning and working on my loom.

Throughout my time in the locating brief I feel that it has been quite a difficult task working on two briefs at the same time. During the start of the brief I struggled with my ideas I feel in this brief I was very much out of my comfort zone as I have never produced two different briefs at the same time. The live brief has been more enjoyable than expected it has helped me to consider what it would be like to work in a professional setting and has also helped me to make connections in the art world.

Time management was very important as I had to produce two briefs in a small amount of time setting up my loom was the longest part as I attempted to put my warp onto the loom by myself this was a big mistake as I did it completely wrong and Rebecca had to spend hours correcting it however I did learn from my mistake and now know the correct way to set my loom up.

This brief has been quite a challenge as I have been dealing with a loss of a loved one I had to push myself when producing work and being motivated however I am glad to know I can work through even the hardest times in my life it will help me in the future to obtain a professional job.