Talking Heads

I've picked out 3 textile artists who work in a very similar way, they all involve peoples heads, and embroidery.

 I'm interested in some of the stitch work involved, and would like to incorporate something similar with my digital prints.

Maurizio Anzeri

Stacey Page

Laura McKeller

How To:Tie Dye

Hey Girls just in case you want to have a little fun this weekend tie dying, heres a good video I found on youtube for tie dye virgins! Excuse the unattractive man. If you mute him you can pretty much watch how to do it. :)

Colour Catchers

http://www.theraggedpriest.com/

I recently purchased a cropped jumper from this brand The Ragged Priest. I was attracted to their bold pastel colours mixed with studs to give the clothes more edge. I really like the pastel colours at the minute but find them quite boring on there own,  so adding something to them could really sharpen them up a bit like it has these clothing range. If I have time I may try doing some of my own tie dying. I am currently in the print room and I have been using these similar colours. They are lush! Check out the links girl!

Jazmin Berakha

I'm so in love with the beautiful embroidery of Jazmin Berakha from Argentina. 

She specialises in portraits of women in frozen moments of unexplained  contemplation, existing in a  multi-patterned world. 

Sequins for Louise

Louise these are the buildings I was telling you about today, by artist Theresa Himmer, her art work made entirely of sequins. 

She is based in Reykjavik in Iceland, adds a bit of sparkle to an otherwise grey landscape!

Embroidery for Pip

Alison Moger is a Welsh artist who combines stitch and a hint of print to create collaged textiles. All her pieces are inspired by her family and the community and tell a story. 

She creates contemporary one off pieces that are produced from vintage fabrics and worn domestic textiles.

Gillian Bates

I find Gillian Bates's style of work quite appealing, the sewn lines, appear to be free hand, and I like the way she has used snatches of colour in her applique, the image is so much more attractive this way - simple.

Working with Wire

I've been collecting wire and researching into other artists who use it. I would like to transform my wishes into leaves, and place them along the wire, which will resemble a vine growing on the pipework of Hotspur House. 

Alexander Calder uses wire like a pencil, and 'draws' and creates 3D shapes, line and figures. I've selected this piece as it is based around organic structure. I also like how this piece captures movement.

Julie Frith is heavily inspired by Calder's mobiles. It looks as though she has used plastic for the leaves, and I like the marks she has carved into them. it portrays the mark making in leaves without being too obvious. A modern spin on Calder's mobiles. 

Frazier & Wing create quirky mobiles inspired by organic forms. They also collect vintage items from all over the world, however for this project I am focusing on their mobiles designed for interiors. 

Frazier & Wing use a carefully selected colour palettes for individual mobiles to suit various settings. They use simple repeat of shapes, that in multiples looks very effective. 

Susan Hickman

Different way to play with squares, rectangles, what happens if I stretch the square or squash it? What difference does it make on the image all together?

http://susanhickmanart.com/paintingstogether.html

This is work by Susan Hickman, who does art, design and fashion work. Unfortunately I couldn't get many pictures online due to copyright so please appreciate my screen shot of the image I am intrigued with, which is called 'Lets Stick Together'.

Her use of colour and mark making she has made is fascinating, almost looks likes layers upon layers of paint, scratched away and then painted on again. These are just a few of her paintings, but also have a look at her design work it is more mixed media based. 

POP MAGAZINE

Hey girls, spotted the POP magazine yesterday and am loving it! Although I have struggled to find out who did this collage work with model Joan Smalls online, so will maybe have to treat myself to £6.00 mag! haha! I handed in my designs this week so I am eager to now play about with colour and experiment with what works and what doesn't before I get into the print room. Really excited now girls, I feel like unit x is finally taking off!!

No ones solo

This piece was done by a group of american artists;Jules de Balincourt, Daniel Dove, Tom McGrath, Lisa Sanditz, and Angela Dufresne. (taken from Frieze Magazine online). This caught my eye because it made me think of our work as a group. What would happen if we were to all work on one painting at once. 

How would we react with each other? 

Would we enjoy the experience?

What materials would each of us use?

What would the end result look like?

I think we should do this guys, this would be interesting to maybe try out once our deadline is over. I'd enjoy working with you all over the summer as well. This group blog has helped me and I hope my input has helped you girls as well.

Trees for Hannah

Carol Hummel, worked on this installation in India, building upon the Indian tradition of wrapping string around banyan trees to make wishes come true. Each day she wrapped the tree in the colours of the flags of the 9 countries that possess nuclear warheads. As the strings were wrapped, the colours wove together to form a beautiful fabric, an analogy about the hope that by interweaving our cultures, we can create something of beauty instead of destruction.

Yoko Ono - created an installation using 21 Myrtle trees, 80,000 people wrote individual wishes on tags and hung them on the trees, a snap shot into peoples hearts. These were then "harvested" to be placed in a specially constructed capsules surrounding the area surrounding Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace Tower off the coast of Reykjavik, Iceland, which is dedicated to John Lennon.

Leah Evans

I feel very drawn to the work of Leah Evans,

She is a textile artist who makes quilts, each piece features a map which is hand sewn in fine detail forming an almost abstract pattern.

She uses applique, dying needle felting hand printing and a variety of embroidery techniques.

I love her colour pallet and the simplicity of her marks.

she uses imagery from maps, aerial photography and satellite images. However she doesn't simply translate maps onto quilts, instead she creates imaginary lands and uses elements from different maps. 

I thought this quilt below was very similar to Louise's style of work.

 Leah also works to the more minute systems of the microbial world. She enjoys the play in scale between magnified microbial life forms and remote sensing images of huge tracts of land. Both scales deal with the translation of scientific information into a visual form. At times, these separate bodies of work merge. The overlap is seen in vessel-like arteries of water, tundra pools that look cellular, and microbes that swim through to pographic lines. The piece below is simply gorgeous.

Handkerchiefs for Louise

Cath Kidston has become very popular in the last year or so, with her very own chain of shops opening all over the UK.

She creates many prints for fashion and interiors.

Although her work is very feminine, I thought you might appreciate her use of pattern and colour, and the rise of popularity of hankies today! 

She has a store on Kings Street, Deansgate. Perhaps if you visited you could see how she has displayed them which could help you see how you want to display them in the exhibition? 

Ethereal body pieces by Nora Fok

 

If you are inspired by knitted threads take a moment to hear the artist talking about her practise and what has inspired her. I think she makes wearble sculpture. I am also starting to think about how I will make and present my X work for the exhibition.

I have admired this artist for a long time. She uses natural forms and fine synthetic threads. She knits and sews each design, sometimes attaching metal findings. I think her best works are those that expand around or hang from the body. The clip shows her making as well as showing how the work moves on the body when worn.  Enjoy.

Stina Persson

This is Persson cut paper work, layeringcolours, shapes and tones. Its a good thing to think about when collaging and printing. What is the end result you want to work towards, playing about with these particles are vital, that is what i've learnt this last week.

Debbie Smyth

One artists work, who I really admire is Debbie Smyth, she is a textile artist most identifiable by her statement thread drawings; these playful yet sophisticated contemporary artworks are created by stretching a network of threads between accurately plotted pins.
Her work beautifully blurs the boundaries between fine art drawings and textile art, flat and 3D work, illustration and embroidery, literally lifting the drawn line off the page in a series of "pin and thread" drawings. 

 Under the Rucorn Bridge

Debbie usually takes around 5 days to complete an installation

 I like the way these pylons interact with each other

Simple and beautiful