This week I have been
focusing intensively on developing and extending my sample work. To the extent
that I feel I have been disregarding my sketchbook. I have worked extensively
with pattern and repetition, when this is only half of what my research and
imagery is about. During my tutorial I realised that I had been ignoring the
change in pattern, and unevenness this brought to my images. It’s something I
intend rectify this week.
I imagined the next step in
my sampling was piecing knit parts together to make a whole, together with incorporating
machine embroidery; sadly it was a total disaster. It did not work at all, a
complete failure; the aspect wasn't what I was aspiring to.
After reflecting on my
sketchbook I have made a decision to section out and layer techniques,
combining one into another. Bringing sections from different images together to
make a sample.
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| Nicola Jones |
To achieve my goal this
week I need to solve the problem of how to lay out and declutter my knits. Also I aim to simplify my samples using more elongated processes. In order to hit my targets I will need to develop and extend my
work further by pushing boundaries and manipulating different techniques to fit within
my images.
This week my work will take inspiration from
Nicola Jones's knit samples and will use these techniques in my own work. In doing so I will be working with a few basic techniques to create
something eye catching, beautiful and yet simply made by having more movement whilst maintaining
structure too.
My focus being on
bringing together parts of my drawn images and extending the movement within them.
My intention is to add pockets of beads to some of the samples. This process will bring an illusion
of movement to them adding texture whilst showing bolder colours in different
ways and to have chunks of colour and alternative characteristics. Thus developing
an unconventional way to express the theme of entrapment and struggle, of being
trapped with nowhere to go, with no escape.
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