Evaluation of Origins unit.

 

 

I believe I have made connections between my research and samples. Initially I felt that the theme of my origins unit was only based on colours of my photos taken while out ‘mapping the city’. Throughout my weave section I used a selective colour pallet of orange and purple linking to my initial photos however the samples did not relate to my research in any other way. However when I moved into knit I was able to establish a main theme to my work, ‘perceptions’, with this theme I decided to take more photos and drawings of architecture in the city looking at different angles. I went on to create collages focusing on key aspects of the photos and drawing allowing me to create gridded collages, which I went on to develop into knitted samples using various techniques such as e-wrap. I was selective of the photos I used as I wanted them to relate in colour as well as composition, I am looking mainly at oranges, purples and linier blocked shaped compositions. To make my photos relate I took them into Photoshop adding coloured filters to create layers of orange and purple.

My collages helped me greatly as I could be selective and choose only the best photos, which I then repeated to create shapes which could be into knit samples. I have discovered that I like structure in my work, this is something I can take on to embroidery as I can take photos and draw more structured shapes to be developed. I have realised that drawing is not just an exact copy of the object in which is being drawn. Drawing can be abstract, it does not have to be representational, this has allowed to me to be more confident while drawing, so I have started to develop the ‘Friday drawing days’ in my own work using some of the techniques.

My contextual references are mainly artists Ptolemy Mann, whose woven pieces are printed on top of to create a dip dyed effect which I have developed in my knit samples, and Phuong Thuy Nguyen. This artist’s work looks at composition and shape, which has inspired me to create structured pieces in both knit and weave. I feel I have been in the workshop nearly every day as I wanted to make the most of the facilities, I believed that if I went into the workshops and try different samples it has broadened my knowledge. Now I feel more confident on the machinery to try new samples, linking to my research. In my independent time I mainly tried to focus on my sketch book and drawings so I had a large body of work to find inspiration to develop. I think I developed my research in a lateral way, as I moved away from the artist’s work by using some of their compositional ideas however, taking it further by using my own colour scheme and photos to influence my designs to develop my samples further.