Sample 1: Rafia Pillows Visible and
sculptural becomes geomtric rather than free form
Sample 2: A detail of the lace like effect of stitching against the net
Sample 3: Attempt at organic dye how can i progess this?
Sample 4:laminting hair and layering wax
Sample 2: A detail of the lace like effect of stitching against the net
Sample 3: Attempt at organic dye how can i progess this?
Sample 4:laminting hair and layering wax
Michelle,
ReplyDeleteyou have develop a greatly diverse range of samples. I like the contrast of the quite sculptural samples with the more obviously two dimensional.
My negative query would be how each connected with wither a constructive or deconstructive process?
Erin.
Michelle, I think the laminating idea is really interesting, and the laminated blue fabric was your strongest sample. I liked how the laminating process deconstructs the fabric in a different way. The fabric is still intact, yet it's function had been deconstructed, it no longer moves, moulds and drapes around the body, it is unwearable, unabsorbent. I suggest you consider taking this further for example: deconstructing fabrics down to a collection of fibres and reconnecting them through laminate? I am sure you can come up with some other experiments...
ReplyDeleteI don't really think the wax adds much to the sample. Perhaps consider what you like about the wax and what sort of look or texture you were trying to achieve? it could link in nicely with the laminating process if you used a lot of wax to bind fibres (i.e crumble wax over fibres between two sheets of baking paper and iron from the outside).
Michelle the colours that you achieved from the natural dyes and indigo are very vivid and effective. By laminating your pieces it allows viewers to see the variation of colours and patterns in a two-dimensional perspective. Combining wax onto the material is also very effective as you get a contrast of textures and surfaces.
ReplyDeleteOnce you’ve laminated the silk pieces you could try cutting them up into different forms so they’re not all A4 squares. Cutting them into different shapes adds some diversity and will allow you to experiment more with pattern and shape.
Michelle, I really like how your work is developing. Stick with the laminating idea as I believe it is a really effective way to work and it is interesting how it hasn't been done before. I also like how you have used your hair. We see works that involve human hair in our lectures all the time and know of plenty of artists that incorporate hair into their work, but I don't think it has been explored enough within our small textile group at COFA. I think it would be an interesting direction to explore deeper into as you have so many influences to research but can also take us as audience members down this journey of using hair in works aswell.
ReplyDeleteI think you need to do more deconstruction with your work. Using the laminating to create the material with the hair and the wax is effective but how are you going to deconstruct this creation? I think that cutting would be interesting but also maybe rubbing against sandpaper or something? this would create an interesting effect with the laminating material.
Michelle,
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of laminating the material. I think you've used this before in something else? Either way, I agree with Emma in the sense that maybe this is only one layer of the deconstruction process. Have you tried laminating and then destroying and then laminating again in a repetition. I think you could get some interesting results with a number of layers.
-Dominika