Possible options for my mark making book; Concertina Style I hope to use this book for more expressively made pieces and a place for more experimentation with mixed/multi media Observing shapes and pattern, creating circular marks with bottle caps and drawing ink Blurred ink backdrop, strict drawing ink lines Negative space, Block printing with card […]
Textile based Print Designers Lucy & Yak Elspeth Mills is known as one of Lucy & Yaks in-house print and colour designer at the sustainably made company, creating print designs that are transformed through screen and digital print into the various garments that their customers know and truly love. Elspeth relays her love for bold […]
Experimental Samples of Hand Stitching Techniques and Fabric Manipulation Couching Using one large piece of cotton fabric and each section dyed separately, I connected and conjoined each variation of coloured wool and tested out the couching technique. I really like the colour combinations I chose for each section Blue, Orange wool, Lilac Purple, Yellow Thread […]
Experimenting with various natural ingredients to create natural dye Purple/Pink/Red Red Cabbage, Beetroot, Raspberries After chopping up both ingredients and placing them into a pot to boil with hot water, I eventually began to see colour emanate from the vegetables and form a vibrant and bold sheen after a couple of hours of repeating the […]
Visual Inspiration First analysis at possible colour palettes At the beginning of the project and workshop with TADF I was intrigued by the task of dyeing fabrics with natural ingredients and upon research it became apparent which colours were more likely to be produced. As a result, I simply searched various textures, materials and fabrics […]
Sustainability Jefferson Lankford’s Photographic Series: “Wilful Ignorance” (2016) Jefferson Lankford’s photographic series titled as “ Wilful Ignorance” has a large focus on mass consumption and the consequential accumulation of waste on this planet, where he illustrates his determination within his series to confront and ultimately spotlight the common mentality of ‘as long as it’s not […]
Preparation / Research “Fashion is a reflection of who we are and how we want people to see us, put all on display by the clothes we choose to wear,” “Apparel can be a form of entertainment to release stress and, at times, anxiety,” – Maha Lakshmi Nowadays, fashion has become a constantly evolving trend […]
April Greiman Born on September 10, 1948, April Greiman grew up in the New York City. From 1966–1970, she attended the Kansas City Art Institute and during her undergraduate study in graphic design for the first time. During early 70’s she went to Basel, Switzerland, where she enrolled herself at the Allgemeine Künstgewerberschule Basel, now […]
Re:Masters Art Project Wassily Kandinsky The creator of the first modern abstract paintings, Wassily Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. In his youth, he studied law and economics at the University of Moscow, and was later hired as a professor of Roman law at the University of Dorpat in Estonia. He was […]
Games Design What is Battleship and its objective As naturally known to many users and individuals who played the original Battleship, the object of Battleship is to try and sink all of the other players before they sink all of your ships. All of the other players ships are somewhere on his/her board. You try […]