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I’ve centered these three portfolios around fabric manipulation and close observation. I used various textile techniques including, hand embroidery, machine stitching and marbling to compose ‘cell like’ structures.
This is another portfolio outcome in response to my project on recycled materials. I have combined the artists Alberto Burri and Mireille Vautier to produce a machine stitched piece of acetate with printed primary photos I took of rubbish on the streets, which I then heated; to express my project intention of taking recycled materials and transforming them into art, to give them a newfound value.
Combining all the artists intentions and techniques I researched, I produced this portfolio outcome, which I fabricated by machine stitching pieces of old bin bags, masks, and newspapers. I felt I achieved my aim to give these recycled materials an artistic significance. Above is my developed sketchbook page to the artist Mireille Vautier.
Through the façade of this outcome, I intended to address the relevant issue of the detrimental effects that fabric and material waste have on the environment. I developed my portfolio on the previous slide, creating this final portfolio to summarize my project. I used the lamination process, however in this outcome I laminated all recycled materials in together, to produce a more detailed and effective piece. I additionally used a combination of machine stitching and hand embroidery, to add intricacy, which ultimately gave these recycled materials that ‘newfound value’ I aimed to created within this project.
In my most recent textile project I have been focusing of the theme of manipulation in a broad sense, allowing me to experiment with many textile techniques. I am particularly focused on highlighting the structure within my compositions. I have experimented with the combination of different mediums such as painting, printing, dyeing and machine stitching, as I am interested in the conjunction of different techniques and materials to manipulate and compose contrasting structures, surfaces, and patterns.
To the left is two of my sketchbook pages where I’ve researched the artist Sudo Reiko, exploring embroidery on dissolving fabric and manipulating the structure of Chiffon using machine stitch. To the right is my developed portfolio response where I have manipulated chiffon by embroidering circular ribbon structures onto it. I also looked at the structure captured in the shadow of my large-scale wall installation.
The two portfolio’s to the left are my developed responses to my research on Isabella Ducrot. I have explored the manipulation of woven cloth within a print press.
I combined embossment with graphite powder and then used weaving to construct a series of various shaped weaves as a portfolio response to a combination of Ducrot and Reiko’s work.
Above is another combined portfolio response to Reiko and Ducrot’s work, where I have experimented with composition of the woven cloth, pressed print and a machine stitched pieces of Chiffon. On the sketchbook page I have displayed various photos I took to highlight structure further using a lightbox.
The sketchbook page above displays my developed responses to the artist Yuko Kimura; I combined lamination with Monoprinting and manipulating composition. The portfolio to to the right is a developed response to Kimura’s work, I used laminated tissue paper of printed from my cyanotypes and deconstructed the original composition of the print, and then machine stitched it back together. I varied the linear machine stitching for each piece.
The portfolio to the left, is another developed response to Yuko Kimura’s work. I printed a series of 3 cyanotypes of varying pieces of woven cloth, highlighting the distressed structure, and implementing my theme of manipulation.
Another portfolio I produced, displays printed woven cloth cyanotypes onto tissue paper, where I played around with composition, laminating them in place, which increased the transparency.
The four sketchbook pages above, show my exploration of two new printing techniques, Lino-printing and Drypoint printing. I used my primary photos of closely observed pieces of woven cloth, and printed them onto various materials including, cartridge paper, muslin and newsprint.
This double sketchbook page, shows illustrations for my two portfolio outcomes for this project; I have planned to combine and capture the best work I’ve developed throughout this project, from the artists to the themes and techniques that worked best.
The photos to the left display the first outcome I produced, based of my sketch in the previous slide. I machine stitched 2 meters of Chiffon, and then stitched my woven cloth Lino-printed cutouts onto the piece of Chiffon. I played with the display of this portfolio, by pinning it up on the wall in two ways, in order to capture the manipulated structure within the shadows. I feel this piece successfully captured my project theme of manipulation and the 3 artists that I researched.
This is my second outcome, displaying various prints of distressed woven cloth I created, layered over one another across two A2 sheets of paper. I developed it further from my initial illustration, by adding compact zigzag machine stitches along each individual print, in order to highlight the linear motif of structural manipulation. Personally, I feel this portfolio outcome was a perfect combination of the artists I research (and my developed work in response to them), as well as my more recent exploration into various printing techniques. Furthermore I feel as if this piece encapsulated my theme of manipulation, and more specifically structural manipulation.
Below is the link to a YouTube Video I have made explain my most recent project so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu05FI_9jx8
