Embroidery second week

This week I looked for artist’s inspiration and was drawn to Alice Kettles piece of work, in the Material Matters exhibition part of the library. Alice is a textile artist whose work exploits textures and uses stitched, embroidered, figurative pieces within her work. This linked to my data collection project, as I was focusing on people and their behaviours when traveling on public transport. I particularly liked the 3d element to her piece and wish to incorporate this into my outcomes in the embroidery area.

drawing each time the bus stops

drawing from observation on the bus lead me to stopping at the traffic lights

Taking photos on the bus

 

This week I had a health and safety induction on the sewing machines however, due to illness and being in hospital, I could no longer attend the rest of the embroidery area. Therefore as a result of this not able to go onto the sewing machines in the university. This had an effect on my work, as I was then not able to join the rest of my group however, I did use a sewing machine at home. I based my ideas for this on patterns taken from rubbings off grids. I was able to create a geometric looking piece if work which linked in with my data collection.