PE TASK 2

found in a drain this sparked off my ideas to take rubbings off grids.

weaving using pictures and newspaper

looking at yarn wrappings and the bus journey

Whilst working in embroidery I was inspired by the artist Alice Kettle. I was drawn to the way she uses threads in order to make unique, almost sketchy looking pieces of work. Kettles work appears to look hand drawn and focuses on moments from life, similarly linking into the same criteria as myself during this project. In order to translate my findings into stitch, I looked closely at things like the journey, distance also the route I was taking and the time it took to arrive at my destination.

I visited the Manchester Museum and was drawn towards the animals and insects section, due to their bright, vivid colours and individuality. I began by trying to incorporate this into my samples by matching up yarns and created some appliqued pieces. Using hand-stitch techniques I have learnt, I was then able to produce a detailed textured set of sample pieces.

During the second rotation I started in the construct area (weave) I’ve been able to further develop my ideas using the word ‘Duality’ looking at opposites within my work with the choice of media for example, As a material to draw onto I used the free newspaper ‘Metro’ which are available for passengers on the bus. I found this was another element of data collection and added a new dimension to the word Data. The viewer is now able to get information from the drawings and their meaning, also able to take a small caption from the events going on in the background wrote about that particular day within the news articles.

During my research I found an artist whose work inspired me ‘Mary Catlin Sellers’ uses people’s emotions and expressions within her work, this I believe links into my own work however in a more abstract form.

I planned a trip to Liverpool I was able to apply the same method as I did previously when travelling on buses and began drawing the passengers on the coach each time it stopped leaving me with quick sketches to work with. Within the galleries themselves, I focussed on textures and the actual visitors themselves. I was inspired by many artists work such as George Stubs famous paintings of animals and statues, which I drawn from observation. Though these I found interesting I wanted to focus more closely on artists like William Morris as I was able to create patterned rubbings using his interactive pieces. I was also able to take rubbings using these creating interesting and unique patterns to further develop within my work and gave me inspiration to then take grid rubbings.

Sally price is the most recent of my artist inspiration, her choice of materials links as she uses newspaper within her work this sparked a new direction for me. I noticed each bus I travelled on the Metro-newspaper was a key element, as they were threw everywhere on the floor, seats, front of the bus and on each bus I travelled with, therefore I interpreted this within my weaving.

looking at people on the bus.



Alice Kettle

Rubbings taken from Jacob Steins statues and also William Morris's interactive pieces