Week 1-2 UNIT X – Knitting area- Blackpool

Blackpool Inspirations

Week 1-2 – Knitting area



fig 1. Mood board Blackpool Inspirations

Artist found in Blackpool’s lighthouse Ian Whittlesea triggered initial idea to create a piece based on light. Focusing not only on the illuminations but also taking into consideration other sources of light and intern how that reflects. I plan for my final knitted piece to include some reflective yarns in order to incorporate this idea.  I also plan to incorporate the brightness and range of colours taken from Ian’s colour pallet however plans to find a source of original inspiration for myself.

 

Figure 2. Four Season's Illuminations inspiration for knitted piece
 

I have started to look at this project in a more sensitive way and began to incorporate how i feel about the seaside resort, as it focuses on emotions/ feelings by looking at the facial expressions. The weather reflects that of how you feel about Blackpool on a nice sunny day its the place to be. Therefore I plan to extract this circular shape and include it into my knit in the form of experimenting with lace holes, punch cards, hook ups and weaving into the knitted pieces.



fig 3. Glitter ball South-Shore

Observational Drawing outside Blackpool lighthouse of the Glitter Ball left me wanting to introduce reflective yarns into my work, also inspired me to look for circular shapes. I came across a child's Ball/toy machine, that for me fit perfectly, now armed with this photograph I was able to extract areas and create designs for a knitted piece, to which I plan to then in some way incorporate into a passementarie design which will be then placed onto either a horse or donkey somehow.