graduate seeks new inspiration

finished!

prepping up for the show

The final week in the studio has been pretty intense but it has seemed to work out and I am really pleased with my final outcomes. I was a bit nervous about putting up my pieces as it required a lot of thought and planning and the three large pieces needed to be drilled into the wall, but after lots of trial and error moments and some slight hiccups I got there in the end and I think its working really well.
The display as a whole really invites the viewer into the scene, which was what my original intensions were. I think combining various sizes and scales has brought a greater depth of field to the aesthetics and I recently discovered that when I placed the small Polaroids within the larger a real sense of movement was created. The stitching in each piece travels from left to right and makes a great relationship between my coastal visit journey and my embroidery investigation

on the wall

trying out various display techniques with my Polaroid pieces...i like the combination of imagery with the stitched pieces, they are starting to resemble actual photographs which is what I wanted

Polaroid

Found a site that lets you upload your photographs and they transform them into polaroids for you,would make lovely postcards

an update at last!

So...i have less than two weeks left as a student...the embroidery studio has been cleared, my room is a mess and the stress levels are getting higher....this is some of the most recent imagery of what I'll be having in the degree show. My work is concerned with hand held imagery, and Polaroids in particular. I have an emotional connection towards old antique photographs and I wanted to demonstrate this within my work, and it seems to be going pretty well...I am looking at the various ways in which we view an image, either realistically or abstractly, and have focused on making my marks visible for my audience through vast and exciting colours.
The more abstract stitching was captured on site around some of the inspirational coastal towns and I am developing them into a Polaroid format, with a white border and a larger space at the bottom.
The more realistic piece details some of the personal coastal compositions which I constantly return to. I am fascinated by their intriguing narratives and how even if you change the composition, the mood still remains the same, for me it is my own utopia,somewhere I can feel tranquil safe and splendid in

Artist Preparation and finalising recent work

I talked to a group of 10 students about my journey throughout the past three years as an artist. It was interesting to look at my work as a journey and discuss how I see myself in the future and what context I would like to consider my work as.
With a breakthrough occurring throughout the past three weeks, I can now see a clear definition for my work. I would like it to be viewed as 3D installation piece, that you could view in a gallery or open space. However, there are many aspects within my work which cold be pitched to a more fashion or interiors context and I want to consider this for when i graduate and make plans on creating my portfolio.


I feel I am finally starting to enjoy what I am creating...its taken a while but I am happy at this point with what I am doing and what is going to happen within the next few weeks
Looking back at older work, Im still relating everything to the image, after being inspired by a selection of old photographs that my grandfather gave me. They detail specific coastal scenery which I feel emotionally connected to..i think its something to do with the colours and the atmospheres, how you can depict narratives and create moods with just a small glimpse of composition...








Came across Hattie Newman's work today. She is an illustrator/set designer who lives and works in London. I was inspired by her paper theatre piece, as after my seminar the idea of creating my embroidered pieces into a theatre set was suggested. I think with the boats and waves providing 3D elements,I could take it down that route and i it seems quite inspiring at the moment. I am enjoying the numerous possible contexts that my work could suggest, ad i want to play about with this idea a bit more