Textile Art Project - Sample Experimentations

A Happy Easter

The sun had got his hat off and it’s freezing out there.

Textile Art Project - Sample Experimentation

Mount card cut to 4'x4'size - fabric glue - fabric material - fabric paints

Photographic paper

Oil pastel- ink- magazine imagery - fabric medium  

Fabric Medium different materials

Sandwich of Solufleece, bondaweb, brusho Magazine & Machine stitch

Sandwich of Solufleece, bondaweb, newspaper & machine stitch

Sandwich of Solufleece, bondaweb & sweet papers

Cling film, Wax , iron & fabric

Sample Experimentation

Concept development

Waste not want not is an old proverb proven by rummaging charity shops for recycled treasures.  A treasure for pennies ethically sourced reduces budget costs and my carbon footprint.

PLP Theme Symbolism

The textile art project symbolic theme researched via the web expands to semiotics – Roslyn Krauss notes on the index. 

“Childhood Explored” Textile Art Project

 Plan Sample Experiments

Sample Experiment1- Recycled Curtain Material









Top left Acrylic / Top right Inks
Bottom Left goauche / Bottom right Fabric paints
wetted recycled material

Ironed bondawebbed onto recycled material 

Scrap materials ironned

Sewing Machine scrap material



Wasted Newspaper





Waste newspaper layered bondaweb, solufleece


Ready for the next stage  !

Come into my web said the spider to the fly

Internet Questionnaire

Just to warn the IT guys that I have wandered into the realms of Internet.  Lucky for me the Internet journey's guide is a kindly tutor named Paul.  In a galaxy far away from my comfort zone I have send a questionnaire to my fellow BAD2 students via the survey monkey.  This rash act was prompted by my PLP idea of "  possibility of a fund raising opportunity for the Camille’s Appeal"

  

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Sorry folks,  I can only say that after PDP review of e portfolio via survey monkey, I was inspired by your  quick response.  As time is short both in life and in this project your opinions can gathered without me hassling you too much.

The next exciting blog

"Childhood Explored Textile Art Project

Plan for Sample Experimentation 

Books-Books-Books

Happy days are always filled with a cuppa and a book.   Life is good – Do not fear I am researching the integrated project.  

Here we go again with a little bit of history repeating to dream the impossible dream of an interesting block. Where do I begin with “Childhood Explored” themed research?   

By flicking through old family photo albums for seascape imagery I remember how much fun is had at the beach.  Can you remember sunny warm days of paddling in the sea and melting ice cream? It’s tricky with snow falling to find those Easter eggs!   

Research - Specialist Skills

A treat for me is reading lots of great books and a win-win situation for the project as it gains specialist skills from:

·        Isobel Hall

“Textile adventures mixed media and stitch” published 2011 Isobel Hall ISBN 978-09569029-0-0

This artist talk about her work prompted the purchase of this inspiring book.  A book full of ideas for my project with lots of beautiful photographs.   

·        Valerie Campbell Harding & Maggie Grey

“Layers of stitch contemporary machine embroidery” published 2004 BT Batsford London ISBN 07134 89065

This book is one step beyond my sewing machine experience.    

·        Helen McKenna – Textile Artist

www.helenmckennasews.co.uk

Inspiring craft show display of artist’s work.  

UNIT 25: INTEGRATED PROJECT

BAD 2nd YEAR 3rd BLOCK - UNIT 25: INTEGRATED PROJECT

8X8 THEME “CHILDHOOD EXPLORED”

Contextual Research

Alternative therapy: Colour

Inspiring Contextual Artist - Kate Livingstone

Internet site: http://katelivingstone.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/mandala-series/

I was inspired by Kate Livingstone colourful work in “Beyond the Frame” exhibition at Park Gallery 2011.

The Mandala Series installation with Rachel Thomas.

Further Research of spiritual themed Mandala art.

Research: Textile / Mixed Media Artists

·        Pat Archibald - Patchwork artist

http://www.patarchibald.com/

Specialist skills Workshop: Gorgeous gilded fabrics

Techniques: Bondaweb & printer’s foil

·        Wendy Dolan – Textile Artist

http://www.wendydolan.co.uk/

Specialist Skills Workshop:  Textured Landscape

Techniques: Bondaweb & Organza scraps

·        Kerry Mosley – Textile Artist/illustrator

http://kerrymosley-atextileartistsprogress.blogspot.co.uk/

• Margaret Beal

Book title: “Fusing fabric “

Author: Margaret Beal  - Publisher Anova Books London UK 2007  - ISBN 9780713490688

·        Kim Thittichai

http://www.kimthittichai.com/

http://www.hot-textiles.blogspot.co.uk/

  

 The research provides great inspiration for the prioject.

THE CREATIVE BRAIN

BIG SHOUT OUT FOR TELLY PROGRAMME
:BBC2 Horizon: The Creative Brain - How insight works r 752567

Great ideas.

•  Get out the room and do mundane tasks.  Come back with new ideas - simple.  Yes that cuppa of tea is a thinking process honest!!
• Mixing up your routine gets results  - cuppa of coffee ha ha
• The brick creativity test - how many ideas can you give for a brick.  The more abstract the more creative. Thinking outside the brick ha ha .  

Integrated Project - Contextual Artist

Pam Carter Artist
A big favourite of mine for a long time.  The inspiring work of this artist has a love of colour that always  brings out a positive glow.  Just what my textile art project needs.

Themes for textile art : 
Colours
Positivity

New Dawn New Day snowing

New Day - New Project

Brush yourself off - Lets start all over again!!

PDP Class -
Tutor review of survey of e portfolio - 
A free survey via surveymonkey.com
The survey provided stats for e portfolio from the BAD2 students.

Group Discussion on PLP Ideas - Tutor asked for Group's Brief selection & PLP theme
Group discussion   PLP themes with contributions from Tutor & class colleagues.

I actually had to say out loud what my PLP theme is ahhhh !

Textile Art - Symbolic imagery of child exploring

Tutor suggestion :- Symbolic imagery - semiotics


So now I have said it I better do it  eh!

Suggestions : creative practises/ academic purpose /self evaluation /ethics environment & subject







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Contextual Artists - Integrated Project BAD25

Paul McCarthy Children's anatomical educational figure c. 1990 fabric, wool, found object
172.7 x 129.5 x 116.8 cm

 

"Childhood Explored"

Textile Art Project

The Fruitmarket Galley Exhibition 2011


"Childish Things"

PLP & TIME PLAN

DEADLINE DATE FOR PLP & TIME PLAN

Tutor review of PLP & Time Plan
Hand  in written  PLP & Time Plan

I managed to get a look at some of my colleagues work for Multiples brief. Well done & congrats.


E Portifolio Update

Attempts at e portfolio to add  PLP /Time Plan / link with this Blog.
Achieved with the help of class colleagues.
BIG THANK YOU TO CATRIONA
E Mail surveying e portfolio -  this will be easy.

Research Review BAD25 Integrated Project

Review craft show information
Business cards/ leaflets/ workshop information/ supplies purchases

Internet websites for artists
Internet research for artists information & images

TUTOR VERBAL FEEDBACK ON MULTIPLES PROJECT 

APPOINTMENT WITH LEARNING ADVISER FOR E PORTFOLIO HELP

Progress limited by computer is working slow.  The adviser  instruction limited.  Await PDP class to provide information. 

 

BAD2 BLOCK 3 BAD25 INTEGRATED PROJECT

NEW BRIEF - NEW PROJECT

BRIEF THEME "CHILDHOOD EXPLORED"

INITIAL RESEARCH OF BRIEF

INTERNET RESEARCH :ORGANISATIONS
8'X8'
CAMILLE'S APPEAL
READING MODULE HANDBOOK FOR GUIDANCE OF WHAT IS REQUIRED

BEGAN WITH MIND MAP FOR  "CHILDHOOD EXPLORED" INITIAL IDEAS

INITIAL RESEARCH - CONCEPT/ CONTEXTUAL/ VARIOUS ARTISTS / VISIT GALLERY

MOODBOARD VISUAL FOCUS FOR DETAILED RESEARCH

TEXTILE ART

PDP INTEGRATED PROJECT

HAPPY DAYS! -E PORTFOLIO IS BACK
TUTORS ADDED TO LIST OF CONTACTS EVENTUALLY!

NEXT STAGE:
ADD PAGES TO PROVIDE ON GOING STATEMENT OF ASSESSMENT
ARRANGED LEARNING ADVISER TO HELP.

WATCHED THE MOODLE E PORTFOLIO ON LINE HELP U TUBE AGAIN -  TICKY STUFF.  NONE THE WISER!

HOPEFULLY ENLIGHTENMENT WILL BE DELIVERED BY LEARNING ADVISER

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

A evening of live music enjoyed.  All the old familiar songs.  The band are rocking away the worries of a new project.   

   

Park Gallery Visit

Inspiring Park Gallery visit with information gained from staff and leaflets.  Great to look at something different.. 



BAD 2nd yr - 3rd Block Integrated Project

BAD 2nd Year - 3rd Block  Integrated Project

Brief issued 11.3.13

eightbyeight

Call for Submissions

Deadline
Friday 01 March 2013 at 00:00

The eightbyeight Project are inviting donations of 8x8” sized work (or small 3D creations) to take pride of place in our exhibition in support of Camille’s Appeal (http://www.camillesappeal.co.uk/), the children’s brain tumour charity.

We are seeking diverse and exciting donations from professional, non-professional and student artists, painters, printmakers, illustrators, photographers, digital artists, papercrafters, those working with yarn and textiles, ceramics, glass, jewellery, small sculpture, etc inspired by the exhibition theme, ‘Childhood Explored’.

Through coming together as creatives, we hope to raise the profile of this groundbreaking charity, and raise funds for their vital work in the rehabilitation and care of young children with brain tumours.

Participants will be featured on our website (and may include web links and a small profile to be displayed), and will also be included in our month-long exhibition at Eden Court, Scotland’s largest multi-arts venue, in April 2013.

Final closing date for submissions is 1st March 2013, however early participation is very much appreciated (early submissions may receive extra publicity for the artist through being featured in our social media and national media marketing campaigns).

For a step by step guide to submissions and full information, please visit our website at www.eightbyeight.org .

You can follow progress of the project via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EightbyEightProject, on Twitter https://twitter.com/8by8project, or join our Flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/2111789@N21/ . You might also like to sign up for our newsletter by following this link http://eightbyeight.org/section623806.html .

From the eightbyeight Project, and Camille’s Appeal, thank you!

This opportunity is available in: All Scotland

For further information, please contact eightbyeightproject@gmail.com (Nicki MacRae, Curator), or call 01862 893720, or visit http://www.eightbyeight.org/. The deadline is Friday 01 March 2013 at 00:00.

Tags: Crafts, Design, Digital Technology and Games, Fashion, Gaelic, Visual Arts, Young People (aged 0 to 25)

Posted: 19 November 2012

All the above dates are not applicable

Deadline Dates  

• PLP                                           Monday 18th March 2013
• Mid Module Tutorial               Monday 15th April 2013
• Statement for Assessment       Friday 17 May 2013
• Final Submission                       Friday 24 May 2013

Writing PLP template
Time Plan
Check dates of deadlines

Initial research of eightbyeight website site and Camille's appeal
Find out how to access facebook and flkr without account

PDP Integrated Project

E portfolio set up

Add tutors to contacts

Next target

• add PLP
• add blog details 
• keep progress of project updated on e portfolio
• Learn how to do that !!!!

The course on line contributions bring  interesting times to the computer illiterate  eh ! 

Update reading week

• Textile Artist / illustrator : Kerry Mosley

Interesting discussion exchanged information on working techniques 
(stitching with dissoluble fabric) & suppliers

Possible contextual source for next project

• Gilded Fabrics Patchwork workshop with Pat Archibald

Technique:Transfer foil imagery onto cotton scrap with bondaweb:

Possible project ideas & purchased materials to experiment

• Kim Thittichai Mixed Media Talk

Ideas for future projects. 

• Ribbon Embroidery Talk Lorna Bateman

Interesting talk gained technique information and possible project ideas

• Workshop Landscapes Wendy Dolan Textile Artist

Techniques:Bondaweb with organza strips  

Interesting techniques for future project.  Issued with information leaflet.  Further research project.

• Craft & Earn talk Emma Crockett

Information for PDP 

course

Got in touch with college via e mail
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Tutor e mailed for info on blog

 Enquired with tutor about access to moodle course content & part time course route.



What next 

Check out for Craft show coming up

e portfolio & BOOK

• Logged onto FVC moodle
• Pressed e portfolio
• Attempts at listening to U TUBE examples of e portfolio
• Resulted in freeze frame
• Unfreeze the examples
• Only to find technology language 
• A brave new world for the few!!
• I will try , try, try again like that spider

As a reward read a BOOK!

BOOK, CUPPA, BISCUIT (HAPPY DAY)

"LAYERS OF STITCH CONTEMPORARY MACHINE EMBROIDERY"

VAL CAMPBELL HARDING MAGGIE GREY

PUBLISHED 2004

BT BATSFORD

LONDON

PDP & APPLIED PRACTICE COMPLETED

25.02.13 -  Last class of PDP unit

Group discussion

Statement of Assessment  read out to 3 colleagues
listen and discussed for a collective presentation of:-
What work
What didn't work
How to put it right

Class Presentations

Resume of All Presentations

Statement of Assessment begins at PLP
Include images or videos or blog
time line

TO DO LIST FOR READING WEEK :- Read moodle and look at e portfolio

HANDED IN FOLDER  26.02.13
4 units 4 dividers as set out in handbook

 PDP hand in delayed as Statement of assessment required additional work : inserting images 

PDP COMPLETED

2nd BLOCK OF 2ND YEAR

AWAIT TUTOR RESULT

APPLIED PRACTICE

DEADLINE 26.02.13 EXTENDED TO 01.03.13

26.02.13

• GIVEN DETAILS OF ROOM FOR PRESENTATION OF FINAL ARTWORK

• ARTIST STATEMENT & FOAM BOARD MOUNTED ON WALL BELOW FINAL ARTWORK

Artist Statement

The brief‘s Multiples theme is based on Edinburgh buildings.  The visual elements of Edinburgh architectural buildings explored as a textile concept with surface pattern repetition of shape, negative and positive spaces, rhythms, intervals. 

The textile surface patterns explored different repeat format imagery with different art mediums.  Surface pattern repeat formats explored in hand drawn and photographic imagery.  These varied surface pattern images transferred onto textile mediums of  silk, muslin and satin achieved with a variety of techniques; gutta, fine line pen, Gum Arabic,  mono printing,  fabric medium, and cyanotype.

The textile surface pattern presented as a metal artist book.  The skeleton metal book achieved by welding tutorial was spray painted black.  The hand stitched recycled scrim textile covering inscribed with gutta title and subject matter chosen to provide multiple visuals representing the brief’s multiples theme.  The book’s front cover surface pattern Edinburgh Building imagery identifies subject matter and introduces the following metal pages.

The hand stitched inside front cover is a combined fabric medium Edinburgh street signs imagery layered over Gum Arabic fine line pen drawing of Edinburgh architectural buildings.  The subtle information of street names visually informs and contributes to the aesthetics of the artist book. 

The following 4 metal pages illustrated varied surface pattern progression until final A3 back cover of silk gum Arabic fine line pen repeat pattern hand stitched onto recycled black scrim.

The additional light source brings visual definition to the Artist book

 FOAM BOARD DETAILS : NAME, TITLE AND COURSE DETAILS

• THE FINAL ARTWORK ON WHITE CLOTH WITH LIGHT OFF PLACED ON TABLE.

• 2 SKETCHBOOKS PLACED UNDER TABLE WITH STATEMENT OF ASSESSMENT ATTACHED

• NOTIFIED TUTOR OF FINAL ARTWORK COMPLETION ASKED FOR LIGHT TO BE PUT ON AT ASSESSMENT

•  NOTIFIED TUTOR OF SKETCHBOOKS & STATEMENT OF ASSESSMENT LOCATED UNDER TABLE