'go figure' tickles my fancy.

On Thursday i am off to London with some friends to visit the new designers exhibition and along with this we wanted to get the most out of thie trip as possible along with a spot of shopping down Oxford street! Fashion Space Gallery has an interesting exhibition on at the moment called 'go figure' and the context of the work is new fashion illustration. This i think would be really useful for my textiles course as we are told to explore all different avenues of where our work could be contextualised. I think this would also be good for me to see as i have got back into my paintings of people so i could perhaps find a new medium or technique that i could incoporate into my paintings.

Cristian Grossi

Sabine Pieper

Hannah Muller.

These few artists all look very interesting, and will be an eye opener to see what else there is to them in the flesh. These i don't think are featured at the exhibition. I am also keen to get an impression on the other work as what you might not like initially normally has the deeper story for you to understand. I like that about work how you can portray one thing and mean another, i like work to have a meaning to create and provoke thoughts and feelings- you directly connect through art to the viewer.

New Designers

The sun is up again, and preparations for the Summer are coming thick and fast and i have just purchased my New Designers ticket for June in London! I love going to London anyway, so it should be a lovely day and because it's in June,hopefully lovely weather too! I a very excited will have to see if there is any other nearby exhibitions!

Last time i was in London it was very sunny and that was in March so fingers crossed!

London market research day. 27th March 2012

I went to London on Tuesday with one of my friends from university. We went for a textiles market research day and set about to visit galleries and exhibitions, including the design museum, fashion and textiles museum, saatchi gallery andthe fashion space gallery. We had a very long day but i got some inspiration from it!

Design museum:

Cost: £5

He made really intricate prints, most of his work was printed onto rayon and he used similiar techniques. I really like the look of them due to the intricate and the detailed patterns coming together! I also like the use of linear lines over bold prints.

Fashion & Textiles Museum:

Cost: £5

Lucienne day designed these prints. I love how she has used layering within her work. The background unites everything together with the white creating a bold contrast to highlight the subject on each of them. The print then stands out onto the white and on top of that she has used a clear black linear line adding in intricate detail. I am keen to give this a go! It looks very clever and adds in a lot of brightness and colour!

 These printed designs were made by Mary White named 'coppice' in 1954! I love the different combinations of the same print; you can really see visually how versatile they are!

Looking down at the exhibition!

 These hankerchiefs are absolutley adorable! there was a whole room full of these printed hankerchiefs... They are a modern take on vintage artists such as Lucienne Day and Mary White. The designs were done by Nicky Albrechsten who collaborated with Oasis for their spring/summer 2012 collection. They were absolutley beautiful you wouldn't want to use them!

 Fashion Space Galley:

Cost: Free

 This was the exhibtion i was most keen in seeing as i knew Felicity Brown was exhibiting some of her work!

I love the layering & i especially love how she's blended the colours together, the use of vibrant colours onto a natural looking fabric really creates a statement and the dashes of colour are eye capturing! I want to create a sample using layering as i feel the lightness of the fabric represents birds and feathers!

Again loving the use of layering here; and the dashes of not only colour but of the bold prints.Chi chi Lou has made use of knotting and plating within her work here; she plays on the idea of the ripped silk and the stitch are a form of construction and the use of beads are a symbolic represntation of Tibet (a recent trip she had and was inspired!) Eleanor Amoroso has developed the ancient technqiue of macrame to create minimalistic sculptures.

 

Close up of the fabric & the clothes.Love the different surfaces being created here using similar materials:)