So the last time i posted relating to uni work i went london and focused on the London Transport Museum. However the first week back to uni i came across an article on MSN home page about abandoned theme parks, very eery but also very interesting for me. So i started researching them. I loved the colours in the images, very dark dusky colours but then also the distressed colours from the rides, such as the teacups, i found the peeling of the paint inspiring.
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| My work station, although it has changed since as this photo is from 2 weeks ago |
Since then Ive been developing ideas from my research. Starting off drawing but then moving onto sampling and even some knitting!
I have also found many different fabrics that i feel relate to my work, with many of them being the surface texture/design that interested me.
I am quite a textiles person when it comes to the fabrics and the samples development i think, but at the same time love making garments and bringing 3d shape into it.
My current samples are relating to the tracks from the rollercoasters, using pleating and boning to develop them. As well as gathers to create the lines.
Also knitting samples - starting with thick knit and then adapting it to loose knit because an image and all the lines with curves reminded me of very loose knit. After two i didnt feel they were loose enough so i found 'arm knitting' which is so quick and simple and creates exactly the knit i am after, i then tried it with strips of fabric which worked very well with the fraying creating a rough distressed look.
I am also in the process of draping on the stand, with fabrics that relate to my work.
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