The sole purpose of the blog was to write about lectures, and the tasks that go with them & to be reflective throughout my first term at Chelsea. Research – My research for the blog consisted of museum visits, lecture readings, visiting the library for specialism specific books as well as online searches to back up my findings. … More Self Evaluation : Unit 1
In this lecture we discussed the basics on analysing objects and analysing images – and the differences between the two. We started by defining visual literacy; the ability to read things we see (such as objects and images). We also looked at primary and secondary research; Primary – your own analysis of images / objects Secondary … More Object and Image Analysis
The fourth and final technical block! I was looking forward this one the most as I have done a lot of printing in the past and know that I love it! We started the block with the practical side of the printing. On Monday we began by cutting stencils. This was done by looking at our … More Technical Block 4: Print
I had no idea what to expect when coming into this workshop. We started this 2 week technical block with an introduction into stitch; it can be anything we want it to be. 3D, multi-media, tubing etc… it’s all about creating a technique and using it to represent our drawing. My Drawings; Our first session … More Technical Block 3: Stitch
Globalisation – is a trend. It is not to be assumed we have arrived yet. With international trade, our concept of “local” has been skewed. Everything is much closer, easier, and more accessible to get to. This is due to advances in technology. We have become global consumers. Markets have converged throughout the world Production … More Globalisation, Colonialism, Orientalism and Visual Culture
What is postmodernism? This lecture not only informed us of what postmodernism is, but in order to fully understand it, we also looked at what modernism was. Postmodernism – a term used to describe a wide range of visual culture since 1970, including; art, textiles, graphics, products, design. Postmodernism sees responses to mass production, consumerism, … More Postmodernism
Can textiles speak? How can fabric and clothing convey messages? Can we understand signs about the wearer and their culture from the clothing they wear? After visiting the V&A museum, I chose a few examples where I felt the messages given from the garments were clear. This dress speaks through visual languages. It is … More How do textiles speak?
I had little experience of using a domestic knitting machine before so I was excited to be able to learn how to knit properly and create samples. We started the week by having a talk with Julia (one of the knit tutors) about what knit is – what it is used for and how we … More Technical Block 2: Knit
The lecture this week was all about production, dissemination and consumption – how this can relate to artists and the work they create. How does an artist create, spread their ideas and then how is it used by the consumer. This could also be about ideologies; an idea or movement that is spear-headed by an … More Visual and Material Culture
Day One; this saw us going off site for a museum day of observational drawing. I had never been to the British museum before so it was exciting to be able to experience the museum and really take note of what I was seeing – because I was drawing it. I chose a mixture of … More Drawing Week 07-10 November
I came into this technical block having no proper experience or extensive knowledge of the weave specialism. Because of this I was nervous that the technicalities of setting up the loom would overwhelm me but I found the opposite. I loved the structure and routine of the entire process. Day one of the two week … More Technical Block 1 : Weave
The first part of this task involved reading an excerpt from Lou Taylor’s book “Disentangling Textiles” (Schoeser and Boydell, 2002) about decoding hierarchy and status from textile objects. We were then to visit the National Gallery, choose 6 images; looking at the textiles in the image and analysing it based on Taylor’s model. After reading the excerpt I … More A Cultural and Historical Investigation of Cloth
This exhibition was the perfect mix of contemporary sound and image. A collection of 10 artists and their films. I was hesitant to visit a film-only exhibition (as films usually aren’t my favourite part of an exhibition) however the exhibition had only received excellent reviews and I was not disappointed. I think its safe to … More The Infinite Mix
Collect : bring / gather items together Curate : select, organise and look after items In this lecture (part 1), we looked at why people collect, when it can become a problem and artists whose work is centred around collecting. Why – ways to relive past / keep past present / thrill of hunt Becoming … More Collecting and Curating…
During this week I took part in several different drawing workshops: the aim was to teach us different ways to think about and approach drawing. During the workshops we paid close attention to; pattern, colour, texture and form of the objects. The sources for our drawing came from the objects we collected as part of the “Box … More Drawing Week : 17 – 20 October
After receiving the brief for the “Box Clever ” project, I felt a bit overwhelmed at all the different elements to the brief. The contents of the box needed to link, they needed to have a personal connection to me and they needed to have different colours, patterns and textures. The objects could be linked … More Box Clever : Collecting and Box Making.
Psychgeography: what is it? “The study of the specific effects of the geographical environment” My feelings on psychogeography are that we all do it. We all take photos when we visit somewhere new, collect ephemera from a train journey or document places in journals etc…We often record our surroundings, new places we visit or journeys … More Rough Guide : integrated task & Psychogeography lecture
This is the excerpt for your very first post. … More Rough Guide : collecting and recording
Textile Design 