FINE ART...and the death of Rumplestiltskin

...Haven't written for a while, but I've decided that fine art definitely needs to be talked about because I've enjoyed it so much.
So we started off by bringing in a small souvenir or general object which we placed on an installation in the middle of the room. I ended up bringing my treasured Rumplestiltskin doll that was found on the road...so it was all going well..the class moved around the installation doing sketches of the whole thing and then the smaller details. The first day was different and exiting, I learnt how to draw whilst standing up and moving around (I seem to find these kind of things challenging, being so malcoordinated) By the end of the day I felt as though I had learned a lot and was eager to start my second day. BUT SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAD HAPPENED....when walking into the room on day 2, I discovered Rumplestiltskin had been stolen. So obviously I was pretty bummed out for most of day 2!
I think I should insert a picture of him here (the only one I have) just because I miss him..and he would have been a massive part of my work if someone hadn't stolen him... (doubt it but here's a picture anyway)

Poor Rumplestiltskin.


After more drawings I started to use paint and more colour in my work, I loved this part of the rotation.
Our self directed study was to draw people and take photographs around busy places in london. Movement and colour were the things that interested me the most. so I found the busy tube station interesting, the colourful billboards and lots of people were great to draw and photograph

WEEK 2
I was able to really get involved with my own work in the second week. we weren't all told what to do, however, the tutors were great at helping and giving feedback whilst letting everyone get on with their own work.
By the end of the week I had completed a sketchbook, three large posters and two canvases. I took inspiration from the artist Fiona Rae when completing my canvases while also working from my posters, drawings and photographs.

 these are the two final canvases...I know its not a great photograph..but I'm not at my computer with all my amazingly artistic photos, so this one is uploaded from facebook. It's just to prove I did actually do some work in this rotation..not just mourn over Rumplestiltskin.
I found this rotation the most fun, It felt really natural and I found the work enough of a challenge to stay interested and involved, but not so much of a challenge that I had no inspiration and no idea what was going on.

making corsets out of binbags.

Finally, the internet's been sorted...I can start blogging!

Throughout the last two weeks fashion and textiles has been group B's rotation. We started off the week with observational drawings in unconventional ways...at first the whole idea of holding someone elses hand and drawing with it came across as a bit strange and pretty pointless, but I soon got really into it and discovered that drawing with different techniques can really change the final image....and, most of the time make it more interesting.

as we continued the following week, we started turning 2D objects into 3D objects...I was working with photos of a half eaten apple. Experimenting with thread and sewing mainly, I found this part of the rotation really interesting! despite poking myself with the needle SO MANY TIMES!

The two images above are two examples of my 2D to 3D work the top one titled "expand and compress" and the bottom "displace and replace"    I like making work which is aesthetically pleasing yet also has an underlying message, which is what I tried to do with these two pieces.

After all the displacing and replacing and cutting and sewing I realised that fashion textiles is definatley an area I would consider going into. When walking into the class for the first time I was expecting to be taught how to make a corset out of a bin liner or something...but we werent subjected to any of that (thank God). I really enjoyed the two weeks!!