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Project 1 – Moulding from a surface The moulding relief paste was far and away my favourite medium for this exercise. The paste combines well with textiles, takes crisp imprints, remains maleable and can be coloured, stitched and worked into. It is also accepts embedded objects well. The variety of pastes available (pearl, matte, gloss […]
This assignment was challenging and took me very much outside my comfort zone. Initially it was difficult to make the connection between the various materials and how they fitted within the context of a textiles degree. Having completed the assignment I can now appreciate how a much wider range of materials can be integrated with […]
Of the two sets of techniques I was initially much more comfortable with the joining exercises. I quickly became frustrated with the early wrapping exercises as it was difficult to find subjects with good anchoring points, meaning that I felt I had much less control over the nature of the finished piece. I was repeatedly […]
Having reviewed all the work from this assignment, I felt that the most successful pieces were as follows: Folding and pleating I felt that these were the most pleasing pieces within the folding and pleating exercises. However, whilst I enjoyed making them, there are challenges in interpreting such sharply defined shapes in a texile medium […]
Having spent some time evaluating all the pieces I made for Projects 1 and 2, I felt that the following were the most successful, either as pieces in their own right or as a springboard to further ideas/samples. Project 1 – Joining Exercise 1 – Straight flush edges Exercise 2 – Straight edges with a […]
I enjoyed completing this assignment and, whilst not all my practice samples were successful in most cases I understand why and will learn from these samples to adapt and refine future work. In particular I am developing a better feel for matching materials to tools (the paper choice in the crumpling exercises for example) and […]
Sorting and reflection is an essential part of the learning process. My sorting and reflection posts can be found for each assignment as follows: Sorting Assignment One Assignment Two Assignment Three Assignment Four Assignment Five Reflection Assignment One Assignment Two Assignment Three Assignment Four Assignment Five
