Resonant Textiles

"Resonant Textiles" is an on-going collaboration between Anne Kelly and Cas Holmes that i have chosen to research. They like to use discarded items and their work is made using inspiration from personal experiences. Their main focus is that "recycled materials and waste have a history".

Anne Kelly - Anne Kelly generally works on fabric and paper using a range of techniques and in a variety of sizes. She uses recycled materials and travel and memeory are the influences for her work.

Cas Holmes - Cas Holmes is a textiles mixed media artist who like to work with found materials. Her pieces work well in both traditional and contemporary settings.

Peer assessment.

we have undertaken a peer aseessment where everyone in the class had to write a strength and an improvement for everybody elses outcome in relation to how well it fits in with their sketchbook. Mine was the canvas for summer with the hand emboidered leaves. My comments were...

*really like it, think you could maybe do 3 more in different colours so you have one for each season.

*really good, i think that you should do them for each season. add more sewing to make it fuller.

*I love the hand embroidery leaves and the texture and depth to the paint. Bigger? Longer? Size? Colour?

*I like the plan and resarch in the sketchbook. i think you could sew material leaves onto it.

*Love the simplicity. Few sketches.

I then presented it onto a page using green post-it notes cut into the shapes of leaves.

research into leaves and evergreen trees

i decided that whilst doing my winter part of my sketchbook, i would do some research into evergreen trees as they don't lose their leaves in winter. however i don't think i will use them whilst doing my final outcome as they don't really change throughout the year.

i also did some research into leaves in order to move from winter into spring in my sketchbook. at first i looked at skeleton leaves as they remind me of trees when they have no leaves and all that is left is the branches. i then looked at full green leaves as they start to appear in spring.