peer work.

This is a picture taken of a piece of work produced by Daniel. After looking through my sketchbook and any other external work, this is where he suggested i move on to. However i don't think this fully reflects my work and if i were to produce this myself i would create flowers instead of circles. i would also have to make it neater as i think the majority of my work is neat not messy.

blossoms.

Blossoms are vital within my sketchbook as they are thing that stand out the most, for me, in spring and therefore will become my inspiration when producing any samples and my canvas for spring. Therefore i have taken close-up photos of cherry blossoms within my grandma's garden to possibly use.

spring.

For the spring part of my sketchbook, i have used first hand photos of cherry blossom trees that i took whilst in Oxford in March. These trees remind me of Disney's Mulan and chinese calligraphy because of the thick black trunk and the dispersed pink blossoms. i will use these images for the shape of my spring canvas which reminds me of the shape of a question mark (?). however when producing the flowers for my spring canvas i will use other images of flowers for my inspiration.

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.

3D piece out of sketchbook.

to create this i used a canvas and using acrylic paint and using a straw to spread it into a tree shape. i then began to embroider leaves into the tree in different shades of green. However when i turned the canvas the other way around and held it up to the light i discovered it actually looked quite good the other way around, with one corner of the tree looking like actual leaves.
After a peer assessing with the class i think i may dirty the background of my canvas to make the tree stand out. I have also decided i will try to create 4 canvases, each for a different season, each in a different media.