NEW men....

After producing the group design i felt that i could see about drawing some men in a different way to use on my prints. i have looked into drawing the silhouettes of them but i am also wanting to still take inspiration from Leeds by drawing the silhouettes of a men with a suitcase, a woman with an umbrella and an owl. they all flow quiet well together.

These are taking inspiration from artist Sylvia Chalmers.

My take on Sylvia's work but using the images i want to interpret into 50's inspired designs with inspiration also from Leeds

Henri Mattis

When doing these drawings/cut work i have took inspiration from two main artists two quiet different artists. one is Sylvia Chalmers who draws the silhouette of the figure and then Henri Mattis who is more abstract when he is drawing the human figure.

Deciding on a layout....

Working in a group is hard, trying to come up with a final print which looks food, flows well, and includes a piece of everyone's work. within our piece we have a wide range of work as we have all done quiet different things. I took us a while but we managed to come up with a few designs and then we got to our final which has got elements of everyone's work on it. 

     We produced out kodatrace onto the tracing paper which was difficult as we new what we wanted on it we just couldn't all decide on where it should all go. 

The sheet we got to help with the kodatrace

Now we have all agreed and got it put on the screen i cannot wait to get it printed and to see what it looks like.

My men

one of the things  found myself drawing over and over again was "my little men" i drew these human figures in an abstract way and then decided to just go with it and see what i could get out of them at the end they work really well with certain designs. they also work well with colour behind then and also when using coloured materials to draw them rather that just using black fine liner. 

my dancing men 

more of the men but as well as using circles to draw then i tryed it with triangles to see what the effect would be.

when producing these drawings i took inspiration from Leonardo Da Vinci with his drawings of the human form as he was the first artist to produce accurate sketches of the human figure. 

1950's

looking into the 1950's we have to design a print in a group of 5 for 2 fashion student to then make into a garment of there choice. when looking into the 1950's i got inspired by the moving shapes and bright colours.

sample of 1950's design

Sample of 1950's design

i have took inspiration from this to then produce drawings that we as a group can decide on how to make the print and what to put on the print.

Induction into disperse dye

I LOVE PRINTING!!!! Disperse dye printing is such an enjoyable way to print with this you can create such a verity of things with it you can create pieces full of texture and layers and you can also produce things with flat layers and minimal colour and objects. Printing here is different to how i have done disperse before here we have sheets of disperse paper and then cut shapes and things out of it and then place it face down on the fabric. This is a much easier way of printing and makes you more able to produce more prints within a shorter space of time. 

this is one of the samples i produced when printing

Week 2 at Leeds

During this week i went on 2 trips the first i went to the Hepworth which is in Wakefield which is a 10 minute train ride out of Leeds  This place really inspired me with Barbra's work i like her work because of her simplicity and simple lines and mark makings. 

Piece of Barbra Hepworth's work

Piece of Barbra Hepwoth's work

My interpretation of Barbra's work

My interpretation of Barbra's work

On the second trip this week i went to salts mill which was an old textiles mill the large room upstairs was amazing with the old wooden, uneven floor boards and the bare brick walls. you looked down the vast room and could picture the workers there with there sewing machines. within this gallery space some of David Hockney's work was being exhibited which was really good as i love his work.

This is one of my favorite pieces of Davids work as he drew this lane in many times of the year and it shows how much it has changed.