Proposal

Exploring a range of different methods, including negative spaces, insulation and assemblage; then investigated grids, layers and reflections, I found that gradually working through projects I began improving on skills and learning new ones to bring new techniques in to my work, this allowed me to identify my strengths and weaknesses within my artwork.

           I work well at intricate hands-on and practical work in a range of media, particularly different materials.  I also have a wide range of skills, not just specialising in one area, I am very interested and work hard.

           My weaknesses within art are that when I first started the course I was unable to draw or paint well but I have worked on still and life drawings and the use of acrylic paints and I have practised and improved my standard. I now have the knowledge and skills to apply and take forward to a higher level.

           I was unsure about which pathway to choose as I am very passionate about both  textiles and photography.  I therefore decided to keep my options open and have combined both of these areas together in this final work.

I don’t have a clear picture of my future career but I know that I am interested in and enjoy working with both textiles and photography so am hoping to pursue a career within these areas.

            To explore the use of materials and photography to express memory.    

I intend to use myself as a starting point and a subject in my project by exploring and documenting my memories, such as my tenth birthday and the excitement of being double figures, by using materials and photographs to express the mood from a memory.

I decided, from the grids, layers and reflections project I started, that I would use myself as I subject and concentrate on the theme of Me, Myself and I.  As I worked more with this theme, I found it was far too extensive an area, so I narrowed it down to two ideas within the theme, namely memories and reflections.  I had a discussion with my pathway tutor about my methods and decisions and came to the conclusion of focussing on memories.

I intend to explore my theme futher using photographs of memories I remember from when I was younger. Then, by using textile techniques, turn my memories and photographs into a visual story.

I had a look in the library for artists’ work which I liked and then found out more work by the specific artists on the computer.  To develop the work I may take ideas from their work and adapt the idea to the theme in my own work.

I will collect photographs from past events and explore what media I find most suitable to present them in.

In the future I would want my work to attract people’s attention and make an impression so that they want to find out more about my work.

I have many influences around me from the internet, magazines, old photographs and artwork; I have recently visited the Liverpool Tate Gallery; and am highly inspired  by the natural world around me.

I am inspired by many artist’s work such as Henry Moore's textile pieces from the 1960’s such as the quirky old fashioned wallpapers; and Henry Matisse’s moderist wildlife and nature paintings.

Textiles artists who have inspired and given me ideas are:   Shirley Craven (Hull Traders), Celia Birtwell, Zandra Rhodes, David Hockney’s expressive joiners, Franz Marc and Henry Moore.

The photography artists I have looked at are: Eadweard Muybridge, William Morris, Humprey Jennnings’ Horses Head 1937-1940 and James Carnegie.

I have gained ideas and may adapt and develop them in my own work. For example, the flip books of a series of action images, flicked to create the illusion of continuous motion, inspired by Eadweard Muybridge.

            I will be using the media of fabrics, photographs, inks and paints.   Also I would like to explore new medias and ideas to see what the outcome would look like.

            I will be using the methods of information gathering, recording of ideas and reasons for doing a piece of work, in my sketchbook, journal and blog.

  To evaluate my project in progress I will be continously checking back to my brief to ensure criteria is being met.  I will ask my pathways tutor for feedback, and improve and cover all aspects several times till they cover all the requirements a brief asks for.

My criteria of success is to have produced a unique and thought provoking piece of work that I am proud of and a number of people like.  To determine this I will ask a wide ranged audience, covering age, gender, profession, experience and opinion, for feedback on completion.                

If anything goes wrong in the process I will record and take note of it, reflect on it to see how to improve it.  If the problem is irrepairable, I will learn where and why it went wrong, learn from the mistake, then annotate and record it in my journal and try again.      

            I will be thinking all the time about what I am doing and working to the best of my ability.