Oct/Nov/Dec mixture of stuff......

The images below are some samples from one of my dye workshops. We  had dyed the fabric and then used some processes, one of these was a discharge process. Printing on top of the fabric and the discharge dye when steamed removes the colour of the fabric and replaces it with the colour of the printed dye.

The following images are some sketches for the next part of my project. I changed my idea to deconstructed patterns taken from insects. These are the start of my drawings.

Another dye workshop. This time we were using a process of painting dye onto a screen. We then printed with a paste through the screen which transfers the dye from the screen onto the fabric.

We then printed another dye on top and I also tried using some discharge dye to discharge another pattern out of the fabric. It was quite fun to play around with the different processes.

 I always forget to wear gloves and I always end up dyeing my hands. This was the worst yet!

One week to go.....

Is it wise to change your idea with one week to go till deadline? Ordinarily I would say no but being stalled with your idea and not being able to take it forward, this makes things difficult. 


So....I'm changing my idea. I'm running with an idea that started in my CAD elective and already I've got far more things to draw and lots of patterns to draw and adapt. 


Because this project is mainly just visual research I just have to knuckle down and make sure I have some drawings to present next week along with the colour's that I want to use. I'm going for brights so this should be interesting. 


We'll see what I come up with in a week....I never make things easy for myself!

A little small exhibition......

College asked us to create something for a little exhibition that we had today in our studio. They wanted us to take an object and remodel it.

I chose an 8" vinyl and hand cut a pattern into the sleeve. The record was called 'Don't Make Me Over.' I did exactly that.....

This was the pattern drawn onto the sleeve, after this I cut it out by hand with a scalpel.

These are images of the sleeve presented on my desk.....

Just as a warning.....
 

Our exhibition was busy, I think they all came for the cake....
 

CAD Elective

This last week has been our CAD Elective. I decided I wanted to design some skateboard graphics.

The other day I popped into the Vans shop in Leeds and was chatting to a really nice guy called Mark who let me take some pictures. We had a chat about New York, skating, fixed gear, vinyl figures and hipsters. They have a ramp in there but unfortunately because of the insurance it's only displaying clothes, and no skaters.

The following pictures are the finished concept boards with both skate deck graphics and t-shirt graphic ideas. Please excuse the quality of the photographs, they were taken on my iPhone.

The main image used was a parrot, I layered up patterns and text on the board. I then used elements from the parrot to create the t-shirt graphic repeat patterns. I also used the text 'this aint no paradise.'

Update Oct - Nov

Well it's been a really busy few weeks. I went and got my 120 film developed and there were some interesting pictures on there. Not all of them worked out but that's what you get with things like this. 

I love this shot above, it's one of my favourite's from New York.

I also had film in my Supersampler which I tried out. I like how it breaks the shot into four. This would be really good for action shots.

 There were some older pictures on the camera too. This one below is from when John, Chloe and I went to Paris a couple of years back. That was a great trip, very tiring though!

The next two photographs were taken in the garden of the V&A in London a few years ago. I went down on my own one day to visit some exhibitions. I love the V&A and the area it's in. It's so nice as well to sit in the gardens surrounding the Natural History Museum as it's such a beautiful building.

New York sketches......

Just a few sketches based around the idea of New York and New York fire escapes.....

We Don't Withhold.

Some of my work is currently being shown on the blog 'We Don't Withhold' which is a blog created specifically for people in Leeds that are interested in Art and Fashion and who want to show their work.

The blog can be found here; http://wedontwithhold.tumblr.com/

There is also a Facebook group here;

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=161160367242941

Indeed.....

Soya hot chocolate.....

....is fantastic in my Hell Yes mug from New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY.

Dye workshops.....

Even though I was wearing gloves today in the dye workshop, I still managed to dye my finger tip blue and my thumb brown. 


I learnt about Indigo, Potassium Permanganate and Citric Acid dye's today.


I managed to get Indigo dye spots on my light grey jeans....I used the process of applying the Potassium Permanganate dye to remove the Indigo dye and then the Citric Acid dye to remove the Potassium Permanganate....it worked....was rather pleased with myself. 


Note to self, next week wear old clothes as some people aren't as careful with the dye's!!!

New York - Sept 2010

I took a birthday trip to New York and was very inspired. Some of the things I was inspired by were the fire escapes.....

 Soho fire escapes.....

 Chinatown fire escapes....

 Saw some fantastic graffiti.........

Advert in Chinatown

 Walking over Brooklyn Bridge

After a night out in Brooklyn the sequins on my top were catching the light and making patterns dance on Maria's apartment walls.

Horses and ducks.....

 View over Central Park.....

More random graffiti in Chinatown.....

 Shop front....

 'I'm way into stuff'....badges I bought at New Museum.....

 I met Jake at Bruar Falls....my iPhone has no flash so we used candles to light the pictures....I really like these shots...fun.....I have lots of New York pictures, these were just a few of my fav's. It's such an amazing city...I hope to be going back there really soon. I fell for that city in a big way......