restrict me...final outcome :)

restrict me...final outcome :)

artistic influence..michelle moode

i was inspired by her display idea, textile feel, floating effect and i like how her work has a meaning.

samples. adult part.

-samples experimenting with receipts to represent restriction of money and bills in an adult life. the red thread is to show the pressure to pay bills on time.

- samples to represent restriction of work in an adult life, and how for most people this is a chore, a struggle and not something they enjoy. I am using cuffs and collars of shirts as this is what most represents work to me. I machine stitched phrases such as 'i have to go to work' over and over to give a feeling of repetition, just like work.

- these samples are to link with the textile feel of a birdnest, were the idea came from, and also the idea of home, which is what a birdnest is. I used fabrics and patterns from home and parts from old curtains to give a textile feel.

samples. childhood part.

sample final outcome

final piece.

. installation form. 3 boards. floating display.
.fibre arts.
.restriction and freedom.
. children and adults.
.wrapping. entangling. entrappings. fabrics.
.hanging bundles of fabrics, papers, objects.
.textile feel. home fabrics
. adult restriction= bundles made from fabrics, paper, wax, strings, wrapping, sewing ink to represent restrictions of adult life- work, bills, family, clutter.
. adult freedom= the idea that the bundles are floating by using invisible wire.
.Childhood Restriction= structures appear to be bursting. embroidery hoop.
.Childhood Freedom= simple, light, free, happy like a childs life. image transfer. photographs and words representing freedom of childhood.

artistic influence..

i was inspired by husband and wife Christo + Jeanne Claude and how they wrap islands, buildings, coastlines, bridges, trees. I feel that they relate strongly to my work as they are installation based and their work in quite conceptual. My favourite piece of work is 'the wrapped trees project'.

birdnests...wrapping, entrapping, entangling.

research.

wrapping.

weave together a nest.

my final piece is concentrating on entangling, layering and wrapping to represent restriction. birdnests are made from these restriction methods and links well to the rest of my project. i was influenced from 1st hand viewing and the bejing olympic stadium. i will keep in mind that birdnests have a a textile feel and as a birdnest is a birds home, i will use home fabrics.

corset restriction.

con-straint
- noun
1. limitation or restriction
2. repression of natural feelings + impulses
3. unnatural restraint in manner

i was influenced from the corset and the discomfort, constraint and limitation to wearing the corset from the film pirates of the Caribbean.

im on strings.puppetry.

puppets are restricted by being on strings. i was getting at the idea that we can be like puppets to certain things that control our life.....money...people...emotions....politics..decisions. also keeping in mind that i could represent my final piece being hung by string, like the puppetry idea.

methods of trapping..

different ways to represent restriction..