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..

cage=restriction

From birdcages i am going to move on to look at restriction. In all areas of freedom there are also restrictions, this is the theme and outgoing idea for my final installation.

Below are my brainstorming thoughts on 'restriction'

i looked into birdhuts/birdnests/birdcages. Artists that i have used to show inspiration and possibilities for further ideas are Joost Bakker and an installation in Sydney Lane called 'songs of forgotton birds'.They both consist of a series of hanging birdcages to create a floating effect, i take from this both freedom and restriction;

- restriction represented by the cage itself.

-freedom represented by how the cages are displayed, as if they are floating.

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as i initially started with the idea of birds to represent freedom, i want to keep my starting point strong throughout the project. Birds flying are freedom, and birds fly home so i will look at the idea of home and birds 'home' e.g bird huts/nests/cages.

-my art pieces on birds and home

'i have a dream'

in my research i included political issues, particularly that of Martin Luther King, Jr. who was an american clergyman and the prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. I was focusing on his 'i have a dream' speech, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination.

freedom of youth artwork..

To add more depth to my project i got a little 5yr old dude to create some drawings and then i would take certain parts of the drawings and create my own artwork from these. I really liked the results, i feel they portray the feeling and freedom of youth well. They where full of colours, scribbles and bright and bold images. Below is an example of the work:I created these screen prints above from one of the drawings. I chose this drawing because the image of the big happy face portrays for me how youth is freedom as when we are young we dont have any worries and are happy. I will most likey use this in my final piece in some way are other to represent freedom of youth.

inspiration....sabrina ward harisson

For this project and for all of my art, my biggest inspiration is Sabrina Ward Harrisson.

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I got alot of influences for ideas from her book 'Spilling Open' which is about a journey of finding yourself. I am using this as a contextual reference for my project. I feel her art and this book in particular links to my project and speaks of expressing yourself, childhood, adults, travel and everyday life. All these areas are what i am looking at to look at freedom and also restriction.

i scanned in pages from her book 'spilling open' to show links to freedom of expressing yourself, childhood and travel.

freedom of youth :)

I think we are all mostly free when we were young. Our youth is a time of fun, adventure, little worries and expression. with this freedom there are restrictions, i know, but i feel the freedom overrules the restrictions of youth.

First hand research to link with youth, i am also looking at play parks for 1st hand images and drawings. Below is a piece of graphics work linking with youth.

thoughts and inspirations on youth created using fabrics, papers, stencils.

teenage freedom.

I looked at teenage years to represent freedom to a certain level, because its a time of rebellion, finding yourself, doing your own thing, finding independance and trying new things.

Most of our teenage lives is about thinking your 'it' because you are disobeying, chilled and carefree towards most things. I was on the thought level of not having your parents do everything for you, making decisions for yourself...partying and even learning to drive! this is what the collage i created is about....in many ways free to find who you are..freedom to express.

I am also keeping in mind that with all the areas i'm looking at there are also restrictions, especially with our teenage years.

lifes a beach (:

most of my research is personal and comes from places or thoughts on which remind me of freedom. i am free at the beach, not all the time but sometimes :) this is what this post is about. I used a b&w slr and took some shots of a local beach, i was really happy with the outcome.

freedom research....freedom to travel

to show a wide depth and range to my research i am looking at a number of areas that hit me as being free. I always think to just go and travel the world is being free... free from stress, free from the ordianary and everyday stuff that restricts us....free from yourself...free to discover.

Freedom to travel....travel to discover freedom. freedom to rise and go...

i found this poem about travel from an old child book of mine, this is where i got my inspiration for looking at travel.

When creating artwork to show my thoughts on travel i was drawn to the area of maps, and old postcards that my mum kept from when she was young. I also used images of pictures ive taken from different cities and places around the world. I also was looking at the idea of stamps.

.we should all travel.