Summer Project: Influence and Inspiration

 Figure 1: Face Value – Elizabeth Couzins

The reason why I have chosen this image is because I like work that has meaning behind it. The meaning behind this work discusses the current obsession for women to buy into the impossible beauty myth and the increased numbers of young women seeking cosmetic surgery procedures.

Another reasons I chose this work is because I am hoping to create my future work in the textiles direction and transfer it from illustration to embroidery.

The 62 Group Textiles Artists is something that I am interested in and I want my work to be open for anyone, i.e ‘’Art for all.’’

Figure 2: A photo and the work of Candy Jernigan

I like Candy’s work because she not only collects randomly disused objects, she also finds different ways to display them. For example, in figure 2 she uses the found-objects as still life objects and she also compositions them, and turns them into a collage. I too have a habit of collecting objects so my way of working is very similar to Candy’s. I prefer to work on found materials because of the fear of a blank page.

Figure 3: Tracey Emin – My photo album, 2013.

Tracey Emin’s work is grounded in the personal experiences and events of her life. This is a text by Tracey about why so much of her work relates to memories of her early years. As much as I enjoy her art work, I think my main inspiration is from texts as well as keeping a blog about my work and ways of thinking and developing my art. I also keep a personal journal with me at each unit and in those journals are my thoughts, ideas and things that interest me. I then would turn those into textiles.

 

Figure 4: Birds Illustrated on Vintage Envelopes by Mark Powell, 2013.

Once again, working on found materials makes the whole drawing more interesting to look at, which as I said I am starting to get into the habit of doing . I am also starting to draw on other paper materials other than white drawing papers.

Mark Powell has created a series of drawings on vintage envelopes, which have more detail than his previous work. They show the learning progress within the series. I would prefer to create a series rather than a one off piece because I think a series demonstrates connection between the artist and the audience better than a one off piece. I like to talk to the audience though my work and let them understand the journal that I was compiling as an artist.