Design a T-shirt Competition!

One of our teachers is cycling from London to Paris and she wants you to design a t-shirt for her to wear! All the details are in the Arts & Media drive folder 'Design a T-shirt Competition' and are posted up around the department! Good Luck!

AS Textiles: Independent Assignment: Starting Point 1

Research at one textile artists/designer from the following: Mike Kelley, Cosima Von Bonin or Zannah Cooper.  You must analysis the piece of work suggested:

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Mike Kelley

‘More love hours than can ever be repaid’

http://www.mikekelley.com/

Please refer to the ‘links’ section to find more information on Mike Kelley

“The first piece I did with stuffed animals, for example, wasn’t even about stuffed animals but was about gifts” – From Interview 2009

 

Image Source: the book ‘Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art’

Cosima Von Bonin

‘Straight, No Chaser’ 2007

http://www.petzel.com/artists/cosima-von-bonin/ (additional images)

http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/exhibitions/rhinegold/bonin.htm (Tate brief bio)

“Von Bonin’s work challenges the limits of the Modernist programme, taking up themes of ‘women’s’ work and conventional perceptions of feminine activity.” – From the book ‘Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art’

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Zannah Cooper

‘British Bull’s Eye’

http://www.zannahcooper.com/ 

“Her work aims to put before its viewers an appreciation of the diversity of cultures and the intricate threads that make up cultural identity.” – Zannah’s Artists Statement

            Make notes and include the following information on each designer in your own words.

·        Background information on the artists’ concepts, ideas and themes.

·        Their use of formal elements

·        The processes and techniques they use.

·        Their influences and aims.

·        Your own opinion of their work

Deadline: Tuesday 8^th February 2011

Contemporary Textile Research - The City Project

'The Constellation' by Shihoko Fukumoto, 1998, Indigo dyed Turfan cotton, h: 81.3 x w: 78.7 cm

1. Research at least one contemporary textile artist/designer from the following:

    Shihoko Fukumoto, Erica Runstrom, Sharon Elphick*

Pay particular attention to the techniques they use when making your selections and where possible choose ones who use techniques that you will be exploring yourself. For example: paper-shibori, laminating/bonding and photo-transfer printing.

Suggested websites/books:

'Shibori: The art of fabric trying, folding, pleating & dyeing' E Moller. (this is in the college library!)

Shihoko Fukumoto
www.books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=4770023995 (text)
http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?914 (Images and text)
http://www.texturalspace.com/ (Exhibition: Images and text)
http://www.bellasartesgallery.com/fukumoto_bio.html (image and text)
http://www.artnet.com/artist/6598/shihoko-fukumoto.html (images)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevira/363430981/ (Exhibition: Image)
http://www.galeriebesson.co.uk/miharafukumoto.html (Exhibition: Images and text)

Erica Runstrom
www.books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=4770023995  (text)

Sharon Elphick

http://www.sharonelphick.com/ (images, CV, exhibitions and text)

http://elphicks.wordpress.com/ (Sharon Elphicks Blog)

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/264878-sharon-elphicks-fleur-shows-consistency-in-change (review of an exhibition)

2. Complete an illustrated analysis for each artist.

3. Make notes and include the following information on each designer in your own words.

•             Background information on the artists’ concepts, ideas and themes.

•             Their use of formal elements

•             The processes and techniques they use.

•             Their influences and aims.

•             Your own opinion of their work

*those students who have missed the paper shibori & laminating introductions should research Sharon Elphick. If you have research Sharon Elphick previously, please select another artist/designer from this assignment

 Deadline: Tuesday 11th Janurary 2011

Snow Day: AS work to be completed

 Untitled (Philadelphia) by Sharon Elphick 

As college is closed today please complete the work set out below:

Research at least two contemporary textile artists/designers from the following: Caroline Bartlett, Jette Clover, Sharon Elphick

1.Select designers who produce wall-hangings based on the theme of the ‘City’ or have ‘architectural’ elements.

Also, pay particular attention to the techniques they use when making your selections and where possible choose ones who use techniques that you will be exploring yourself. For example: paper-shibori, laminating and bonding, and photo-transfer printing.

Some suggested websites

Caroline Bartlett:

http://www.carolinebartlett.co.uk/ (images)

http://www.62group.org.uk/artist/caroline-bartlett/ (images and some text)

http://www.photostore.org.uk/ >selected makers>Caroline Bartlett

Jette Clover:

http://www.jetteclover.com/ (images and text)

http://thetextileblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/jette-clover-and-graffiti-of-life.html (text and images - a good example of an analysis of Jette Clover’s work)

Sharon Elphick:

http://www.sharonelphick.com/ (images, CV, exhibitions and text)

http://elphicks.wordpress.com/ (Sharon Elphicks Blog)

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/264878-sharon-elphicks-fleur-shows-consistency-in-change (review of an exhibition)

2. Complete an illustrated analysis for each artist.

3. Make notes and include the following information on each designer in your own words.

•             Background information on the artists’ concepts, ideas and themes.

•             Their use of formal elements

•             The processes and techniques they use.

•             Their influences and aims.

•             Your own opinion of their work

 Deadline: Tuesday 7th December 2010

Extension Activity: (optional)

I have compiled a list of additional artists/textile artists/designers who have created work around the theme of the ‘City’ or have ‘architectural’ elements on the blog. As an extension task please complete an additional illustrated analysis on an artist of your choice from those listed on the blog entry. Please remember to select an example of work that best falls into the category of ‘The City’ as some of the artists listed create additional work under different themes.

Link to the particular blog entry:

http://coulsdoncollegetextiles.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducing-city-project.html

Deadline: Tuesday 7th December 2010

Claude Flight: Speed

Claude Flight 'Speed' 1922 (image source)

AS Students Task:

This is one of the pieces of work that we discussed in the lesson today. As discussed, please leave a comment on this post sharing something about this work. When you are thinking about what to write please refer to the critical/analytical framework sheets and the notes you made at the start of the lesson. If you are the first to comment then you can say whatever you wish, but if your comment is following another students please address what they have commented on as part of your comment. It may just be that you agree, or disagree, with the point that they have made - or perhaps that you can discuss the idea further!

Introducing 'The City Project'

'Letter Landscape 9' (2008) From Jette Clover's Urban Landscape series  

We are currently looking at a range of different artists and textile designers/artists to gather inspiration for creating work in response to 'The City' Have a look a some of the links below - most of them are for the people we started to look at in class but there are a few extra people for you to look at too!

Artists
Sharon Elphick, George Grosz, Claude Flight, Robert Delaunay, Patrick Hughes, Jan Dibbets, Fernand Leger

Textile Designers/Artists
Jean Davey-Winter, Caroline Bartlett, Jette Clover, Annette Morgan, People will always need plates, Charlene Mullen, Donna Wilson (house collection), Margo Selby (collection with people will always need plates), Freddie Robins (knitted homes of crime) Laura McCafferty, Berend Strik, Gillian Cooper (look at this blog post with photos of a city)

Fashion
Clare Tough (from her graduate collection)