Final outcome

My final outcome from my project came from photos i had taken on my journey to university on the tram, i took a photo out the window of the tram at every stop from when i got on to the last stop i was on till and from that i choose to use the skills learnt in my machine embroidery workshop to recreate one person from each stop waiting for the tram. I used a see through thin grey fabric to show the effect of me looking through the tram window and black thread to create the figures of people they are disfigured and i have left the threads hanging to show that its an unfinished view as some photos were not clear taken from through the tram window. My inspiration came after seeing the work of Rosie James - 'Rosie describes her pieces as stitched paintings, and the subjects of her paintings tend to be visitors of places – museums, train stations, supermarket. She has aterrific eye for detail and her technical skill in recreating human behaviour in stitched form is remarkable, catching snapshots of people on the move, and minding their own business.'

Sleuths, Spies and Lies

 My idea began with my journey to and from university as i use the metro link tram system. I felt this would be a good idea as i use them everyday and as well as collecting primary research could collect more thought and ideas on my journey. To start with i took many photos different aspects of the tram and the people that use it as well as this I have looked into the tram tickets and took the main colour inspiration of my project from these ,but have now started to focus more on the people that use the tram as well as depend on the tram to get them to work and in my case university. In my sketch book i have not used as much media as i could have in my drawings i have stuck with habbit and choose the simple line drawing using fine liner pen, i have found it hard to draw form first hand as my drawings are mainly of people on the trams and platforms i have chosen to draw more from photographs witch dose not  give the full effect of what was seen before me as well as this I also feel that my sketch book lacks in colour i have mainly used black and white although have incorporated yellow parts to link in with the colour of the tram tickets so hope that there is a stronger colour link throughout my project by the end . I would still like to continue my focus on people that use the trams like me as i likelooking at different peoples posture and how they present themselves as well as incorporating things i have learnt from my workshops into the development work of my project witch are - machine embroidery and hand processes.

Random Objects

The task was to bring in some random objects and then create a piece with them using - wrap,weave & tie.
I brought in some cocktail sticks, elastic bands, straws & beads and these photos show my outcome...

Summer Project - Sock Dog

I wanted to create a dog that was made from recycled materials, and so i used an old pair of socks to create my dog and stuffed it with the insides of an old pillow.