Stitch Block
At the beginning of the stitch block, we were advised by our tutor to focus on one of our drawings as inspiration for our stitch samples....
Theory into Practice - De-coding the Hierarchy of Fashion Textiles
I have chosen six paintings from the National Portrait Gallery and will try to 'decode' the textiles featured on the sitters using Lou...
1920s Jazz Age Fashion Exhibition at the Fashion and Textiles Museum
I've had a strong interest in period costume and vintage clothes for several years, so I was obviously drawn to this exhibition as soon...
Collections. Institutions. Messages.
This week's theory lecture looked at how institutions such as museums and galleries convey messages to its visitors or consumers. I had...
Box Clever Drawings
For the first drawing lesson this week, we were instructed to draw using marks. As a warm up we had to look carefully at the object and...
Wrappings and Windings
One of the weave tutors taught us a way of simplifying an object into its constituent colours and textures by making a wrapping/winding....
Box Clever Project
For the Box Clever brief, we had to assemble a small collection of objects that we found visually interesting. These couldn't be...
William Eggleston Portraits at The National Portrait Gallery
I've been a long-time admirer of William Eggleston's photography. His use of the now obsolete dye-transfer printing technique produced...
Rough Guide Project
The first project we were set was to make a rough guide of an area of London that we had been appointed. Each person on the course would...