Five

Moving on from the Bradford brief, I have started working on the self- initiated project. I want this to be a continuation of the work i have done so far and over summer. I have quite a strong idea of what i want to achieve and i want my concept and ideas to be communicated clearly in my work so i spent a while writing up a brief for myself. I want to use it as a kind of manifesto to refer back to throughout the unit.

Over the week I have been gathering a new body of visual research to work from and looking more into artists and designers to inspire my work.

(work from exhibition at Whitworth art gallery, Manchester)

Susan Collis is an artist who looks at ideas of craft, value and labour in her work.These hand embroidered overalls appear to be accidental marks but on closer inspection the delicate stitched work is revealed. I like this way of playing with perceptions and challenging/ making you question what you are looking at.

I have been looking at things that we would usually throw away and consider to be waste; re-presenting them as abstract imagery to draw inspiration from. I like the shape and line detail of these pencil sharpenings and can work on developing them into knit.