Final Piece

Final Assessment instalation. originally I intended to display this particular piece with each corner of the sheet suspended from the ceiling, however I didn't think it reflected the idea of depth and I wanted to reflect through this piece the elements of weight and a build up of mass.

 So I decided to create this hanging form with the tip attached to the ceiling and shaping the fabric to reflect the idea of the fabric being weighted down by the shards of glass.

Evaluation

I have really tried to push myself more with this project, experimenting more with colour and depths of tone. One of the main issues I faced with this project was tackling the idea of enlarging the scale of my samples, I now feel much more comfortable working on a larger scale. Also working alongside Annie Harrison gave me much inspiration for one of my larger samples, as she works a lot of her structures using sheets and pillow cases I decided to do a bed sheet piece, experimenting with tones of blues and thinking more about the idea of the fabric being weighed down by small components whether this be stitch or the broken spectacles pieces.
I did have some issues with working on such a large scale, and at first, it was quite overwhelming, although it was my intention that I was determined to increase sample sizes. The end result didn't quite turn out how I would have liked, I would have liked the bottom part of the fabric to have been darker in order to really portray the idea of depth and heaviness in the fabric. However, I have learned a lot from experimenting with this piece in particular with colour, scale and placement.
If I were to have done this project differently I perhaps wouldn't have used to bed sheet, I would have preferred to have used a more delicate fabric like a silk organza in order to really reflect the delicate subject matter of the project.

Christian Boltanski

Christian Boltanski has been a great inspiration for this project and in particular with this piece where the idea of a mass of objects piled together and each small component is creating something huge.

With this particular piece I was inspired by the hanging wires and so I tried to recreate this idea but using threads.

Auschwitz Striped Pyjamas

I have been looking at the effects of lines and their different tonal qualities, I still want to keep the idea of the absence yet still a presence remains of the people through these objects.

Samples considering the use of line and a build-up of small components

Considering the use of colour of threads to create a sense of depth  like the  french knots are weighing down the fabric.

Looking at the use of lines, using pulled thread work and dying the centre of the fabric with the idea of the colour creeping up the fabric.

Using the pintuck foot creating a long sample looking at the build up of colour and thinking of the depth of darker tones at the bottom of the sample. 

Thinking about the idea of weight, and with the pieces of broken resin dipped teabags weighting the fabric down, also using darker tones to create a sense of depth.

A hanging sample with french knots weighing own the fabric using a range of darker threads and bringing small flecks of amber like in the original picture of the piles of glasses from Auschwitz where I got my inspiration for this project.

Using stitch and thinking about the idea of mass

Embellished samples building up an arrangement of different shades of coloured threads.

Thinking about building up a mass of small components.Building up rows of tailor tacking bobbles.  

Working with Annie Harrison

We began by deconstucting the structure of the sheets from  Annie's studio.

When we arrived at the hospital we unloaded  all the sheets  and took them to the courtyard where the greenhouse was ready to start making the structure.

Annie wanted to portray the idea of piles of stacks of folded hospital sheets. So with this first structure we made two leaning towers and let them fall into one another to create this arched shape.

Annie decided that she thought that the structure would be  more easily seen by the patients if we moved it  further into the corner, leaving more room to construct the second structure. 

We then constructed the second part of the structure  with a similar design just smaller and with a built up mound of rolled pillow cases arranged like buds blooming on the side of the construction.