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November 18th - feedback from textile tutor
Friday, 18 November, 2005 - 20:56
I had feedback from my tutor today, and was pleased with the feedback from the tutorial. Here are the general points:
· Consider placing stitches on top of each other to create new dimensions in the textile work
· Start to experiment with other materials, e.g. plastic bags
· Have a go with using wax crayon or general wax to create interesting textures in my sketch book…. The wax acts as a resist to paint
· Tutor mentioned the work of Kirk Jackson who incorporates text into his art. Will need to look this up
· Suggested trying out weaving with pages from magazines to create textures and colours
We discussed how I am on a journey which involves breaking away from representation. I have been an artist for many years, and so am still in the habit of representing images. After discussion with my tutor, I really grasped an understanding of how representation can be limiting. It’s limiting because you are limited to the representation itself. For instance, if I work on using a leaf for inspiration, I would naturally think of the leaf itself, and representing the leaf so that I could say at the end, yes that’s definitely a leaf. But if I move away from representation, and set myself free from it, then I can be free to concentrate fully on what I see within the leaf – the patterns, textures, shades. I can make a journey through a series of sketches and interpretations which can then lead me to somewhere completely new. My tutor encouraged me to carry on working with a viewing frame to help make that leap. I agree that some of my work is still representational. It’s not something I should frown on or lose completely, but it is something I need to be aware of in terms of my journey through this course.
