Sunday inspiration

Just a few things that have been mulling around in my brain this week

lovely Matisse papercut, above. It's all about drawing with scissors. Stunning.
Below: painter Elaine Pamphilon, who I stumbled upon through her commissioned pin badges at the Tate. I suppose her style is 'naive', mainly still lives of flat pots and objects. I really picked up on her use of textures, typography and pattern. It's also nice sometimes to be reminded that you can loosen up a bit in regards to the depiction of reality... :) The below image is slightly different from her usual 'safe' still lives (slightly more illustrative- i suppose that's why i like it!)

Above and below: Bit of a different choice from the previous images, but Maurizio Anzeri's work caught me off guard whilst browsing the internet... evokes so many ideas of shrouds & fashion.. The intricate and precise embroidery also reminds me of spirographs... I love the below Dazed and Confused commission, pushing the contrast of his precise patterns against the wild loose ends of thread... makes me shudder.

Textured textiles

Last installment! a bit late.
So, I work as an art technician in two schools. The photos in this post are from the pupils in one of my schools, from the GCSE & Btech students' end of year exhibition.

I was so incredibly impressed with the quality of work that these young people created. The atmosphere in the art department is really positive and I have a great time working there- and I think the atmosphere shows through in their work, too!

It's not suitable for me to mention any names of the students or the name of the school, but I would like to highlight that all of this work is not by me and I only took the photos. The work is by students who are 15-18 years old. Amazing!

The work below summarizes some great fashion/textiles/textural/conceptual work.

above: re purposed dress covered in bank notes (6th form work)

above and below: more 6th form experimental textiles. they have a great sense of colour and texture. the above piece makes up a large, vintage, worn, sepia-toned montage, using large stitches, photo transfers, burnt paper, burlap fabric...
the below piece uses embroidery, felt, collage, and woven recycled plastic and more to create a wall-hanging.

above: beautiful 6th form textiles piece experimenting with different stitches and exposed fabrics.
above and below: a GCSE student's final piece, a montage of open-mouthed magazine models who have been defaced using thick, garish oil pastels(?) or crayons, and stitched into with chunky embroidery thread. The result is beautifully designed yet disturbing.
Related posts: http://teapotjazz.blogspot.com/2011/07/scales.html
http://teapotjazz.blogspot.com/2011/07/typography-inspiration.html

Well done to all the students and staff involved. All the students' work is so impressive :)

Scales

So, I work as an art technician in two schools. The photos in this post are from the pupils in one of my schools, from the GCSE & Btech students' end of year exhibition (which happened a few weeks back). I've already written a post HERE about the typography in the exhibition, and this post is about some great fashion/textural pieces.

I was so incredibly impressed with the quality of work that these young people created. The atmosphere in the art department is really positive and I have a great time working there- and I think the atmosphere shows through in their work, too! It's not suitable for me to mention any names of the students or the name of the school, but I would like to highlight that all of this work is not by me and I only took the photos. The work is by students who are 15-16 years old. Amazing!

The students have projects based around recycling and fashion, reflected in the pieces below.

Above: Textural experiment made from latex rubber gloves
Above: Beautiful headpiece made from 'soda' cans. This work reminds me a lot of the masks/headpieces by my lovely friend Keiron
Above: Shoulder detail from a papier-mache waistcoat. Scales/feathers made from construction paper. BTech students do a project on cubist fashion, where their final piece is an item of clothing made from paper crafts and origami.

Above: I think this was a study in different materials a shoe could be made of. Again, cut soda cans.

More to come :)

omg most amazing blazer ever, DO WANT

Oddly this is the prettiest scar ive ever seen
soft grey nail polish (cheapo Collection 2000) +massive plastic ring (therapy @ house of fraser) . love itt.