Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Tate Liverpool

Tate Liverpool

I visited Tate Liverpool in the Albert Dock to gather some inspiration and primary pictures to put in the sketch book, here's what I found:

 This is a sculpture that was displayed in Tate, it is made from black painted wire. This will inspire me when designing my pieces as I think that it links well with my themes, 'caged construction' and 'contoured lines'.
 This is oil paint on canvas by Franz Kline (1960-1), I thought that this piece could inspire me if I wanted to create my own print, and I think that this pattern would look great on a pair of running leggings or a top.
 This is another sculpture and this time it was made out of black felt, which I think would be an interesting fabric to use that could feature in my collection. I was thinking that a felt jacket with origami-like patterns were embedded into the fabric to give it a futuristic and caged contoured look.
This is an image of a mirrored piece that looks 3D. It can be an optical illusion, because some people may see cubes and others may see diamond shapes. I think this is interesting, and would be good if I could develop it into some sort of print and have the print feature on a garment, for example a side panel on a pair of leggings, or a long sleeve running top.
These are the staircase in the Liverpool museum in the Albert Dock. I find the spirals of the stairs reflect the contoured lines theme and I would like to be able to use this as inspiration and develop it into something that would feature in my designs.

London Digital Wave research trip

Trip to London- Digital Wave research

Whilst our visit to London, we visited the Digital Disturbances exhibition in the London college of Fashion, which involved a few short videos, some sculptures and a couple of paintings; here are some examples:


These are images from the Digital Disturbances exhibition in London, the first image is of two oversized coats, one that has been printed onto, and the other plain denim. The picture below showcases sculptures of different shapes and sizes of human manikins. This was a sort of optical illusion as it was strange to see many different body shapes and sizes all so close to each other.