Art

I visited a fish mongers to collect additional photography research and I took different shots of the many range of fish from different angles. I selected one of photographs to create the painting and applied the same palette knife technique that I have used throughout my work. I find this painting technique effective as it is not too precise compared to a paint brush and it creates the impression of texture and suits the photograph used.

Artist Research

Besides looking at paintings of fish by artists, i also wanted to look into pattern. I decided to research M.C Escher and here i found fish patterns. From the researched photos of his work i copied his tecnique of the abstract patterns of fish. This technique could be developed and could be used in my final piece.

Art - Artist Research

For my artist research, i was unfortunately not able to find many artists who's focus was on fish. The artist i used was Internet searched, who was J.Vincent. Vincent work i found inspiring, with the colours and tecnhniques used in his collection.This is my version of one of his beautiful paintings.

Art - Experiments

From the photographs i collected of Carp fish i created a series of experimental paintings of the different photographs with using the same technique and palette knife tool to create the sence of movement in the painting.

A2 - Art

Here is an A1 painting of the smaller version in my art portfolio. I used a palette knife to create a technique of movement in the painting from the Carp.

A2 - Art

For my Art project i have chosen to do fish. As apart of research for the project i went to Stapley Water Gardens and took arrange of photographs of Carp. I chose a section of one of the photos to create an experimental painting by using a palette knife for a painting style.

Shape and Proportion development

Here is a sample of my Shape and Proportion development section which is about adapting the design proposal, such as using fashion tape for adapting shape on mannequin, construction and decoration adapting. Here i used inspiration from my designer by using curtain tape as a gathering technique just on the back of the garment.

Initial Ideas - Textiles

Here is a section of my intial ideas, i drew quick sketches of rough ideas for different looks of what my garment may look like which links with my design inspiration, from Christian Dior Spring couture 2009 collection. I used photographs from the collection for design ideas.

Sample Collection - Textiles

For my sample collection, i used my design inspiration part of my portfolio, i created a felted flower from the design from Old Master Floral paintings. I also created samples used in the collect such as the corset decorative features, and also floral covered buttons. The sample collection helps me consider different design ideas on my garment.

Design Inspiration - Textiles

For A2 textiles, my choosen design is Christian Doir and my focus is on John Galliano's Spring 2009 couture collection. Galliano's inspirtion theme was flemish painters and Monsieur Dior. Furthermore, Old Master's floral paintings where visible shown in the designers collection. I used my designers inspiration of the Old Masters FLoral paintings as shown in the photograph, I then developed this inspiration for design ideas for my garment.