DEVELOPMENT

Im still working with the theme of animals and have been continuing to draw from the castle museum and develop my drawings by increasing scale and making them into more pattern like drawings. i am still realy interested in using the thermochromic inks and have managed to get some off a friend to experiment with. i have also been starting to think a bit more about context and i think the kind of drawings i am creating are a bit more suited towards fashion which is something i have never realy considered but now i think im going to make samples for fashion it is making it a lot easier for me to develop as i can imagine what im making will look like and not just aimlessly aking something for the sake of it! i need to think carefully about how i can use the thermochromic inks on my samples as it needs to have quite an impact on the fabric or its a bit pointless doing it, but i would still like to create something tastefull, i imagine the samples would be used in more of a catwalk show or a fashion installation.

moving fabric

Hussein Chalayan........FASCINATING! Brilliant ways on interacting with materials. Watch this.... http://www.husseinchalayan.com/#/videos.2007.2007_s_s_one_hundred_and_eleven/

CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

Maggie Orth is a artist who specializes in interactive textiles. This video is of her works using thermochromic inks to print over her weaving.

clips of thermochromic things

i have been thinking of ways in which i can make my work interactive here are a few ideas of materials and ways in which i could possibly do so.....


This wallpaper is made by Linda Florence, she prints flower patterns and then prints ontop of the image with the same paint they use for scratch cards, so the buyer can scratch away at the wallpaper to unveil the image underneath.

Thermochromic materials would be realy exciting to work with, its a heat sensative material which can come in paint, paper, ink, dye and other forms and once it is at a certain temperature it changes colour. The viewer could the touch the material with the image on to reveal it with the heat of their hand or a heating device.




i have also thought about painting over wax or scratching it away to see the image or pattern.

Digital textiles

The beginning of my second year and the first project set is about digital textiles. i have never realy used much technology within my work, it is mostly hand made . i am realy interested in producing something that becomes an interactive piece, where the viewer can do something to reveal the work. having this in mind i have decided to study animals and how you can recognise what the animal may be without actually seeing the whole creature, for example the pattern of fur, wings or scales. using digital processes such a photoshop i am hoping to use my drawing to make a few designs which i will then take through into more practical textiles such a screen printing or possible using the laser cutter or CAD embroidery machine to further my development onto making a finished piece which the viewer could then interact with by doing something which i will develop over the time of this project to reveal the part of the animal.

i made a cast of my friends face and then filled it with clay to make a mask of her face. as i have been experimenting with silicone for the human anatomy project i made a sample by covering the clay mold with silicone and pealing it off once dry to create a silicone mask covered in veins and nerves...this is just an example to show how i would use the samples i have made in context.