Bauhaus women and their textiles.
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Monday, 27 February 2017
Thursday, 16 February 2017
COP Essay Feedback
• First 4-5 paragraphs need more triangulated argument, need more theoretical texts on the subject to help establish a solid argument.
Although its a difficult one to write on, look at: aesthetics, hi or low art, the art establishment and those within or outside, outsider art, ethnographic work / studies of ethnography. Folk art is western ethnography. Opening section needs more work.
• Second half also needs more argument strengthened by triangulation and theory. Needs more texts of this type.
• It is an aesthetic argument, why not consider the argument of high and low aesthetics? the common aesthetics? (in political or social contexts of aesthetics, and how social status fits into that
• Just be careful of opening sentences, transitioning into new paragraphs
Neneh said I should look at this reference from a cop lecture on culture...
• The Making of the English Working Class by E. P. Thompson
• Culture Civilisation and Tradition by Matthew Arnold and F. R. Leavis
• Culture proper vs. popular culture
• Authentic culture vs. Mass culture - Adorno and Horkheimer, Frankfurt School
What is authentic culture? - real, European, multi-dimensional, active consumption, individual creation, imagination, negational (compared to the passive populous movement of mass culture) <-- folk art is a form of authentic culture.
Although its a difficult one to write on, look at: aesthetics, hi or low art, the art establishment and those within or outside, outsider art, ethnographic work / studies of ethnography. Folk art is western ethnography. Opening section needs more work.
• Second half also needs more argument strengthened by triangulation and theory. Needs more texts of this type.
• It is an aesthetic argument, why not consider the argument of high and low aesthetics? the common aesthetics? (in political or social contexts of aesthetics, and how social status fits into that
• Just be careful of opening sentences, transitioning into new paragraphs
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Neneh said I should look at this reference from a cop lecture on culture...
• The Making of the English Working Class by E. P. Thompson
• Culture Civilisation and Tradition by Matthew Arnold and F. R. Leavis
• Culture proper vs. popular culture
• Authentic culture vs. Mass culture - Adorno and Horkheimer, Frankfurt School
What is authentic culture? - real, European, multi-dimensional, active consumption, individual creation, imagination, negational (compared to the passive populous movement of mass culture) <-- folk art is a form of authentic culture.
Monday, 13 February 2017
More Drawings
Created some more drawings (this time with ink and chinagraph pencils too), just so I could have some more material to create compositions with. I think this is where I need to go next, creating arrangements of images and texts to form a 'mural' of sorts using the images I make.
Both the images and text will impose meaning and/or narrative to these tests.
Both the images and text will impose meaning and/or narrative to these tests.
Sketchbook Drawings
A few drawings from my sketchbook. Beginning to think about motifs and imagery I could incorporate into more developed ideas.
Regional Knitting
Talking to Jay, she mentioned that on Countryfile there was mention of guernsey jumpers and their relation to fishermen. This had led me to look into the article of clothing more.
"The guernsey came into being as a garment for fishermen who required a warm, hard wearing, yet comfortable item of clothing that would resist the sea spray. The hard twist given to the tightly packed wool fibres in the spinning process and the tightly knitted stitches, produced a finish that would "turn water" and is capable of repelling rain and spray."
"The guernsey was traditionally knitted by the fishermen's wives and the pattern passed down from mother to daughter through the generations"
"Through trade links established in the 17th century, the guernsey found favour with seafarers around the British Isles, and many coastal communities developed their own "ganseys" based on the original pattern. Whilst the classic guernsey pattern remained plain, the stitch patterns used became more complex the further north the garment spread, with the most complex evolving in the Scottish fishing villages."
"The rib at the top of the sleeve is said to represent a sailing ship’s rope ladder in the rigging, the raised seam across the shoulder a rope, and the garter stitch panel waves breaking upon the beach...drawing inspiration from ropes, chains, waves, nets and sand-prints" [link]
"The guernsey came into being as a garment for fishermen who required a warm, hard wearing, yet comfortable item of clothing that would resist the sea spray. The hard twist given to the tightly packed wool fibres in the spinning process and the tightly knitted stitches, produced a finish that would "turn water" and is capable of repelling rain and spray."
"The guernsey was traditionally knitted by the fishermen's wives and the pattern passed down from mother to daughter through the generations"
"Through trade links established in the 17th century, the guernsey found favour with seafarers around the British Isles, and many coastal communities developed their own "ganseys" based on the original pattern. Whilst the classic guernsey pattern remained plain, the stitch patterns used became more complex the further north the garment spread, with the most complex evolving in the Scottish fishing villages."
"The rib at the top of the sleeve is said to represent a sailing ship’s rope ladder in the rigging, the raised seam across the shoulder a rope, and the garter stitch panel waves breaking upon the beach...drawing inspiration from ropes, chains, waves, nets and sand-prints" [link]
Gansey knit patterns [link]
Interesting article from the V&A about regional knitting in the British Isles. [link]
For example, Fair Isle jumpers...
Although both of these examples of clothing aren't regionally specific to me, I do like how their pattern designs are based on landscapes and the environment of these people. There is also the fact that communities and families had their own designs, which relates to the rest of my research so far.
This will help further my visual research, continuing the idea of breaking bigger images down into simpler forms and motifs that represent something important.
Other objects that could be stripped back into forms and patterns could include all of the different types of knots fishermen would use. Despite their utilitarian purpose, they can often look decorative and complex.
Monday, 6 February 2017
Historical Maps
I found an online photo archive from Newcastle Libraries with some images of historical maps and diagrams. This may help with my visual research.
Ella Webb
Another example of an illustrator who has a more diagram-based approach to her images. Simple shapes, symbols, and forms, building up fictional maps.
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