I made another garment for unit 5. This garment is inspired by movement. I drew my own pattern for this. It took a few hours as I had to learn how to do this. I cut the fabric and ironed it to the table. I used dye to create the design. I used a small stick and a spatula to draw on the fabric. I am happy with the way it turned out . This dress took me 1 day to make.
Kika Karadi – artists – Jonathan Viner, 2014, http://www.jonathanvinergallery.com/artists/kika_karadi, 18February 2017
Exhibition A, Kira Karadi, 2017, http://blog.exhibitiona.com/?post_type=featuredartist&p=16046, 18 February 2017
Kika Karadi was born in Budapest in 1975. She lives and works in New York and Minnesota. She went to Maryland Institute College of Art. To create her work, she uses masking tape, cardboard, cut out shapes and removes paint with razor blades to create negative space. She has work shown in galleries across the US and EuropE. She has also had solo exhibitions at The Journal Gallery in New York and the Jonathan Viner Gallery in London. She has previously presented work at FIAC in Paris with Jonathan Viner. Kika was included in “LIFE” curated by The Journal Gallery at Venus over Manhattan.
This is similar to my dress that I made. Kika Karadis work has more black on than my dress and also has more thin lines. My dress has more thick lines and more curves than straight lines.
My final piece is a tartan inspired shirt. I think it went okay but it could have been better. From this I have learnt that I need to practice more on a sewing machine so that I am more confident and will have neater stitching. If I was to do this again, I would have spent more time thinking about what I could do and developing it further.
On Wednesday morning, Jo went through what we need to hand in for unit 5 & 6 and went through the FMP.
The deadline for unit 5 & 6 is the first week after half term. For these units we need to hand in
FMP is level 4 instead of level 3. For this we need to make a new blog. We need to come up with our own ideas and pitch them to staff. To get a distinction, I need to push myself.
For FMP we need to hand in:
Step 1: pre project proposal
Step 2: gathering initial research
Step 3: the pitch
– if they don’t like it, you have to start on a new starting point.
-Make presentation good.
– 5 minutes presentation
-Should be clear, concise and visual
-Talk about concept, synopsis, starting point, research, anticipated outcomes
Step 4: project proposal.
On Tuesday, I spoke to Danielle about my work and where I was up to. I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t sure where else to take my tartan work so I thought about how to change my theme but keep it relevant to what I have already done. Danielle suggested thinking about grids and different layers. She also suggested using my photography skills and bringing that into my work. I started to think about different ways to show layers and came up with movement. There are lots of different ways to show movement. These are by mark making, screen printing multiple times and photographing movement and printing this onto fabric. I asked jess to move some fabric so that I could photograph the movement. I got these printed onto acetate. I’m not sure where I want to take this yet. I thought about drawing a silhouette of someone walking and screen printing this onto white fabric in different colours so that the silhouette overlaps. I could possibly make this into a skirt and have the print on the bottom.
On Wednesday, we had a lecture with Aaron Dunleavy.
He started off in Blackburn by doing a btec. After doing his btec, he did fad and then went to London. Aaron didn’t want to go to London straight away. He showed us a film that he made in his 2nd year at uni. It’s called throw me to the dogs. https://vimeo.com/153044501
He told us that that his main inspiration is Shane meadows who wrote and directed This is England. Aaron made £900 from throw me to the dogs. For his film, he put out an advert asking for young people to star in his films. He got loads of mums replying who wanted their kids in the films. He wasn’t too happy about this as he wanted raw talent. He put the message out to schools. Blackburn central got back to him. When the kids were filming, they weren’t told the storyline or given a script. They just made it up themselves. There is a scene in this film where the kids break a guys window with a ball and the guy chases after them. The kids didn’t know that they were going to be chased, they were just told to run down a back alley. It took 5 days to make this film.
He originally planned to stay in Blackburn but everyone that he made films with left so he was unsure of what to do and where to go. Jamie got in touch with him and told him about a course in London and decided to leave 2 days later. He got there and the course didn’t have anything to do with film making. Because of this he struggled at first.
He showed us a second film which he made on fad. It was his fmp. He filmed it in Lancaster and found the cast online. Everyone that was apart of this film chipped in £50 and made £200. Aaron filmed, directed and edited this film. Someone else on the fad course wrote it.
After this film, he showed us a third film which he didn’t talk much about. It’s called commute and was made on his btec course.
He graduated from London College of Communication in 2016. He is now based in Blackburn. He promoted his work by submitting them to film festivals and competitions. This helped him get more work. The first film he showed us won a competition run by Danny Boyle. Shane meadows saw it which he found exciting. He puts his work on Vimeo which is a good place to put short videos. He has had commissions for music videos and other things. The fourth film he showed us is his most recent work. It is called the truants. The whole video isn’t online yet but their is a trailer for it. https://vimeo.com/169703171
This film was unscripted. There is a scene in the film we’re one of the boys pushes a guy in the water. The boy that does it was the only one who knew it was going to happen. This upset him as he didn’t want to be shown as horrible. They decided to film this. The budget for this film was £2000.
Overall, I really enjoyed this lecture. I think because he did fad as well, it made me be more interested in his work as I could see what I could go onto do after this course. I think his work is good and enjoyed watching the films he has made.
To help have extra stuff for my portfolio, I have come up with an idea to create extra illustrations and samples.
My idea was to ask people what there favourite songs are and listen to those songs. When I listened to the songs, I painted how I felt by using colours, lines and shapes. I painted 11 different things. 10 of them are other people’s favourite songs and 1 of them was my choice of song.
The first song was chosen by Sophie. Her choice was hold me tight by BTS. This song made me feel confused as it was in Korean. This is why I chose the colour black and used zig zag lines and lines that cross over. I then started to get used to the song and decided that orange was a good colour as I didn’t really enjoy listening to it but it wasn’t too bad. The orange is at the bottom half of the page as I got used to the song near the end.
The second song was chosen by Jess. Her choice was Pompeii by Bastille. I have liked this song for a while so I had a rough idea of what it would look like before I listened to the song. I used red in the top corner to symbolise that I really liked the song at thshe beginning. I then went on to use yellow in straight lines and curved lines as I still liked the song but not as much as the beginning. I spaced more red as the feeling I had at the beginning of the song came back. I then used a little bit of blue next to yellow as I felt a bit sad that the song had ended as I enjoyed listening to it.
The third song was chosen by Zen. Her choice was NCT 127 by Limitless. This song made me feel confused which I why I chose black zig zags. I then started to feel less confused but still didn’t like the song very much. Because of this I used blue and a straight line. I repeated this pattern as I kept alternating between these feelings throughout the song.
The fourth song was chosen by Garfield. His choice was where is my mind? By Pixies. When this song started, I didn’t feel too optimistic. I used black lines to represent this feeling. I then felt a bit better about it but still wasn’t 100% sure how I felt. To represent this I used orange and painted a wavy line. I then went back to not liking the song and painted the black lines again. The song picked up a bit and started to enjoy it so I painted a straight line in a bright yellow colour. The song finished quite suddenly which left me feeling slightly confused as I thought the song had a break in it. To represent this I painted a straight black line.
The fifth song was chosen by my mum. Her choice was Nightswimming by R.E.M. This song is quite calm and made me feel quite sad. To represent this I just painted blue wavy lines.
The sixth song was chosen by Luke. His choice was What’s my age again? By blink-182. I have liked this song for years so I knew it would be a bright page. I used red lines to represent how the song makes me feel quite excited at the beginning. I then used a bright yellow to paint wavy lines to represent how I still love the song but it doesn’t make me feel as excited as the beginning. Towards the end of the song, I get the same excited feeling I get at the beginning so I used red to paint another straight line.
The seventh song was chosen by Maisy. Her choice was Hometown Glory by Adele. As I like a few Adele songs, I felt quite optimistic towards this. I wrest calm when the song started so I painted a blue wavy line. I then thought I quite liked the song so I painted an orange wavy line. I repeated this pattern as my opinion didn’t change. Half way through the song, I got bored of listening nad wanted to change the song. To represent this I painted a black wavy line.
The eightth song was chosen by Hannah. Her choice was Acquiesce by Oasis. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this song as it isn’t my type of music. I didn’t really like the beginning so I painted black lines. Because I have painted a few black lines over this project I wanted to change it a bit by painting arrows. I then got used to it a little bit so I painted an orange wavy line. I then went back to not enjoying it so I painted a black line with downward curves on the edges.
The ninth song was chosen by Kristy. Her choice was True colours by Cyndi Lauper. I didn’t like it to start with so I painted a straight black line. I then thought the song was quite sad and calming so I painted 3 blue wavy lines to represent this.
The tenth song was chosen by Lauren. Her choice was The wonder of you by Elvis Presley. Before I listened to this song, I felt quite negative towards it. I didn’t know how I felt when the song started so I painted a black circle. I then decided that I didn’t like the song so I painted short, black, vertical lines. I went back to not feeling anything so painted another black circle.
The eleventh song was chosen by me. My choice was Milk by The 1975. This song makes me smile and feel happy when it first starts so I chose to use a bright yellow and paint curved lines facing upwards. The song starts to make me feel excited and makes me realise how much I love the song son painted a red zig zag line to show this. As the song nearly finishes, I start to feel sad because it’s nearly finished so I painted a blue zig zag line. As the song finishes, I go back to feeeling excited and loving it so I painted another red zig zag underneath the blue zig zag.
I want to use these paintings I did to create illustrations. I want to possibly add the lines and shapes onto a garment or make a pattern on illustrator. I think the painting I made for the song by Elvis will be the best one to make a pattern on illustrator. I have made my own stamps by using black sheets of thick paper and string. I glued the string to the paper in the shapes and lines I have used in my paintings. I want to paint the stamps and print it onto white fabric. I hope to use these in my portfolio. I don’t know how well the stamps will work but I will still test them out to see what happens.
The tartan inspired shirt I made for unit 5 cost me £20
Tartan is a woven cloth consisting of criss cross patterns and vertical bands in a variety of colours. It is often seen in Scottish kilts, bag pipes and other fashion.
Tartan is made up of two parts, a warp (vertical stripes) and a weft (horizontal stripes). Its important that each warp and weft meet at a right angle otherwise you’ll end up with a different and crooked design. When combining the colours on the warp and weft combine to make new colours. Some of the original colour stays in some parts. Once combined, there is a new number of colours. The more colours you start with, the more colours in the finished product. The sett or the sequence of the thread begins at the edge of the fabric or other medium and reverses on pivot point. Pivot points are smaller lines separating the larger chunks of colour.
Each colour has its own meaning. They are varied by muted, ancient and modern colours. Modern dyes are blue, black and green chemical dyes instead of natural. Ancient are lighter shades produced by natural dyes. Muted dyes are in between ancient and modern. Many people think that the colours signify something. They do but this idea has only existed in the past century. A popular misconception is that red tartan was worn by warriors so their blood is camouflaged. Today, in countries like America and Canada, blue symbolises water, green symbolises forests and yellow symbolises crops.
The thread for tartan didn’t exist in Scotland until the 16th century. Tartan was associated with regions and districts but are now associated mostly with Scottish clans. Today, tartans are made from thread, plastic and paper.
Tomicha Gibson FAD 