Elizabeth Ruth.
I chose the textile designer, Elizabeth Ruth, because of her use of manipulation within fabric and embroidery detailing. I discovered when looking through her portfolio during the Degree Show that her methodology when working was similar to my own; working through texture and detail on to printed samples, varying techniques then applying them in imaginative ways consequently making each piece unique. I found her final line up inspiring and stimulating. The time Elizabeth Ruth had committed to thinking through her concepts was evident through the complimentary yet varying styles employed and unique creativity elements, which pulled together as one to produce a highly successful collection.
I chose the textile designer, Elizabeth Ruth, because of her use of manipulation within fabric and embroidery detailing. I discovered when looking through her portfolio during the Degree Show that her methodology when working was similar to my own; working through texture and detail on to printed samples, varying techniques then applying them in imaginative ways consequently making each piece unique. I found her final line up inspiring and stimulating. The time Elizabeth Ruth had committed to thinking through her concepts was evident through the complimentary yet varying styles employed and unique creativity elements, which pulled together as one to produce a highly successful collection.
Molly Kilshaw.
I found Molly Kilshaw’s work to be very different. Unusual, and disruptively pretty. The images were beautifully embroidered and distinguished, however she left the thread ends attached which disrupted the image, hiding the beauty behind, I found this to be rather intriguing, thought provoking. I was fascinated by her reasoning and the thought processes which have formed her work. I found myself asking questions such as: Why are the pieces unfinished? What was she trying to depict in her use of the embroidery in dual purposes? Primarily in the inherent beauty embroidery brings to the images but also in how it shields, protecting what lies beneath.
Rebecca Worrall.
Rebecca’s work used knit as the carrier for her idea, creating her fabric to showcase her pieces.
This made it more than knit. In using it as a carrier she has generated different ideas of what knit is and how it could be incorporated into other works. By using a simple technique and by manipulating in a different way, Rebecca has created something offbeat, quirky, something idiosyncratic within each piece.
This to me gives a different perspective to installations, I really love the notions behind her work and how she has conceptualized this idea. Personally to develop the model further I would work on the shape and proportion of pieces, scaling up and down the sizes of the objects inserted. I found this exhibit to be inspirational. It has excited me stimulating and developing my own methods, approaches and techniques.