The trip to Blackpool was the initial starting point to my project, I focused on photographing movement and natural mark makings. When walking along Blackpool promenade I was drawn to the random patches of sand which had been blown over from the sea. The qualities in these patches of sand was something I knew would be interesting to begin working from. I found the marks in the sand fascinating because they had been randomly created either by the wind blowing the sand to create these textures or by random foot prints and vehicle wheels.
Movement created through natural mark making
Focusing my initial research on my photography of the sand, I
began thinking how I could relate this idea through passimentorie. At first, I
found it difficult to focus my mind set in a knit context as I had never
knitted using domestic machines before and my hand knitting knowledge was only
very basic however, after producing a range of drawings from my photographs I
began to feel like I had a better understanding about how I could translate my
drawings through knit.
After spending a few days, creating monochrome mark-making
drawings using Indian ink, bleach and gouache paints I felt more confident to
progress onto the domestic knitting machines.
Indian ink, bleach and gouache paintings-
mark making
Textural mark makings - oil bars & bleach
I was quite clear that I wanted to work within a fashion context
as I felt inspired by my contextual research, I personally felt that my
research could lead to an interesting outcome when knitting with thin, light
weight yarns. Relating to the brief passimentorie, I am hoping to express the
movement of my mark makings and everyday printed textures around the neck line of
a females garment.
Cornelia Parker 'Bullet Drawings'- Whitworth Art
Gallery
Gallery
When visiting the Whitworth Gallery, I was inspired by
Cornelia Parker’s installations, in particular the ‘bullet drawings’ which were
created with wire, I am going to take the qualities from her art work and
translate into knit, techniques such as laddering and lace holes.
I was excited to begin the second week of Unit X as I had my
first knit induction on the machines. It took me a while to understand how to
thread up the machine and after a number of failed attempts to plain knit, I
began to finally pick the process up. I found this week challenging as at first
my knits kept falling off which resulted in me getting very frustrated and
annoyed. However, as my confidence built up I felt that I was able to enjoy the
idea of knitting. I chose to begin experimenting with a white acrylic yarn
incorporating a selection of blue yarns, this helped when identifying the
particular yarn qualities I tend to work with.
Experimenting with laddering- C. Parker
influence
influence
Depending on how well I continue pick up the process of machine
knitting, I would like to work towards creating edges which express structural
qualities, I am hoping to work with sheer light weight yarns and incorporate
wire to create definition
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