Vija Celmins works are based on natural imagery, including ocean waves, desert floors, and night skies. For me, it is really hard to differentiate what object is she depicting because is too vast and mercurial. By viewing her art works are mostly based on black and white in order to make the contrast obviously. She picked up images by reading books and she want to draw those images to show herself and she want to be close to art. I think she wanted to break the rules about the old- fashion painting style so she decided to drawing the mercurial and vast thing. Also she has talked about the first image of the moon as well the potato-porridge texture like. I really like the surface drawings and is peaceful and soft for my site. On the other hand, I think I can study from her way of thinking process, making textile pieces doesn't has to be depicting the whole of the object it can be also picking up the vast part which can make more depth.

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name: All That’s Left, 2016.

Materials: Laine, colorants acides.

Anna Betbeze has embraced flokatis as her canvas of choice. Making a particularly rarefied breed of these fluffy floor coverings which shows a way of beau monde. To create these works, she have used so many techniques in order to achieve the acclaimed outcome such as burns,bleaches, and even buries the rugs, then coats and embeds their fibers with vibrant pigments.

By viewing her works I think her works really stop people, I feel like I can smell the burnt fiber and I do want to slipping my hand through those holes. Comparing to Anna Betbeze’s works my works is about using natural materials to create a functional object then I can place it into the public area. I want to show how peaceful the environment is and people should use the natural materials logically. The nature has given us a lot pleasure and I think we can use these natural things to the maximum.By using those leaves rubbish and litter as my materials. Also I do think she inspire me to focus on texture as well from her shaggy fiber surface works . What’s more, dying techniques could be on the willing to try list because the colours creates different layers and shading making the works more vivid as it can breathe.

Personally works somehow emphasise the environment is under tortured. By seeing this over coloured carpet with burn smell I do feel shame about how human beings treating the environment nowadays. This compelling work could be seem as a alarm to us represent the balance between humans and the nature.

Reference:https://www.artsy.net/artist/anna-betbeze

Materials:Oil on linen with wood panel support

A particularly technique that Moffett is using now: firstly, stretching canvas over plywood, then he  drills holes into it before applying delicate threads of oil paint. In my point of view, the filament-like textures and voids could be read as hair and opening holes of the body, or as bullet holes and animal fur. For me is really hard to read the real meaning of this piece of work but these holes and the fur looks quite balance combing in this way. It’s the ambiguity in both form and subject he made. I think his works somehow influence me and gives me idea of making my piece of work. I think making a cushion for bench could be very interesting and utility.

Reference:https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-donald-moffett-shows-enigmatic-new-paintings-in-austin

Lisa Kokin amazes me, she is intrigued with other people’s photographic recording of their lives. By further researching her works, I found out those images are about the family and social rituals, studio portraits, vacation shots -- and for the feeling of sadness and nostalgia. Somehow I feel like I am acquiring other people’s memories through her work and that provokes me getting curious of seeking people’s life. I feel somehow that it should be illegal to look at them.

 By looking at these nature of the photographed people’s lives. I can imaging their life although I do not know the truth, but looking at them makes me feel great, a sense of seeking has been pleased which is quite strange for other people but I feel happy. By looking at her work, my approach is to make this anonymous objects with a new identity and new life. For my project is the vintage handbag and two old-fashion shirt. I altering them by placing different position on the bag and also cut them into different patterns. What’s more, I have done some research about the details of the yellow flora print shirt which is quite interesting connected with the 1970’s fashion style. So I think I can link some old times objects or images to do such a textile piece in a garment maybe.

Reference:http://www.lisakokin.com/sewn-found-photos01#!prettyPhoto%5Bfolio%5D/3/

I think Gemma's print is universal and I do not understand why people love flora that much because personally I am not interested in flora print. But as this project is about changing the pass into the future I do prefer the old time's flora print than nowadays. By viewing her personal website I found out she is using print in various areas as a textile designer. She refers to wallpaper, fashion and others as well. I choose this image for its colours is not so well because I am bad at combining the colours but this time I can tell the colours are all so bright and I can not relax myself because of the red background. I think using darker blue or light yellow could be better which will make people focus on the flora but not the background. In this case, I think I have learnt something of mixing and balanced colours to my textile samples in the final development.

I put these images together because of their unique techniques by using daily materials or they used new constructer to create the silhouette. Starting from the textile piece made by Kristina Aliberti, she uses short fabrics stripes and then making extensive nods with the silver rings. Another textile is made by Eden Lysette Blaber caught my eyes because I have made the similar experimentation of latex and I think she uses silicon and other dye colours. The shining glitter powder with the see-through materials combine very well and the weaving technique makes me want to try as well.  Samantha Yang is using wool-like materials and I am very curious about the construction because the sample looks very flexible which is a big contrast with the materials itself because wool always give me the first impression of hard and stable. The reason why I choose Becky Jones's works is the daily materials she uses and also the combination of colours looks very delightful. I think I can also try to use some unusual materials from daily life instead of just using yarns and fabrics stripes. Hannah Refaat's work depict the beauty of tassels and she stitch them from the middle this is a detail from her garment design and I think this is really fluffy and I want to touch it so bad. 

I think this exhibition is really inspiring and their works are so mature and so complete and this remind me of my work which is always looks quite experimental and unfinished. I should keep work on this process and also trying new materials and new idea from the daily life.

This is my recent favourite illustrator and she inspired me a lot.

Personally,I think she has a distinctive impression by her expressive illustration style. What's more she emphasising aesthetics of human's body she makes me immersed into a dreamlike world. On the other hand, I like the unsettling beauty from her illustrations by those unstable lines and capture of the character's emotions.  She works with line drawing, watercolour, photography and video-art. I found her style is full of mysterious and dreamlike scene. By viewing all her works I like her line drawing the most is seems like the line is out of control and she just draws in randomly but the drawing looks so balanced with all the messy lines. 

Reference: http://www.vogue.co.uk/shows/autumn-winter-2012-ready-to-wear/leutton-postle/collection

Leutton Postle’s 2012 Autumn/Winter Ready-To-Wear Collection. I quite like the weaving style Leutton Postle by creating different colour blocks and is sort of playful pattern design. Also Leutton Postle’s pattern design reminds me of abstraction painting especially Picasso. By changing different thickness on the same garment I think this approach actually point out the highlight of the garment. What’s more, Leutton Postle using geometric figures to creating the portraits and widely uses in the whole garment as a weaving pattern. Comparing to Cassandra Verity Green’s work I prefer to Cassandra Verity Green’s in both textile volumes and the usage of colours as well.

Reference: http://aaronnieh.tumblr.com/post/148604061957/city-cafe-summer-cup-2016-tt-xx-bb-zz

This cup sleeve is designed by a Taiwanese graphic designer Aaron Nieh. I find this design very interesting because I never think of any design based on cup sleeve again it shows designer’s observant personality. In my opinion, this exotica combines graphics and daily life together. The cup clutch has different colours which fits various customer’s preference on colours and graphics design. With the simple and neat cup design idea I think it fits our life style in nowadays we all looking for something that is not totally the same to everyone and we want to keep everything simple and easy. This also inspired me in some way because I want to design cup clutch for this unit and Nieh’s work is simple and flat. Comparing to his work, I want to do a textile based cup sleeve made by herbal flora and fauna. I will need to consider the feeling of touch and the thickness of the sleeve as well. I need to discussed with Xiao in next discussion time.