finishednessstitch

Started to bind some of the textile pieces, building a number finished works by ‘finalising them’ – the work is a combination of ideas that come from rethinking stab book binding techniques and the way in which the fans are held in the archive at the costume archive. Laying out the sublimation/smocking pieces onto their box structures they resemble coffins shrouded with flags – possibly of a very colourful nation!  

productioncontrol

The issue of control. Over many years of reflecting on my work previous to this project I had come to know that my practice had the concept of control at its core - the use of fabric has forced me release a degree of control in the work I've been making within this project – paper and card ‘move’ less. The inherent quality of materials one works with is apparent and embedded within every decision. The fabric feels alien and too open. Meanwhile the usual ‘production line’ that I create within a project has happened with the ‘ghost deed’ piece.

scalingupbymultiplying

2 days of thinking and reflecting has actually got me a long way – there are 5-6 finished ideas/pieces emerging from the mass of notes, photographs, drawings, samples and test. Really exciting to get the pleating back from – I will have to live with the samples for a while before I work with them.

The balance when making work inspired by other work is always interesting - between looking at objects and then making work that is verging on pastiche or being inspired by an object and trying to make something that references it but is creative in its own right.

I'm approaching the scaling up of the work from the smaller samples in several ways – the multiplying of a motif relates well to the nature of page within book and is the most appropriate way of working so far.  I am also working on the idea of many different elements becoming one piece of work.