Sand castles or sand art is becoming more and more popular with some amazing designs now being created.
Sunday 8 September 2013
Rare colours of sand
Here are some pictures I have found with some very rare coloured sand you can find around the world.
Friday 24 May 2013
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Alice kettle
The garden of England collection by Alice kettle she is a contemporary artist in textile/fibre based in the UK the scale of her work belies there component parts individual tiny stitches which combine to form great swathes of colour painters background incorporating rich hues and metallic sheen.
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Fmp wall hanging
My 1st picture shoes me getting my desired base colour to a pale grey.
My 2nd picture shows me doing my trees on vanishing fabric to add to my material at a later time.
My 3rd picture I painted my meter material grey
My4th picture I screen printed on to it un a light brown
My5th picture I sewn into my material in greens and red
My 6th picture is me attaching my vanishing fabric trees and my applique leaves
Sunday 7 April 2013
Willow making fmp
Long unrooted willow can be used to make functional and attractive structures/barriers in the garden or outside for example woven screens arboursor Bowers over seats arches over seats arches or tunnels childtens play domes can even be used to support climbing plants and also down to coffins this is an ancient tradition and a lot of this work is handcrafted in Somerset still to this day. You do not need to be especially creative even the simplest structure can be creative.
Thursday 4 April 2013
Monday 25 March 2013
Thursday 21 March 2013
Wednesday 6 February 2013
crops infirmary
This is one of my favorite crops from the original painting of the blackburn Royal Infirmary that i am using for my surroundings project.
This is on more of the crops from the original painting. Im enjoying seeing how you can crop your images from one painting to make a different look from the same painting.
My third an final crop from the original painting.
scan infirmary
To scan my work into the the computer i used image capture. I set the image resolution to 150dpi because it keeps the file at a smaller size. this was my first time using a mac or photoshop.
patterns in photoshop
Buildings project fashion an architect research
THE ARCHITECT AND THE FASHION DESIGNER
NEW YEAR, new fashion happening to start the countdown to - this time, courtesy
of one Alexander
McQueen
and friends. McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Hussein Chalayan are just some of
the world-class British designers representing the fashion industry in a new
exhibition, SKIN+BONES: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture,
which opens at London's Somerset House next April. Focussing on the "visual and
conceptual ideas that unite fashion and architecture, dating from the Eighties
to the present day", the show will feature around 200 works - among them iconic
garments, three-dimensional architectural models and film footage arranged in a
series of themes such as shelter, identity, folding and draping - within a new
installation designed by Eva Jiricna in the house's grounds. Boudicca, Comme des
Garcons, Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, Junya Watanabe, and Yohji Yamamoto
are also involved, while Zaha Hadid, David Adjaye, Frank Gehry and Thomas
Heatherwick are flying the flag for the architects. SKIN+BONES: Parallel
Practices in Fashion and Architecture runs from April 24 to August 10 2008
at Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA; for more information, visit www.somersethouse.org.
(December 31 2007, AM)
Fashion inspired by buildings
Fashion inspired by architecture. Here are some pictures i have found on google images of pictures mixing fashion and architecture i have found these really inspiring to me on my surroundings project.
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