22nd March

I have come to the conclusion, that my concept 'the idea of evoking emotion through sampling and styling' this this can only be truly represented in a final peice via the medium of photography. After all of my sampling I have decided the best sample to evoke both the feelings of Restriction and Security is with a thin knitted yarn. knitted with very large kneedles to create a 'net like' appearance. The yarn consists of Viscose chosen to provide the comfort and security side to my concept. The net like appearance when knitted should therfore create the restraint and restriction for the model.

21st march

BEAUTY VERSUS COMFORT??'

18th march

i've started to get into the idea of combining knit with lace, lace as its own way of working does link well within my concept, LACE: can be a hard and structured material its not an indecisive way to work. Its very beautiful, but can also give feelings of discomfort and disharmony. I have dabbled slightly in working with the idea of introducing lace, layering tracing paper over sencondary images of faces. Just generally trying to experiment with the idea of creating the illusion of lace being uncomfortable. Almost using it as a mask, masking the person stereotypically: beautiful samples to create disharmony.

13th march

Plan for mind: massive knit sample.
SLR camera arrived: needs batts,
potential of surfaces being suffocating

11th march

ideas for more sampling: tights and wadding, bleaching puffy materials, restricted designs, embroidery tight,

10th March

haven't blogged in a while: theres not much time left, however i was intrigued talking to adrian today
we were discussing my concept and the potential of divulging it into something a litttle wider. The idea of the feelings of restraint for example leading onto 'restricting development' and beginning to look at parasitic organisms: for example vines on trees, seafish on whales. Just exploring more of a natural way of how restriction happens with the natural environment. Then i could also potentially go into substances being restained and then bleeding through surfaces, the potential of surfaces becoming a restraint. It could take me towards printing...........the dynamics of a material going through another material embellishing???

On the other hand i brought this up within our FMP interim crit on mond 14th march, and the group said how short a timescale we have left, and maybe it could be risky to divulge into something so potentially large. They said i was on track, and exploring more deeply could mean i could take on too much. and lose it.

21st february

I have decided to buy a SLR camera BW, an old one 'Vivitar'. i have always loved the qualities of the photos and experimenting with one, could end up reflecting the emotions i am looking to explore through material usage.