Helen Storey

Her work is a bit like our work in the way that she uses dissolvable fabric on this dress.....

 

It is simuliar to the work we did with dissolvable fabric on the skin. She also concentrates on the body a lot, reminds me of our projections of our samples onto Emma's body....

Manchester from the inside.

We have decided to develop the idea of future fashion being potentially tailor made for each individual. As we seem to live in this throw away culture it has quickly become the norm to buy clothes cheaply from places such as Primark and not worry if they were to get ruined as they have no sentimental value to you. We have discussed what we would like to get from this project and we have decided we would like to propose the question of who we wear clothes for. Is it for ourselves? Is it for other people to look at and admire? Is it to show off?  We want to create ideas from the concept of the detailing on the inside of garments. Here are a few artists and modern day concepts that I think it would be worth investigating..

Suzanne Lee

I found this artist the other day from the Central Saint Martins graduate website. I thought her designs were so innovative and fashion thinking outside of the box. She makes wearable things with other concepts and messages attached. 

Lara Torres

She works with dissolvable fabric;

'An Impossible Wardrobe for the Invisible'

ZANE BERZINA.

I found this artist really interesting. These are images from his project on 'Skin Architecture' where he focused on magnifying areas of skin on the body. I thought this ties in well with our concept of hidden Manchester and what it means to us personally, and therefore what it means on the inside (inside the body) Maybe we could create some samples and reflect them onto the body and see where we go from there?

Ross Racine.

This is an artist who draws freehand directly onto a computer, the work does not contain any photos or scanned material but still looks like an aerial view of the chosen area.

YAYOI KUSAMA.

Over the Easter holidays, I went to London for another gallery visit. I especially wanted to venture to the Tate Modern, as there was many interesting exhibitions on at that time. In particular, I was looking to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibition, and even though it took over 2 hour to que for, it was very much worth it. This exhibition was about a Japanese artist and her obsessively extensive body of work that she has created over the years. She has created paintings, sculptures, drawing and collage, as well as large-scale installations for which she is best known for. When there, I was instantly drawn. There was so much colour and pattern everywhere. Much of her artwork gives the illusion of being hallucinatory, reflecting her unique vision of the world and making it impossible not to be intrigued. Here are some photos I took on the sly, hope you guys like her work:

Here are some scans of some of the postcards i brought when there:

ANN GODDARD.

I came across this designer when I first discovered Lucy Brown's work, as Ann is also part of the 62 group. She creates mixed media collections, constructed wall pieces and installations. Her work explores the concept of boundaries and human impact on the landscape. Her work is very organic and natural, like Manchester with its detailed brickwork and natural mosses and plants growing out from these. The idea of things growing out from concrete is a really nice idea to look into and relates to the idea of maps of Manchester.

Artist Research

Hey guys this was one of the artists I found at the Tate in London. His name was Do Ho Suh. He's done a lot to do with space and place concepts as he is an installation artist. He took measurements from places he's lived in i.e stairs, rooms, fixtures and fittings and tried to recreate exact replicas with that idea of a portable home, so the pieces he makes are foldable and transportable so he can carry them around with him to install in different exhibits. I was really interested in the way he has attached it all together so I've tried to look into how and what it's made up of and it looks as though he's used little metal poppers to secure all the bits of material in place (amongst other things I'm sure). Thought it could maybe give us some material and scale ideas too?

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