Inspiration
Throughout my practice inspirations of the everyday, nature
and my surroundings influence my work.
Within this project I have took inspiration from many
different aspects of everyday things. What I look more at is how in everyday
objects there are lines in which create patterns. The one shape that stood out
to me the most was how scaffolding creates a structure shape. I never took much
notice in how building materials could be used as an influence.
Inspiration can come from anywhere, although as an artist I
find I like the use of lines. Repetition is used a lot within my work because I
have took influence from nature including waterfalls. I chose to look at
waterfalls because of the pattern, my unthreading of ribbon was creating. The
deconstruction of the ribbon was creating a texture, which was almost like
hair. Other peers within my class thought that the ribbon was hair extensions.
With this influence, I started to research into how different hair was
manipulated into hairstyles.
With my inspiration and practice, I noticed links between
all my research and development. The link of this was transformation of
materials. Materials are still an essential focus in my practice because these
are what inspire me to create the manipulations. The materials are from everyday
life use and I transform them into magic sculptures.
A lot of my inspiration for this project has come from the
use of materials. The ribbon brings joy to my sculpture because of the use of fluorescent
colours and the transformation of the ribbon. The ribbon has this new identity
after I have deconstructed it. This is what inspires me to develop new ways of
manipulations. Having a tactile feel towards my work provides me with new ideas
of how I can process and manipulate my samples.
For this project, the colours have inspired me the most, as
I have kept sourcing these colours through the materials I have manipulated.
With this influence of colours and manipulation, I started to discover other artists,
which use this manner of materials. Robert Morris is an artist that influenced
me in the sense of inspiration as his work can really relate to mine because of
his use of simple shapes and the minimalistic look.
In this project, I have discovered that I create these crazy
transformations of materials but still keep the minimalistic side to them. Discovering
that I can still create all these magical transformations and finding new
inspiration within my practice, has given me new hope that I can finally define
myself as a textiles artist.
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