Working into my Sketchbook

Starting out, all my research is so important for the beginning of a collection. Everything has to come from somewhere, luckily I feel I have plenty and am able to start drawing. Even though this process is totally enjoyable I can't wait until it all starts making sense. I'm using graph paper to show a more graphic repeat and more painterly patterns to give a looser feel setting these next to each other to try and create something new.

Graph paper to achieve a graphic repeat.

Using different objects to create an effective pattern.

Dissertation

One of the projects this year is to write 6,000 words in a dissertation. My subject seemed  quite easy to choose because of the current story that has unfolded concerning John Galliano. I always look forward to the Dior collections because of the talent of Galliano, but now he has left the business after being disgraced in a Paris bar. This is my starting point but what is my title?

Dries Van Noten Love love love

Love this collection from Dries Van Noten S/S 2012 inspiring my collection wish I had made it.

Starting Back 3rd Year

Well I'm back into it, work work work. Its all about my ideas which is great. Taking all the things I've learnt in the last 4 years. My inspirations are vorticists, bauhaus, and a bit of art deco so far, but this could increase. This picture is of Edward Wadsworth, Yorkshire Village 1914. These pictures are inspiring my print ideas and also construction shapes.

Jimmys Farm Harvest Festival

                      Ahhhh Piglets and mating butterflies all sights at Jimmy's Farm

 

Sitting out the rain

PARTY TIME

The Harvest Festival at Jimmy's Farm was a great day out for family and friends the most enormous amount of food you could possibly choose from great farmy things to do for the children and good music to bop along to, we were thoroughly full, played out and danced out. The small shower didn't dampen our spirits.               

Tommy Nutter at the FTM

Tommy Nutter the man that changed the way men dressed, working on Saville Row in the 1960s

This is the first suits of the exhibition, I love the look and style of this red velvet suit. Some of the elements of the Nutter Look would include wide notched lapels, sharp shoulders and full trousers reminiscent of 'oxford bags'. Other trademarks would include trimmed lapels and pockets in matching satin or a contrasting colour. This would highlight the details, patch pockets were a feature but in a alternate fabric. He would reference the suits from the silver screen in the 1930s.

This gorgeous three piece suit. This is a small insight into the skills of Tommy Nutter and the history of Saville Row a tailoring institution which holds the secrets to fantastic skills in which the most amazing suits are made. The Fashion and Textile Museum is always a pleasure to visit even with children there are even things for them to do, great holiday visit.

Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril

Toulouse-Lautrec dressed up in Jane Avril's hat and boa around 1892, what a look, this is a huge photograph in the exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House. It's a private anonymous collection, it is beautiful and fascinating, showing the importance of Lautrec's muse which influenced his artwork.

Photograph of Jane Avril, around 1890

This image was one of my favourites, Jane Avril at the Moulin Rouge, around 1893. She was one of the star dancers and was known for her alluring style and exotic personality. She was a close friend of Lautrec and he painted her a number of times not only at the Moulin Rouge but also he paints her off the stage to give more of a peek into her private life.

She is recognisable by her angular features and red hair in this painting