MacGowan's best bitter patch

I have took the beer mat idea further and established another image of Shane MacGowan. I have used the same design as the first but on calico. It was great to try new embroidery stitches I have recently learnt such as the satin stitch and the back stitch.

MacGowen's Best Bitter

This is one of the first pieces for my new project which I have entitled 'Oh be joyful'. This project is looking into alcohol, why people drink, when people drink and drinking culture. This piece based on the singer songwriter of the Pogues , Shane MacGowen. I am hoping to try and put this among other beer mats in a pub and see what the reactions will be.

Finished interior of final piece

My work space in room 101

This is my work space at college currently filled with work for the 'Transparent' project.

Final piece beginnings for Transparent

This is the start of my final piece for my current project. At the moment I have started to build the top compartment for my work that could be said to resemble a cabinet. I want to blend all of the places I have visited, objects I have collected and techniques I have learned in one 'conclusion'. I can say I am happy with the work so far.

Transparent project work

I have been really busy these past couple of months, I have been really wanting to update the blog in a while. Admittedly, this does have to be a rather brief post. This is one of the experimental pieces from my current project ' transparent'.

Samples for Final Piece

I have genuinely been at dire straits throughout this project and the final outcome idea is just the tip of the ice berg. I suppose there are many reasons for this. One, being that the brief of the project did not ask for a certain item/piece/product to be designed and made, but to be thought up completely by the artist. I have been through all sorts of ideas. My main three were; a form of tapestry, a large sculptural face of a bog body and a 3-D multimedia wall hanging. These were not to my liking at all, i felt them being under cooked as ideas and could have been thought of better. But i ended up creating these samples which i believe is a legitimate idea for a final piece; a collection of body parts such as finger, toes, hands etc either strung up by plaited cords of left in a arrangement. 

 I created these samples through stuffing and manipulating materials such as bin liners, tights and a unraveled mesh like fabric found in a scouring pad. It created these abstract, almost morbid looking forms that i think is a new concept from the origin of the project. 

I hope to get my designs done and get to work on making the forms.