Today, the full time students had to submit their practical work for Preparation for Final Major Project. I did mine last year, and viewing other people's work was an eyeopener. Some people had done very little work, and others had done some really good stuff. I liked three textile students work in particular.
Katheryn is working to the theme of animal welfare. She hand stitches and is working with slogans like "free as a bird" and is doing some very interesting stitch using feathers. She has used peacock feathers, and what looks like brindle hen feathers. She does not use illustrative techniques but uses lettering and appropriate use of colour to get her message across. I like contentious subjects. Katheryn is making the point about how much animal produce is used in UK society, while the animals have a pretty poor time of it. One piece is about how many geese are slaughtered to give feathers to fill a pillow, using white, pink for goose flesh and black for the quills.
Shannon is working with the theme of child soldiers. She is working imagery of child soldiers into hand made felt. She had a touching image of a 6year old sucking his thumb, who has also been forcibly recruited as a boy soldier. The samples can be pushed further, and I think it would be enhanced by making the felt less perfect. I think the addition of some plant debris, mud, footprints, and maybe some shot marks would make it more powerful. This concept is a powerful one.
Nikita had done some impressive work in print and stitch. Her concept is about being brought up in a modern English environment, while having orthodox Indian parents who had a strong cultural heritage. She is producing some very interesting work using a combination of print techniques. I particularly liked her feather prints that combined digital and devore and flock and foiling (both combinations required bold confident technique, applied with considerable skill).
It will be very interesting to see how their work develops over the next 4 months.
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