Ant Dickinson

Ant Dickinson's workshop was really inspiring and completely relevant to my work, and future aspirations. Firstly the talk covered all his previous work, and how he has fallen into different job roles and commissioned work. The projections that he had developed with his wife were amazing, and it was interesting to see how he had used different digital technologies in open spaces, for instance a castle in Conway. He labelled himself as a musician, however his work was so diverse that he could easily be categorised as a textile artist.

He gave us an insight into how to use different softwares, and tutorials on how to use them. This information was hugely useful, and I have been able to list these programs down for future use. 

I have been using audacity, which is a sound editing software, and I would love to develop this new skill and combine it with my projections. 

He also touched on projection mapping, and introduced me and Nicole to the software that he uses and how he uses it. Obviously at this stage I would be unable to incorporate this into my work, and it would take me too long to understand, and I would have to experiment with the settings and sample my ideas, however I am definitely going to use this process in the future.

Curving photography was also mentioned, and is something that I was unaware of. I am a really excited to explore this further, and would be keen to use it in future projects. It involves taking a photograph of an object, and the camera releases electronic pulses at the photograph is taken which creates beautiful halos.

Elizabeth Jane Winstanley

After attending my first taster session of Low Tech Hacking, I was hugely excited to get started, and begin to research, draw and develop my ideas.
We took a trip to Manchester craft centre to view an artists work named Elizabeth Jane Winstanley, who was a previous student at Man Met. Her work was really structured but playful and reflected a similar outcome to Unit X, and particularly low tech hacking. She incorporated 'el wire' in to her work along with coloured acrylic, which were features in my last project. Her collection of work was named 'Tactile Illusions'. She had numerous pieces, all of which involved laser cut piece's of acrylic forming structured shapes, and she relied on the movement of the viewer to create the illusions.
I think her work has really allowed me to think about movement in my work, I found it particularly influential as I would like to involve illusions in my work.

James Pegg

James Pegg uses line to draw simple buildings that we would often pass in the street with out noticing them. I think this directly links in with the direction in which my project is going in. I also feel that it fits in with the data brief, as it's displaying images in a more abstract way.

I am going to attempt to use this technique in my own practice. I am veering away from drawing buildings though, as it doesn't particularly excite me. I would like to "map" something that is more close to home, possibly a journey that I have taken, or a period of time. 

Jee Young Lee

JeeYoung Lee has turned her limiting studio space into her imagination, where the possiblties are endless. Instead of finding a new location, or using digital processes to trick the viewer, she converts her small space in Seoul, measuring 3.6m, 4.1m, 2.4m into the most elaborate sets imaginable, just to take one photograph.

JeeYoung Lee won the Sovereign Art Prize in 2012, and she will be opening her first European exhibition at Opiom Gallery in Opio, France. The exhibition will be names Stage of Mind, and is starting February 7, 2014.

I feel this artist really reflects the mixed media subject, however digital processes like illustrator, laser cutting, and the 3D printer will be involved, there are no limitations in where I can take the sampling brief.

Artist research

Publisher Textiles

These designers produce many limited edition prints. Their work is extensive and extremely influential. I like these images of their work, particularly because they have used motifs rather than a repeat pattern.