A2 Textiles sketchbooks have literally exploded with the most magnificent samples, their books are 'typical Textile' sketchbooks bursting & bulging with ideas, as one student gleefully exclaimed this week, 'I just love it, look it's all bursting' & it truly was.
This week the students have been paying homage to the exquisite work of Dolce & Gabbana & their Byzantine Mosaic collection 2013. This has to be one of the most stunning collections I & my students have ever looked at. The level of embellishment is out of this world.
We have spent weeks exploring a wide range of techniques using an even wider array of materials (both traditional & unconventional) to fully explore surface decoration. They have foiled, pleated, heated, burnt, stitched, beaded their samples to truly stunning standards. Their documentation has been beautiful, sensitive & of the highest level of thoroughness (AO1, AO2, AO3). By the end of the week we were all making miniature peplums embellished with transferred images of Byzantine imagery sourced from Montreale Cathedral in Sicily.
Key
words/themes associated with the Dolce & Gabbana collection: Byzantine Majesty, Catholic Drama, Beautiful
Sin, Sophisticated Opulence, Religious Mosaics, Extravagance of Byzantine Art, Holy
Figures, Iridescent Jewel Tones, Religions sternness juxtaposed by Fashion’s
frivolity, Symbolic colour, Embellishment overload.
Viktor & Rolf has also captured the hearts of several students too, lending itself more to the students who enjoy fabric manipulation (AO1, AO2, AO3) & a more constructed approach to their outcomes.
The sketchbook pages above & below contain lots of interesting experiments, some deliberate & some from having the confidence & space to see 'what happens if'... I always try to encourage students to experiment & push techniques to discover limitations & new methods of their own (this is what creativity in the classroom should be about - I truly believe that if we teach our students a wealth of relevant & credible skills & techniques then we will empower them to become the true creatives of tomorrow, but in order to do this, they need to feel they can document difficulties as well as their successes) - (AO1, AO2, AO3).
Below is a different sketchbook page depicting the net & stitch samples that were explored earlier in the week. These were developed further with the addition of colour thread, foil, burning & beading - you will need to continue to follow this Blog to see further examples of these pages.
The manner in which this sketchbook page below is laid out & the sampling is truly exquisite, the documentation is extremely thorough & detailed, a very professional & mature style to a sketchbook (AO1, AO2, AO3).
I hope you have enjoyed seeing the latest adventures of the A2 Textile students - it's all getting very exciting. More posts will follow, but as always I thank you for looking & for those of you who message me - thank you, your comments do mean so much to me (it's great to share ideas with other creatives & professionals).
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