Inspirational development of research observation!

This week saw one of my A2 Art students take inspiration from an Artist (Nikos Gyfaktis), and really start some inspirational work.  All week the mentioned student has been deep in concentration on the sewing machine, her eyes have ached, the needles have broken, then tension has blipped - nothing deterred her focus. 
 

 

She did manage to have a little break on Wednesday afternoon to watch & partake in the wonderful presentation by 'Action Jackson' (see below) - but then was soon back to work.  She clearly has listened to the advice 'meet all deadlines early' & 'consistency' - in fact the latter is one of the critical key assessment criteria that my students have to demonstrate.  They all need to prove a consistent standard in their sketchbooks, something that is not an easy request - but one that is often achieved through gritted determination.

 

Meet all deadlines early

 

Pick your friends carefully

 

Always ask for help

 

Stay positive

 

Enjoy it

 

 

 

 

 

 

This student has observed her chosen Artist, as seen in her detailed sketchbook studies, but has also then taken the working method & translated it into stitch.  Substituting coloured pencil crayons for coloured threads & using the round foot on the sewing machine she has literally been painting with threads.  Her work has other reference points to the work of Audrey Walker, Alice Kettle, Cayce Zavaglia & Daniel Kornrumpf - I hope she will explore these too, in order to take her work to a more sustained level (& optimise the chances of the higher assessment bands - I know the mentioned student reads this blog - so take the advice & I'm sure we'll be heading towards your true potential).

 

Above: The initial inspiration - beautiful work by:  Nikos Gyfaktis (C).

 

Above is Claire's sketchbook page, the vibrancy & skill is outstanding.  What you can't see from the image is that she's experimented with layered pages, so there's a wonderful interactive component to them.

 

 From these beautiful pages she has continued to develop her ideas into stitch - see below the beginning of her studies whilst still in creation.  More images will follow - so watch this blog to see how her work progresses through this half term.

 

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