Influences & Inspirations [2]

After I had created a decent body of work I decided to research into practitioners that I felt could influence my work more and inspire me to further the development of my future and the intended audience of my work. I found that everything I had drawn, I wanted to make patterns out of by printing. Then the prints that I made I felt needed textures and movement, therefore I had the urge to machine embroider all over them. 
 

                                               

Which led me to the artist Lucienne Day as she creates patterns with detailled prints... although she adds colour underneath her drawings,  her target audience could be similar to that of mine. I enjoy the pastel colours within her work as it allows the drawings to become the main focus. 

Lucienne Day

My Prints

My samples and product designs always seem to be influenced by Jennifer Collier, I enjoy how she uses recycled materials to reform and translate into other materials - equally how she changes a material from its original state. I use this in my own practice work by using embroidery techniques to change materials from their original state, (e.g. using pintucks, couching, pleating etc.) to alter the shape and fall of a material. I also find designing and making materials to translate into childrens clothing (particularly dresses) really  fullfilling and effective.