Some more of my weaving.

this are final samples that are going on my presentation boards.

My work

Here are some pictures of my work and weaving has defiantly influenced me.

The Britsh Musuem London

Recently i have visited London and have gone to the British museum London for the array of African Textiles.
Whilst i was there i saw El Anatsui Man's cloth it really is WOW..
The scale and size of this piece is work is incredible it was hung from the ceiling with a metal frame work on the back supporting this cloth.
Its very structured and has lots of form.
If ever you get a chance to go and visit his work you definitely is a must.

Within the museum the collection of African Textiles are very board from cloth to bronze work and of course masks.




some of the African textiles in the Museum.



El Anatsui

El Anatsui is an artist who work is truly amazing. Born in 1944 he is a Ghanian sculptor born in Anyako and trained at the college of art, university of science and technology in Kumasi in central Ghana. He began teaching at the university of Nigeria in 1975.

One day 10 years he was driving home and came among a pill of garbage, garbage not being unusual in Africa he collected a bag and of he went. Not knowing that 10 years on it would influence his work and would be in museum.

Anatsui began experimenting with the metal bottle tops in the bag by folding, cutting their pliable metal into flat swatches and then stitching these together with copper wire, weaving then together the result is it began to grow to resemble cloth.



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The narrow banded compositions of  Anatsui work are recognisable variations of Kente cloth the emblematic fabric of Ghana.

His work is truly magnificent and is on a scale of its own using the tradition of weaving he has created some beautiful pieces of work.The detail of each component and the way in which it has been made is  and technique within  it's self.
His work can be found in Museums around the world.




 

Margo Selby

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Margo Selby over the last decade has been developing fabric constructions and textures on hand looms, Margo trained at Chelsea College of art and design and then followed with a postgraduate degree at the Royal College of art. So responding to the overwhelming response and demand for her fabric from her degree show Margo began to develop a relationship with weaving mills to explore the possibilities of production.
It was during this time that Margo united her innovative hand-woven structures. Margo launched her first collection in 2003, in 2007 she opened her stylish gallery and showroom in London.

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Since then she has rapidly became recognised for her trademark patterns and textures she creates.

Designer Rami Tareef

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Designer Rami Tareef born in Israel in 1980, graduated b.des degree from the industrial design department, Bezalel academy of art and design Jerusalem. Designer at D-vision program for development and industrial design creates chairs with geometric patterns by weaving and wrapping cords around the steel frames of the chairs. These chairs are the product of Tareefs COD project. (crafts oriented design) in which this designer aims to update and preserve the traditional weaving technique. His work is so contemporary and up to date but is has kept the tradition of weaving. He has exhibited in many places his last was at the  Super design gallery for London's design week in 2012.

Looking at weaving in a contemporary way.

I have started to look at designers who works with weave or has been inspired by weaving and how these designers are making weave more contemporary and update but still using the traditional weaving techniques.




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  Looking through view magazine i came across this image.
This is Dolce and Gabbana's spring-summer 13 collection
i then went looking for more of his collection and its was not only full of bold stripes, straw and woven manipulated pieces turned into bustiers re-working the classic basket but the full use of exciting summer colours and the embroidery work makes this collection full of fun.
The methods of construction here is very much an influence on my own work.

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