Futures – Play

The topic of ‘futures’ was really wide, and I wasn’t sure which sub-category I wanted to explore. With covid around there was a lot of potential to go down the route of a post-covid world whether in work, travel or care, however I didn’t want to enter the downward spiral of covid news and dreaming

Knit Happens – black and white drawings

To translate my samples into a repeat pattern, I decided to draw them with indian ink. I wanted to use brush and ink because I like the way that it can run and have varied thicknesses, helping me with the appearance of being underwater. Found the brush and ink was a good method for creating

Knit Happens – how you can help coral bleaching

Coral bleaching is caused by rising sea temperatures, an effect of global warming. Greenhouse gases such as CO2 trap heat from the sun that would otherwise escape our atmosphere, this causes the global temperature to rise, including the sea temperature. The sea temperature is key to maintaining ocean life, if the temperature changes by more

Monsters – ink

The devil is a fallen angel, so I wanted to explore different ways to draw the wings. Since the devil is often associated with the dark and shadows, I experimented with ink and the different effects it creates. First I explored bleeds with the ink. I really like the tones and sense of transparency with

Knit Happens – Coral Bleaching

Global warming has put the existence of coral reefs in a precarious position, with the rise in sea temperatures the symbiotic relationship between the temperature-sensitive algae zooxanthellae and coral is under strain, and bleaching events occur. The algae gives coral it’s bright colours, and when the water temperature is too high, the coral expels the

Knit Happens – Coral

I wanted to focus this project on the effects of climate change on biodiversity in the ocean. Coral reefs only cover 0.1% of the ocean floor, but they support 25% of the sea’s fish biodiversity. Coral is known for it’s bright colours created by algae which they share a symbiotic relationship with. The algae provides

Monsters – wings

Studies of bat at bird wings. I chose to look at the devil in more detail, and since he is a fallen angel, I thought I should look at wings. In illustrations of “Paradise Lost” the character of Satan is drawn with bat-like wings, so I decided to look at bats wings to explore the

Knit Happens – jellyfish

I made these jellyfish out of scrap fabric and textile waste from my projects for the last year or so. The effect of the overlocking threads works really well as the tentacles of the jellyfish, as well as the tangles of thread. I want to see if I can get more variation in the textures

Opera Anywhere – Sweet Garland

I really enjoyed working on this project for Opera Anywhere. It was a challenge to decide on a project that would work for a large age range and use materials that might be easy to obtain, as well as being something that children would want to make. I settled on a sweet garland because it

Craftivism

Craftivism is a movement first coined as a term by Betsy Greer but was really put into action by Sarah Corbett, founder of the Craftivist Collective. Crafts such as knitting, crochet and cross stitch embroidery are all seen as comforting homely arts, which would make them an unlikely source of activist messages. The stereotype of