Susan Collis
'The oyster's our world.'
Laurie Britton Newell Out of THe Ordinary: Spectacular Craft V&A Publications London 2007
This is way off my usual images, but it is linked to the domestic environment and I find it interesting.
The artist produces these images within a wooden surface such as a table but she makes them out of inlaid metals or mother of pearl . Her work is very conceptual but I am viewing it as an image that I encounter around my home and the fact that this image tells a story about the person , time and object that brought about its being. As my work is about my personal response to my home and for me this involves the people both living and visiting within these walls , I'm exploring the marks that they leave both emotional and physical. They all invoke memories and therefore emotions and responses.
I find this an interesting way to look at my subject from a different angle and it begins to tie in with the paper I presently have attached to the kitchen table which people are marking as they sit here. The only difference is that they are purposely marking the paper but I'm going to explore both options, as they are another way to give a narrative.
Caroline Kirton
'What a beautiful day !'
14.04.11
I like the simplicity of this work, it has a very clean line with is actually machine embroidered and the colour is screen-printed. The artist uses space to frame her composition making it a very strong image, which is how I like to work-in a very structured fashion. Her subject is very personal, she is studying her children through adolescence and creating snapshots of teenage life as she views it , which is a similar to the feel I'm trying to achieve with my home .
The mediums that Caroline uses also relate to my work and I find it really interesting to see someone use the combination of print and textiles to pull together a lot of the qualities that are important to me. The strong lines, shapes, the use of space, use of soft colour, a personal view with emotion are all present in this work which again proves to me that you can produce very emotive work which looks very simple - again less is definitely more. I think producing line in stitch or print will prevent me getting lost in detail and so over complicating my work and losing the emotion which is so important to me.
Priscilla Jones
14.04.11
This image is a combination of textiles, paint and found objects. I can obviously relate to the subject as being very domestic and the soft colours but I also like the use of layering with both the materials and text . The artist may have had a very personal view when she created this but for me I'd like to make my work more reflective and personal than this, the image is very nice but it doesn't resonate with me. I need to really pull together the elements that make my images personal to me and make sure the viewer is able to understand that .
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