#research development

Research development:

Moshino’s latest SS21 polka dot collection:

I don't really like the structure of these pieces but as I’d like to incorporate spots into one of my lineup pieces and their choice of colour was relatable to my theme I thought I would research this collection. 

I do really like the first piece however I found the other ones reminded me of a clown costume and looked a little tacky.

I looked at Japanese sculpture, painter and installation artist Yasuaki Onishi who has created huge installations using rope,hot glue and crystals.

I was fascinated by the ornate detail and large scale of these pieces.

In the 3D workshop I did on Monday I experimented with dripping hot glue on a small little wire sculpture piece I made which was meant to be the inside parts of a jellyfish piece I was working on. The stringy droopiness of the hot glue reminded me of Onishi’s work:

In researching the concept of being submerged beneath the water I came across Diana Titles collection ‘Drown the Dolls’ in which she festures both photography and oil paintings.

This artist was probably my favourite of all the artists work I looked at as I really liked her idea behind the collection and her work itself. I really like how she conveyed the bumpy water reflection to show that the way in which these dolls are being submerged is perhaps rough and forceful as the children play with the dolls.

I think the way in which the dolls are depicted being submerged fully clothed gives the pieces a dramatic quality.

My specialism being embroidery with craft and art. With this, I enjoy making decorations as well as fashion and home accessories, including creating the patterns to structure them together. I also enjoy digital design and include this within some of my work; I often create digital drawings, and for my projects, I like to create ‘digital embroidery’ samples to inform my next sampling work.

 I want to expand on my abilities to include photography and marketing & communication, as I feel that these will be useful for my future goals. If I am able to start my own business, I will need to improve on these skills to appeal to my target markets and show my products to the best of my ability.

[Fig 1- digital embroidery sample from undergraduate Final Major Project]

[fig 2- photograph of Final piece from undergraduate, based on above digital embroidery]

Approaches you might take:

Problem-solving?

Identifying a problem that you will use your research to find solutions for

Investigative through practice?

Explorative research through making and creating

Action Research?

Finding solutions through live activities and reflecting on how its working and what needs changing throughout

Co-productive/co-creative?

Multiple people working together on a project

Participants/audience are brought into the process of the project

Participatory?

Participants to engage with the project- such as audience giving feedback

Text based?

Reading- books, articles, journals, etc.

Design focused?

Research with end product/solution in mind

Artistic research?

Exploring concepts through artwork- research that comes from making and creating

 My project context?

Artistic

Community

Bringing people together through art

  Text based research method is used to find information from existing research in a topic. From this method, literature reviews can be written and give further insight into a subject area. It can also be used to learn new skills for making and generate ideas for a project. When using this method, it is essential to reference the work that writing, and ideas have come from.

Co-productive method involves working with a group towards a final outcome. This can be used to create work that bring communities together and reaches out to a wider audience. From an ethical view, when using this method, the requirements for joining the project have to be clearly laid out before individuals join it. When writing up about the project the participants should remain anonymous, unless they have stated that they are willing to have their names written.

Design focused research method is the primary method I use for a craft and art project; I start the project with a rough idea of what I want my final product to be and focus my research around finding the best way to make it and creating design ideas through artist research. In relation to ethics, I need to make sure I reference work that has influenced me throughout the creation and make a final product that is my own and not a close copy of another artist’s work.

Participatory research can be useful for my projects, as if I am creating a product, I can give sample version of the product to the intended market and gather feedback from them on what is working well and what needs further improvement, as a way to make the most successful product that I can. When writing up about feedback, again the participants will need to be kept anonymous; it would be best for all feedback to be anonymous even to myself, so that the participants don’t feel pressured to give only positive feedback instead of constructive.