We had a lecture from Deborah Crowe this week. In the lecture, she displayed some of her own practice and some other artists' work that impacted her, gave her inspiration. Deborah is a textile designer and works are more about 3D construction and space. And what I need to emphasize is that when we look through Deborah's work, it's easy to see that some of her works are not actually designed or made of textile. But we can still find the elements of textile like textile's texture in many of her works. It's very interesting to see that she using other art forms to reflect and present textile design.
One thing I learned from Deborah is that in her working process, she usually make lot's of hand-drawing or models as planning and drafting. I think it's a important part of artwork making. A designer can not just grab some materials and start making objects without a thorough plan. In Deborah's statement" Most architectural drawings and models emphasise ed
ges, borders and boundaries, delineating shifts from one material or component to another or from solid matter to empty space." Deborah trying to use materials that are connected and woven together, I saw some experiments include hand-drawing, models and even some graphic designs made through computer software. These are all some really nice draft plans and experiments for making a great work.
I think Deborah extended her ideas to a very broad area, and the materials she handles are wide, such as metal, digital, paper, print, sound, light and so on. For example, in her work 'shift 2000', she hang up several 3D forms around a space, the forms are included some textile design factors, like the woven lines and grids. With the lights on the top, a strong shadow can be seen on the white wall. So, in this way, viewers can enjoy the combination of real object and visional images around the contradiction environment. I think this sort of works really influenced me. Because in my own works, no matter printing or sculpture, I usually just use the materials I familiar with and I never think about try to use something else to present my idea. And I think I should try to find some other materials to work with and extend my idea broader.
I also like Deborah's body wear art works, especially the "collared1999" . They are composite of few elements-object, texture of the cover, photography and so on. These works reminded me of my own practice last semester, in the jewellery courses, what we need to do was make containers that can be touched on the body. The "collared1999", when people look at the object, it's hard to imagine that is something can be wore on the body. But when we looking at the ones with red line and grids, they 
are really something look like scarf or napkin.
And I think this series of containment works were impacted by an artist called Fraser Crowe. Because I can see some same elements between two artists' works. Crowe also like to make something looks like a container and contain part of human body.
From Deborah's lecture, what I been benefited most is how she come up with good idea and use various of materials to present her idea and play with the construction and space. In the future, what I exactly should do is try to work with more different materials and do more experiments for my own practice.
One thing I learned from Deborah is that in her working process, she usually make lot's of hand-drawing or models as planning and drafting. I think it's a important part of artwork making. A designer can not just grab some materials and start making objects without a thorough plan. In Deborah's statement" Most architectural drawings and models emphasise ed
ges, borders and boundaries, delineating shifts from one material or component to another or from solid matter to empty space." Deborah trying to use materials that are connected and woven together, I saw some experiments include hand-drawing, models and even some graphic designs made through computer software. These are all some really nice draft plans and experiments for making a great work.
I think Deborah extended her ideas to a very broad area, and the materials she handles are wide, such as metal, digital, paper, print, sound, light and so on. For example, in her work 'shift 2000', she hang up several 3D forms around a space, the forms are included some textile design factors, like the woven lines and grids. With the lights on the top, a strong shadow can be seen on the white wall. So, in this way, viewers can enjoy the combination of real object and visional images around the contradiction environment. I think this sort of works really influenced me. Because in my own works, no matter printing or sculpture, I usually just use the materials I familiar with and I never think about try to use something else to present my idea. And I think I should try to find some other materials to work with and extend my idea broader.
I also like Deborah's body wear art works, especially the "collared1999" . They are composite of few elements-object, texture of the cover, photography and so on. These works reminded me of my own practice last semester, in the jewellery courses, what we need to do was make containers that can be touched on the body. The "collared1999", when people look at the object, it's hard to imagine that is something can be wore on the body. But when we looking at the ones with red line and grids, they 
are really something look like scarf or napkin.And I think this series of containment works were impacted by an artist called Fraser Crowe. Because I can see some same elements between two artists' works. Crowe also like to make something looks like a container and contain part of human body.
From Deborah's lecture, what I been benefited most is how she come up with good idea and use various of materials to present her idea and play with the construction and space. In the future, what I exactly should do is try to work with more different materials and do more experiments for my own practice.
Thanks Chris,
ReplyDeleteJust one correction here: Fraser Crowe isn't an artist, it is a design label that was put together by Deborah Crowe and Jenny Fraser, so it's not actually someone that Deborah was inspired by - she was part of the collective!
Other than that, I like your response, and the way in which you are already thinking about links between the lecturer's practice and your own practice. This will help you when it comes to writing the essay.
Cheers,
TX