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With the blue weave, I thought it was a bit like a vine or some kind of messy plant around the body. My initial idea was to convey the feeling of anxiety, as vines can look very anxious when they are messy and intertwined from a distance, but I gradually began to see that vines grow very freely, sometimes scattering on the ground or growing very high. So I gradually changed my mind and I put blue woven vine like fabric on my body in all sorts of shapers, which I find very interesting, or I put it on my feet and hang it down, which gives me a sense of freedom of growth. I love it.

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My habits project was about unhealthy compulsive habits that we pick up to deal with hard situations. A bad habit i have picked up over lockdown was smoking and i was curious as to why other people start and what smoking means to them. The finger knitting represents the compulsive hand movements associated with smoking, many people i spoke to said a lot of the reason they smoke is because its something to do with your hands in social situations/ to distract yourself. The background is and example of the textures that i explored in relation to the act of smoking i.e rolling, dragging, stubbing.

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supporting image. I used the same colours as the knitted bra and blanket (blue being the bra and the Greens/earthy tones being the blanket). I wanted to show how we all have habits nessacary for survival i.e. sleep which are natural as well as habit which are more to do with society i.e underwear etc that have been created. So the in this image the plastic represents societies habits and the Green wool   is our instinctual habits.

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Incorporating twisting in weave. Twisting paper and using the feedback, trying to bend/twist the sample. Which led me to the idea of twisting the material before weaving.

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This is one of the experimental drawings I made as a response from my repetitive habit of having to push my glasses back onto my nose. I then turned it into weaving. I would like to improve my arm knitting and try and incorporate that.

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My final image was a selection of samples that went with some of my final designs drawn in last weeks lesson. Therefore what I believe I could improve is taking my favorite sample and developing it further into a larger piece of fabric that could be used to adorn the body.

These two collages are a starting point for how I imagined a woven fabric could look like and also show the colour pallet i used during this project.

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Supporting photo - at the beginning i tired to make it very neat and tidy to represent life before lockdown. The weave unravels and becomes chaotic and messy to show how life suddenly changed and habits were disrupted and the affects of it.

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Martha supporting image 2- consuming/ On the body/ hold/ joining people, bringing them together/ closer focus on the sample on the body holding together/ temporary again

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1/2 supporting photo- fire as consuming/ shared tradition/ temporary. Can be both an installation in a space as well as on the body. Maybe shows more movement? Still quite still but idea of it spreading/ taking over the space

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In my previous project inspired by my habit of journaling, some of the constructive feedback I received are as follows:
- Changing or adding more colours to my wearable piece, especially in the Josephine Knot to highlight the structure, as well as the process of brain working through information.
- Perhaps cutting the tassels draping from the crown into different lengths, and connecting one another to show the connection of ideas.
- Connecting the tassels with arms and hands, this is to show the brain sending information to hands, which is responsible for journaling down ideas.
Amongst these feedbacks, I can certainly adopt some of them into future projects. I would be adding reflective materials or adding colours to my work where it needs to show the structure/techniques. I would also consider creating a work that connects different body parts, such as in this case, I could connect the head piece with arm and hands, or even develop it into a large scale textile jewellery.
If I would have done this project differently, I would incorporate thin silver and white strands of yarn into my macrame and crochet works. If possible, I would try to add some reflective material into my practice to draw the focus of my spectators onto my macrame, which is hardly visible when wearing this piece with darker hair colour.
I truly felt my work is going into the direction of the mix of jewellery and textile, and will definitely be exploring this further.

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The inspiration for my research is actually uni life. It is really hilarious babysitting teenagers that drink, which got me thinking what people see when they are drunk and why they act that way.

I have learned many new ways to knit and weave, and what materials could be used than just yarn.

I feel that my work could be viewed either in an empty corridor so that it could be an interactive installation. As the audience keep walking down the hall, it becomes more colourful and more shapes are added to show that the further you walk in, the further drunk you get. However, it could also be viewed inside the bedroom as it could connect with the audience on a personal relation.

For this image, I used attached neutral and brown colour strings on a red chair to represent the brain and normal bodily workings. In between, I added empty alcohol bottles to show its disruption on the mind. I draped a bold colourful arm knit on top to represent the loopy feeling when drunk, and, as it opposes the neutral and brown colours, it shows another level of disruption. Finally, I added resin shapes because I was told once by a friend that they start hallucinating and seeing different shapes when they become really drunk.
When I presented this, I was given constructive feedback. My group gave me ideas, such as putting weaves inside to resin or attaching it to the resin, thereby connecting it more to the work. Should I ever do this work again, I will definitely use these ideas.
I personally liked how my work turned out, however, due to limited yarn, I used a chair and made it small scale. I would have preferred it to be placed in the hallway and gradually show the effects of alcohol as you move further down the installation.

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My original idea was to do with my habit of shaking my legs, however my final outcome ending up evolving into more the anxiety behind why I do that. So in my samples I wanted to use lots of colours and textures to represent that chaos and anxiety. I had so really good feedback about wrapping the weaves around my legs to link back to the original habit.

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next time I will explore beyond a garment looking at the capabilities of the body

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Charley

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Charley
Using arm knitting to represent a change in habits. I used corrugated metal to structure the piece and represent the ‘habits’ which are moved between. Knitting stretched between to represent the process of change, the linear yarn being the link/path between them.

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Martha

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ella

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lockdown new habits

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ruby - final outcome 2 (another direction)

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ruby - final outcome 2 (another direction)

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Monsters drinkin tea

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Over the course of this project I used the knitting, crochet, chording techniques to construct 5 masks. This image shows my family wearing the masks, but I took other photos in more domestic settings , in which these characters/identities are doing daily habitual tasks such as drinking tea, or washing up etc.. I felt that by putting these extravagant  characters into a really normal context, it would form a humorous image which is my final piece from the project.

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1.     Where or how do you see your work being viewed?

I made me samples to be viewed together, large scale and hanging in a room. Filling a room like vines in a jungle. This work was not made for the body however it is to be interacted with, touched and brushed passed. The weaving also, would fill a wall, welcoming touch.

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1.     What new skills did you learn, or have you improved on existing ones?

I learnt twining, cording, multiple methods of knitting and weaving, everything used in this project was new to me.

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1.     What is the inspiration behind your research?

I have been inspired by the habits actions and drawings to create an environment, inviting the viewer to walk through their insecurities.
research photo - Ernesto Neto

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The inspiration for my research is actually uni life. It is really hilarious babysitting teenagers that drink, which got me thinking what people see when they are drunk and why they act that way.

I have learned many new ways to knit and weave, and what materials could be used than just yarn.

I feel that my work could be viewed either in an empty corridor so that it could be an interactive installation. As the audience keep walking down the hall, it becomes more colourful and more shapes are added to show that the further you walk in, the further drunk you get. However, it could also be viewed inside the bedroom as it could connect with the audience on a personal relation.

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Adding colour to my sketches

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Collage drawing

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Full body- finger knitting samples, pillows and towels

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Adding pillows and towels secured with my finger knitting

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Experimenting with plastic bags on the body

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ella

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ella

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Wrapping the whole body- consuming

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Experimenting with plastic bags

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Covering my sisters head, connecting samples together - jumble of finger knitting, idea of consuming/ hold

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Wrapping the arm and connecting it to other parts if the body (finger knitting samples)

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Trying to create a wing by draping and looping my finger knitting samples together.

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outside, the plastic one stands out- flora

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outside, the plastic one stands out- flora

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ella

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My bed and my stuffed toy's bed.

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Charley

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Charley