Geometry in notion...

Paper round the neck

Paper on shoulder

'A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down...' - Mary Poppins.

Vintage Myth - The clothes won't last as long.

Pathway is coming to a close this week so my motivation to finish is sky high but with a helping of clouds as my head continues to work towards a final piece. Previously in my life, I became obsessed with a chicken bag, OBJECTION MY LORD!! It is a lovely bag but carrying it round Liverpool and  in the real world wouldn't be so much of a rosey experience but more of one of carrying a handle of thorns. I also have had my hair cut, sneaky photo alert, Naughty. Yes, I finally decided that the huge amount of fibrous hair that comes out of head had become to much so visited the barbers for a chop. Another car boot descended on me this past weekend also, the temptation from the tat that people had on there table was never going to be an appealing prospect. Sometimes I wonder why some beings ever bother bringing there so called 'viable sellable and worthy items' but rather they are hardly salvageable to a hamster. Yes, I did buy a couple of DVD's and a few nik naks but that's besides the point. People at car boots have optimistic expectations to achieve £25 for a rusty teapot when the numbers all I want to here are 20p, 50p and £1! Next time I'll show her where to shove her poxy £25 teapot.




Liam Brazier

Anyway back onto the reasoning why your reading my blog. My Art Foundation studies!! Well they are going well and am fast approaching another 1/2 sketchbook complete. I have continued to look at the deconstruction of shapes and began the ideas behind what the final piece will be at the end of this week. I finally completed a time plan and began looking at a couple of different artists and designers to forward my studies and back up my work. Liam Brazier is a Freelance Illustrator who's work has been in demand from Apple and Samsung who are two massive technology giants. His work takes on an almost pixelated stance through the use of quadrilaterals and triangles. I take to the concept of breaking down an image to its simplest form. I felt inspired by him as he uses geometric shapes which I have been looking at as part of the garment construction. He used block colours to deliver light and dark and keep the dynamics of the object upon which it is based upon. His work centralizes around a point and linear segments which further into the creation. I have used him as I will be creating an illustration as part of my final conclusion to the pathway. I will have to look at the use of colour and how to create a 3D piece on a flat surface.


I have also looked at Bryce Aime who is a London based fashion designer who moved from France in 1988 in search of the ultimate dream of being recognised as a top fashion designer. He focused on creating collections that brought forward the women who understood luxurious fabrics, elegant cuts and precise fabrics. This piece is part of his Autumn/Winter 2012 collection and is made up of predominant lines and hard angles; this becomes the set DNA for the whole collection. He uses the idea of negative space and cold colours to deliver the sense of an 'ice queen' or as such eradicating the person wearing the clothing allowing the focus to be primarily on the garment. The head piece is strong against the shaded tones that are present within the shirt and leggings. The shirt is blacked out to extenuate the silhouette and break up the angular pattern on the top and bottom. His work takes on the hourglass figure and aims to disfigure the human body through illusions alone. I have been inspired by Bryce Aime because of his use of angular elements that become structures on the body and protrude from different parts of the body.

Combining influences behind Liam Brazier and Bryce Aime will help push forward into a final piece. I have been using biro as it takes on different tones and allows you to press hard for dark shades but be skittish for the lighter tones. I will also use Promarkers to put in lines and acrylic and watercolour for the block colour that is shown in Liam's work. From the first picture you see there is paper item on a baby mannequin which has helped with determining the positioning and how they sit on the body which can depend on the size of the piece of paper, the material and how you wish for it to hand. It was an interesting experience as it allowed me to look at proportions and what I am trying to achieve in the real world.

Personal life...
What to tell you guys and gals this week, Brother went to see Bastille on Saturday which sounded amazing and wish I had been there. Glen and I went to youth group as usual which enabled me to show him around the world of 'Firebox.com' and show him around my life online. Youth group was good and I managed to get him a 'Some people are gay, get over it' t-shirt. Harvey is getting into a routine which is good for him but bad for me as I want to be able to sleep the night through without his tail whacking me in the face or him meowing down my ear.