Gary Hume

Gary Hume created a series of ten screen prints in 1998 on commission by Charles Booth-Clibborn published in the Paragon Press. the portraits were based on paintings he had previously created between 1994 and 1998. the original paintings where based on photographs and some from his imagination.

Young Woman 1998 Gary Hume born 1962 Purchased 1998 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P78683

Cerith 1998 Gary Hume born 1962 Purchased 1998 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P78688

Adult 1998 Gary Hume born 1962 Purchased 1998 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P78689

Anne Kelly

Anne Kelly creates textile collages using recycled materials and ephemera she creates her pieces inspired by memories and travel. Over the top of her collage she embroiders many details. she takes artistic inspiration from outsider and folk art. she creates both framed and free hanging works of mixed media textile art.

Cathy Cullis

Cathy Cullis is a self taught needle worker who has created her own style with heavily embroidered pieces. she uses a sewing machine as a drawing tool to create her pieces. she is inspired by early painting which is apparent in her works.

Matisse

Matisse was best known as being a painter with his use of colour. he was responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture in the 20th century. one particular painting that caught my attention is Marguerite from 1906-7. the painting was of his daughter, based off a (then) celebrated painting by Velazquez depicting infanta Margaeita. When the painting is viewed upside down a hidden H can be seen on her chest and a kitten M on her nose. for both his and his daughters names. 

Sue Stone – This is me

This is me is a series of 12 self portraits created by artist Sue Stone for the 6th Riga international textile and fibre art triennial tradition and innovation. Although the portraits look so different, each person is the same person based off the artist. her inspiration for the piece was ‘the humankinds urge to categorise’ leaving the viewer to form their own opinion of who she really is. she uses layers of fabric mixed with hand and machine stitch.

Andy Warhol

When Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 Warhol made over 20 silkscreen prints based on a publicity photo from 1953. Using Monroe Warhol was able to use both of his common themes of work; Death and the cult of celebrity. The Monroe Diptych is still to this day an iconic image. Warhol also produced similar works to the same themes for instance his Che Guevara piece.

Creating the new photos

Using the college projector i drew out the remaining photos onto canvas. i traced out all of the remaining photos onto the canvas, the original set out for the project was to use different techniques however i liked the collage that i decided to stick with it. after drawing out the images i blocked the projector to check that i had drawn all the details. i cut out all the shapes of each image gluing them along the way. once all the faces were glued it was time to move onto the next step. i drew out all the details darker so that they were able to be seen under the light of the sewing machine. using my sewing machine i traced the outlines of all the images, adding textures into hair and clothing. once all the faces were sewn the final step was to cut all the loose threads as well as still needing to figure out the eyebrows.

 

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Racial issues

the initial plan was to paint all the different skin tones once i had finished the collages. however with a few complete they looked well with the canvas keeping them uniform. however one friend is a person of colour so i was worried about the racial issued with leaving her skin the cream white of the plain canvas. i decided to send her a message to address these issues. with written confirmation that she is happy for it to be left plain, i have decided if i have enough time i will try to figure out if there is anything i can do for her skin tone but my main focus is to get all the faces complete in time. 

The process

The way in which the process of making the faces is done is by first projecting the image onto the canvas and drawing out the details of the face. i then turn off the projection to check that i haven’t missed out on any of the details. the next step is to cut up pieces of scrap fabric using the original photo as reference. then using a glue gun to old the fabric in place, i left out all the eyebrows as i needed to figure out what i would do for it as i felt that cutting it out of fabric would make them look too thick. once i had all the fabric glued into place, i stitched around it all using my sewing machine, including adding the details that i hadn’t added using fabric.

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The first piece

To get things rolling with my project as i had been busy with my dissertation, i started with this experimental collage. i really liked how this turned out and due to time limitations with doing the other textile techniques i decided i would continue on making the rest of the faces in the same style.