Initial Ideas - Locating Unit

This unit we have been set to challenge ourselves by completing a live brief/work placement as well as a self initiated brief. I am going to start with one idea and apply this both briefs. I have chosen to use the Bradford Textiles Society competition for combined processes as my live brief which is to create a fabric for either fashion or interiors which shows and innovative combination of textile processes. This is to be submitted before the 13th of March.

I began last week by looking at different ideas that interested me. I came across a post I found on another blogging site, that contained images rice terraces in Japan. I really liked the shapes created by them and the drawn-like marks made on the ground. I then researched these more, finding a variety of other images also displaying these terraces. Although I'm not sure where I want to go with this idea in my live and self initiated briefs, I feel these images will inspire me in some way.
                                         

                                                                Japanese Rice Terraces


My tutorial on Monday helped me find my initial direction with my work. Which will enable me to produce a body of work over the Christmas holidays that will help me in the weeks to follow. It was suggested that rather than focusing on the rice terraces themselves, that I look into the ideas from them that interested me in the first place; the shape, pattern, and drawn quality. During the next couple of weeks I aim to produce drawings that replicate some of these ideas.