In today's session we were set a task to create our own yarn environment using our chosen analogous colour pallet and a range of recyclable clothes and yarns.
Producing a textile installation that has been structurally designed and produce in a team, working to each others strengths and weakness', developing and adapting the environment as we constructed the piece.
In choosing the area we decided to go towards the connecting bridge as it is a unique are with a panoramic view and windows all around, having a brutalistic, functional manufactured feeling to the space. Which worked hand in hand with the theme and research into recycled goods and what they symbolise.
In designing the final piece the concept of the design was heavily influenced by a number of socially aware topics such as; being environmentally friendly (recycling) , Yarn bombing and the mass of wasted materials sitting in land fill sites.
Also being inspired mainly through Joana Vasconcelos (http://www.joanavasconcelos.com/)
with her yarn bombing pieces being made up of a number of different techniques and materials often "bombing" natural environments such as tree etc. Which is where we as a group decided to take Joanas idea of "bombing" a natural environment and flip it on its head to create the polar opposite using the space we had chosen to produce a yarn bombing scene that would represent the concept of "making a natural scene out of a manufactured situe/materials "
When collecting the materials to produce the yarn bomb we stumbled across a beautiful cold analogous Green to purple jumper which set the president of our colour pallet.
The team dynamics helped us to produce a strong piece working to the best of our abilities sticking to the techniques we had all practiced; Knitting, twisting, plaiting, draping, wrapping. which produced a fabulous mystical yarn bomb installation that was well received with the public as it draped over head and produced reactions.
25th February 2014 by Joel Mignott
