Fairground Fun

This is a piece that I produced for my Foundation Degree.  I have tended to thrive on working with a chosen theme, and have enjoyed then researching and pulling together from various sources materials and inspiration to work with.   I chose the fairground as the focus for my final major project.  I wanted a subject that had depth and history and would give me a solid base to work with.  The theme has an additional two themes running in conjunction;  vintage and distressed.  I have a tendency to use vintage pieces in my work, whether that be lace or buttons and these types of textiles would be ideal and relevant when it came to representing the decoration of fairground objects.  As for the distressed element, for one it is a personal preference when designing to create a distressed appearance, but also when researching trend forecasting this was a future fashion trend.  An additional factor in my designs has also been the personal element.  I try to include any personal imagery into my designs if possible and this project would be no exception.  Included in the final designs are images of a carousel ride my daughter rode, my mum in her teens on the big wheel and me as a teenager on a fairground ride.

The techniques used include digital and screen printing, bleaching, embroidery, quilting, embellishment and devore.  The embellishment of the work has been produced using vintage media, that include buttons and lace.

I wanted to shoot the piece within the context of it's intension and was lucky to work with photograher Andrew Farrington.  I am actually modelling the piece in a woodland.