Wearable Art

My piece is supposed to be a headband that resembles the colors of sunrise to sunset.

Artists Develop Art Making Skills

Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project? Yes, I learned how to tie dye and how to make the dye colors. I laid down the headband in a bucket and I made the colors fade into each other. We used yellow, blue, and fuchsia.

Did you gain skill with familiar materials? I became familiar with tie dying and making the dye colors fade into each other. I also started to become familiar with making the dye colors.

Artists Reflect

When did you step back and analyze you work during this project? I truly analyzed my piece whenever I washed out all of the excess dye from my headband and realized that the colors didn't blend well. It turned out to be more of a purple blend.

Did you consider how ideas would work before you tried them? Yes, I was a little hesitant on whether or not the colors would blend well but overall I thought that it would work out better than it did.

Shibori Dyeing

Michael Smith

Michael Smith lives in Asheville, NC and has been making wearable fiber art for over 25 years. He has worked under the names of Three Wishes, Chaos, and Mystic Eye. Each piece is sewn and dyed one at a time in North Carolina. Michael's silk shibori clothing is machine washable and lightweight.

 Michael uses a non-traditional technique to make his Shibori art. His work is more retail because he sells the clothing through Etsy. I picked this artist because there were a lot more websites that he was mentioned in so he seemed a little more well known than other Shibori artists. Michael's work caught my eye because the colors and patterns he chooses are so vibrant and they really pop.

Perspective

 Artists Develop Art Making Skills

Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project? For this project I learned hot to draw in perspective. I learned first, second and third perspective.

Did you gain skill with familiar materials? I mostly gained skill with drawing in first perspective. Being able to draw using perspective really helps bring the drawing alive and creates depth in the picture. 

Artists Create Original Art

How did you use your own unique ideas in your work? For my project I thought of things that fueled me. First thing I thought of was food and sleep. I decided to draw a bed  which resembles sleep and how I do everything from eating to doing homework in my bed.

Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original? Another classmate at my table was doing a refrigerator and that inspired me to draw something that fuels me. 

Portrait

Artists Collaborate

Did you ask another student for feedback during your work process? Yes I did! I asked the classmates at my table what I could change about my drawing to make it more realistic. We all gave each other suggestions and tips throughout the whole process.

Did someone help you understand important information or inspire you? Yes one of my classmates shared with me that shading with your finger is way easier and I ended up shading my whole piece that way. My classmates and teacher shared tips on how to make certain features like the mouth look more realistic. 

Artists Reflect

When did you step back and analyze you work during this project? I analyzed my work often to just to make sure I was on the right track and wasn't drawing something wrong or unrealistically. I had to change the shape of my brothers face a lot before I got it right though.

Did you consider how ideas would work before you tried them? I didn't really notice that in the picture I was going to draw of my brother that he was at a slight angle. I had to draw him like I think he would have looked not at an angle.