'What might have been lost...'

So I think I should probably outline what my final piece is and what information it provides through the textile medium.

So through the research I conducted I found statistics which showed (in a bar chart) select contries yearly consumption rates of tea. This intrigued me because I think we can all agree drinking tea is the epitome of Britishness, and yes United Kingdom was top of the list.

So I wanted to translate this information in a textile form using some of the processes I had learnt this term and sampled in.

So for example I had used a trial and error method to reproduce a tea bag out of fabric (unfortunately I don't have any photos of these) and I wanted to incorporate this into my final piece.

So eventually I chose three countries from the statistics I had found and then translated these to my final pieces...

This is what I produced -

Italy - 0.1kgs

United Kingdom - 2.3kgs

Switzerland - 0.4kgs

'I'm in love with your honour...'

So one of the workshops this term was felt making, and I really enjoyed it but struggled to relate my felt samples to my objects. This how I came about with the above samples, I was pushing myself to work into them to create something more than just a plain piece of felt.

I also experimented with stiffening felt, this process actually inspired and became part of my final piece (I will upload photo's when I can)