IB Unit 5 Tactile Textiles

International Baccalaureate Visual Arts

Unit 5 Tactile Textiles

Rachel Gornall Green Circled (detail) Handcut,layered textile wall panel

“I find knitting to be a powerful medium for self-expression and communication because of the cultural preconceptions surrounding it.

My work subverts these preconceptions and disrupts the notion of the medium being passive and benign.�

Freddie Robbins

LAMcGrath 2011

International Baccalaureate Visual Arts

Click on the images below to link to the relevant artist website

IWB CRITERIA

In your Investigation Work Book, complete the following tasks:

RESEARCH CULTURE/CONTEXT Analysis and thoughtful comparison of Art from different cultures and times, carefully considering its function and significance

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Focus your investigation on three different Artists (contemporary or in history) who have created Textile Art. Try and look at artists that work with different Textile processes/techniques. Find as much factual information as you can (about the artists, images of the artworks, themes that influence them, materials/ techniques used etc.) Written information should be in your own words. Write 2 -3 pages on each artist. Your entries should include both facts you uncovered and your feelings and thoughts – what ideas do they give you? How can you use (or reject) the information you gather and why?

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Document all your experiments produced using textile techniques with a camera.

Research the knowledge needed to make the textile samples well. What terms are associated with Textiles? What techniques? Research artists famous for using different Textile techniques. Aim for 10 pages of experiments.

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Produce an in depth investigation of one or more artworks relating to Textile Art. Consider the works visual, technical, historical, aesthetic and intellectual values.

The more investigate, probe and explore the more you will begin to develop your own individual approach to Textile Art.

4.

Plan an exhibition on Textile Art. Select three other artists and their work- plan how to display their work and discuss why they were chosen. Then write up a catalogue for the exhibition which features a carefully written entry about what these artists have in common as well as the specific ways in which their work impacts upon Textile Art. This should be 3 pages long.

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Ensure you have used the correct terminology and specialist vocabulary particularly in relation to photography, composition and collage when writing as part of your research, investigation and experimentation.

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Use a wide range of resources such as books, journals, periodicals, art galleries, internet sources as part of your research. All sources should be cited properly using the MLA format. Use Easybib to help you correctly cite sources.

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Your ideas should be presented effectively and creatively. Thoughtful observation and discrimination, both written and visual, should be evident.

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Record your studio work as it progresses, documenting processes and techniques encountered throughout your studio work. Always have a camera to hand to record your studio activity.

TECHNICAL/PROCESS

Demonstration of a range of effective skills, techniques and processes when making and analysing images and artifacts

INVESTIGATION

Demonstrate coherent, focused and individual investigative strategies into visual qualities, ideas and their context, a range of different approaches towards their study and informed connections between them

DEPTH/BREADTH Demonstrate depth and breadth through the successful development and synthesis of ideas and the wellexplained connections between the work and that of others

PRESENTATION VOCABULARY

Demonstrate effective and accurate use of visual arts specialist vocabulary

ACKNOWLEDGE SOURCES

The use of a range of appropriate sources, which are acknowledged properly

PRESENTATION

The effective and creative presentation of work that demonstrates thoughtful, critical observation, reflection and discrimination

INTEGRATION

The presentation of a clear relationship between investigation and studio work

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In your Studio Work:

Create artwork using a range of textile processes & techniques.

Inspiration should be taken from other textile artists, focusing on how they manipulate and use materials. The end result can be two or three dimensional.

Things to consider in your studio work:

STUDIO CRITERIA

Understanding

UNDERSTANDING

Are the ideas behind your studio work well suited to the techniques and media you have chosen? Can you explain the personal, cultural, visual meaning, purpose of your studio work?

Relevance How are the ideas in your studio work connected to your own life and cultural background? Have you created strong, powerful pieces of Art which really mean something to you?

Development How much personal growth and improvement have you shown through your artwork? How have you developed as an artist? Can you distinguish the difference between your good and your weaker ideas?

Sensitivity & Technique What visual effects do I want to create? How effective is the medium you have chosen at creating these techniques? Would it be better to use something else?

Are you using your chosen medium with high levels of skill?

Confidence & Independence Have you truly explored your ideas to create interesting, adventurous studio work or have you settled for the safe and obvious? Have you used any unusual or unexpected combinations of ideas and/or materials in your studio work? Does your work show truly independent research, or have you only researched the artists given to you by your teacher?

Display an excellent understanding of the ideas and techniques that underpin artistic expression

RELEVANCE

Demonstrate consistently the production of personally relevant artwork that shows excellent exploration of ideas reflecting cultural and historical awareness and artistic qualities

DEVELOPMENT

Demonstrate thoughtful development of ideas and strategies for expression

SENSITIVITY

Display a sensitivity to materials and their use, the work having been reviewed, modified and refined to an accomplished resolution of ideas and medium

TECHNIQUE Demonstrate excellent technical competence

CONFIDENCE Demonstrates confidence and inventiveness

DEADLINE: Investigation workbook and studio work to be completed by: 20th March 2012 A critique of your work will take place on the same day.

INDEPENDENCE

Shows self-direction and informed, reflective judgement that challenges and extends personal boundaries

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Useful Websites Click on the links below for more information: http://www.textilearts.net/directory/ http://www.embroiderersguild.com/info/links.php http://www.62group.org.uk/ http://www.quiltart.eu/quiltartlinks.html http://www.stitchtextileartists.co.uk/ http://freddierobins.com/ http://www.rachelgornall.co.uk/ http://www.1-art-1.com/index.html (Mary Clare Buckle Felt Maker) http://www.brennand-wood.com http://www.alicekettle.com http://lauramccafferty.com http://www.karenstiehlosborn.com http://www.naseemdarbey.com http://www.paulineburbidge-quilts.com/ http://www.annekyyroquinn.com/ http://yarnbombing.com/

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