Inspired by my three words; Francis Bacon, Mark and Chaotic, I aimed to use these in a similar way to the illustration exercises. We were given a piece of muslin, paper, calico and cloth so to keep with the freedom of the previous workshops, I didn't give myself time to think about what I wanted it to look like aesthetically. This worked well as I could drape and twist the fabrics how I liked, being given 10 minutes to make and draw up each sample helped the freedom. There wasn't enough time to make it 'pretty' which allowed me to focus on the shapes and details I could produce from each fabric. Layering and pinning them together, or simply using and manipulating each one individually.
I decided I didn't want to draw each one in full, but instead did rough sketchy drawings of details and shapes. Using colour and lines, much like the previous workshops. The muslin intrigued me the most, the textures it could produce simply through marking into the fabric itself. The effects created were quite beautiful. Much like Bacon's work, using something distorted and destroyed to create beauty. I tried to create feminine shapes with the fabrics, emphasizing necklines and volume either covering or revealing the bust. Much like the varied work from the Wellcome Collection, I played with the sexuality of the shapes and samples I produced.
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