Today I met Aviva and we traveled to her Happisburgh studio to prepare for the Makers Month Event in Feb! We sat and planned last min things such as the children's activities on the Tuesday and Thursday and chatted about my denim patch works. I up cycled 2 tables, a chair and a 2 metre stand/rail (which we are using to hand the giant patchwork at the end). I sanded and painted them using chalk paint, this gave so many ideas of my own, for the future. We plan to have all of this lovely up cycled furniture in the forum atrium for people to get in the spirit of slow, mindful, conscious making. In the blue table we plan to make markings on the edges of the table to replicate stitches and sashioko like in my denim patchwork- I think this would look really quirky add an extra handcrafted touch to it.  In the evening time I deconstructed a second hand lampshade which was part of a large floor lamp. I was left with the wire frame where I weaved, tied and loopeed the shredded fabric which I made in to yarn beforehand, in an out of the wire. I only used old pieces of fabrics, continuing the up cycling, reclaiming, reusing theme. The end result was brilliant and i think the collection of furniture will tie the whole workshop together. The next time I will see Aviva is the day of the forum event but we plan to have phone calls between then, confirming any last minute details that might crop up.  Aviva shared so much wisdom with me and I feel like I have learnt an incredible amount with Aviva, I feel privileged to have had my placement with her.

Reassurance is what I needed to help me keep pushing my ideas forward. I know I need to get my final designs done ASAP as the fashion project needs to be started soon. I told Jill I was worried about my time management and how to put my designs in to repeat as I wanted to stay away from digital printing.

For placement overview:
-Small info about Aviva and the rest critical analysis

For the interior project:
-wallpaper- look at claire coles and look at Charlotte Abraham
-think about context?- cafe/corporate space/home/audience- adolescent/children etc
-To help me with repeat... Photocopy motifs onto acetate then flip/adjust/layer up/half drop etc
-create a complex repeat by adding depth and level- add background using subtle marks from drawings etc
-make the samples a collection so they flow together

For the Fashion project:
-Begin drawings for this project- continue with shells but explore in depth
-Indigo dyeing- could experiment with discharge and resists
-Try to give myself a title for my fashion collection- like the lecturer today who worked at USP- Jane Kellock
-Look into mending/patching 
-Go to study centre- mending/darning etc
-Boro Boro book by Nuno Collection
-Try sashiko stitching with fine threads or metallic threads and explore different stitches

There are three basic categories of colour theory that are valid and useful: The colour wheel, colour harmony, and the context of how colours are used. Colour theories create a logical structure for colour. For example, you can organise a collection of colours then place them in a circle that shows the colours in relation to each other.

Albers was one of the first modern artists to explore the psychological effects of colour and to question the nature of perception. I find his work influential as he looks at colour in depth, his paintings/studies are beautiful just as they are and I appreciate the meanings and theories behind them.

From looking at Albers' work I am inspired to look at the Bauhaus Movement as I am beginning to see connections with my project 2 interiors work.