Construct Artists

From the data collection research I have found that I have been drawn to my idea of the five senses and I have colour coordinated each sense. For example smell, touch, hear, taste and sight. When researching for designers/weavers I came across 82-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s work. I loved how she let others take control of her work and let the children determine the final outcome. Her inspiration to me is very clear, she just is in total love with spots/circles. In everything she does there is guaranteed to be a spot on it, from her sculptures to the motifs on her prints. She suffered from hallucinations from a young age (http://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/31-yayoi-kusama/) and I like how her work almost gives that hallucinatory feel to it. Although she is not a weave designer I found that by taking what she does and trying to maybe combine these ideas with the skills, I have recently learnt on the loom I am positive that I could get some interesting outcomes. I really like her idea of adding colour on to a plain background and incorporating this within my weave samples.

Below are images of Yayoi Kusama and her work, which most inspires me.

 Whilst researching weave designers I was uninspired until I came across weave artist Elizabeth Ashdown. She works with unusual yarns and I love that. Elizabeth Ashdown was a student who studied BA (Hons) Textile Design at London's prestigious Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. She specialises in producing innovative and contemporary mixed media Passementerie designs for both fashion and interior markets.
She also produces woven jewellery. She is fascinated by structural forms and texture. I am also interested in texture and having a structure to garments or something more sculptural. I can really see myself bringing forward these two aspects and also trying out the pockets on the loom to do this.