Hens Teeth (http://hensteethart.blogspot.co.uk) was one of the first artists I researched, I loved the hand stitched elements in her work, and how personalised every piece was. Feeling inspired I focused on using the assortment of materials within my own samples and tried to make sure that the text elements were a heavy feature. Creating samples for these pages I experimented with a wide variety of media, such as sellotaping, mono print, hand stitch, fabrics, buttons, collage and acetate. I furthered my Hens Teeth work in relation to stories about WW2 fighter pilots, this really brought in the visual stories element, and I produced three 'stamps' as mini outcomes, which contained extracts from these stories. I also brought in the text elements from Rosalind Wyatt (http://www.rosalindwyatt.com) as I loved the delicacy of her work. These can be seen below.
Dottie Angel (http://dottieangel.blogspot.co.uk) was another artist that intrigued me, as I also loved the mixed media approach, but this time the work featured typewriters for text, which I really enjoyed and thought brought a delicacy and hand rendered element to the pieces. My samples were created using mixed papers and fabrics, as well as using stitch to tie everything together. I loved how every piece is unique and personalised, and has its own story attached to it. I decided to also show a digital element, by creating a piece using my own personal letter, and taking a collection of scanned samples from my book to create a really nice personal outcome. The collection of materials and items is what creates stories in both these artists work, and I think it's very successful and I'm heavily inspired by this technique throughout my project.
