- when I began my project based on the titanic I didn't expect to focus so much on the tea cups and fine china however, as I have grown with my project I have learned that the tea cup is a great representation of the opulence of the 1st class areas upon the magnificent vessel that is the Titanic.
When i began the research for my project, watching the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Whinslet was a main source for me as it gave me the opportunity to view how the ship would have looked in its day, in colour, whereas images of the Titanic online all tended to be in black and white due to the lack of technology during the edwardian era. during sceneces which took place within the dining rooms of the 1st class areas I was drawn towards the china used by these passengers. i thought the fine china, evening tea was a great representation of wealth. this was the initial reason as to why i began to draw the cups.
Through my tonal studies of the tea cups I was able to make comparisons between a tea cup and the ship itself. Despite the obvious contrast in size and purpose, the Titanic and tea cup share the similarity that their structure was designed for a certain job. The titanic; to carry passengers to their desired, dream destination whilst the tea cups is simply to hold drinks in. Each creation is able to carry out their purpose with the most basic and necessary infrastructure, however, the comparisons that I have found between fine china tea cups and The Titanic is that neither were both basic, both creations include detailing and decoration which enhance the appearance of them, giving then a step up in class.
I hope to incorporate the fine china into my final, whether that be through ceramics or my extracting designs on the china and using them as designs for embroidery.
'' Are you going to develop with glass paints and incorporate them into your final piece with embroidery?''
i really enjoyed using the glass painting method so i do hope to develop my skills in glass painting and include them within my final piece. i hope to use the, along side embroidery to create depth and texture to my work. i will try to also incorporate this glass painting technique with the likes of the chains and ropes by extracting patterns and textures in each. i would like to include glass painting in my work as i believe it has a high quality finish, almost like the ceramic paintings found on the fine china.
Inspiration:
I really like this piece as is it very simple yet effective. i like the fact this artist as stuck to their colour schemes as it has created a dymanic eye catching piece with very little range in colour. this inspires me to remains to a certain colour scheme. colours which i would associate with the wealth of the titanic would be blood red, royal navy blue and gold. when using glass painting in my final piece i hope to try and stick to this colour scheme to make my work simple yet effective.
by: Katie Smith (Pinterest)
by; Parvaneh Allahdad
I love the faded effect of the roses in this vase. this would be an appropriate pattern for my project as there have been roses as part of the floral decoration on the fine china which i have drawn. however, creating a vase like this i would feel i would be quite limited. i do not see many opportunities for incorporating the shipyard aspect of The Titanic.
'' are you going to develop and move with the idea of ice shards with textiles and incorporate this idea with other features for your final piece - or will the final piece have one main idea/ feature?''
I would like to try and incorporate the idea of ice shards to my piece as it is a very eye catching feature of the titanic quarters building in Belfast which immediately caught my idea and inspired me to create this project. when creating my final piece i hope to focus on bringing the interiors of the ship, however, the idea of adding structure to my piece through pieces like ice shards makes me want to develop further with my experimentation with the ice shards. an idea i had was to recreate the ice shardes using the technique of mosque with crushed china ceramics. or my creating individual shards using different embroidering on different wallpapers and bringing them together as panels to create a bigger structure just like that of the Titanic Quarters building in Belfast.
Inspiration:
By: Diana Maus ''Quite Clearly Ocean''
When carrying out my artist reference research i found this mosaique piece which created using beading. this piece initially caught my eye for the blue colour schemes and the illusion of waves. i really love the way this artist incorporated jewls and the white beading. this ispired me that if i were to create a similar piece i would use the likes of lace fabrics, curtain tassels and broken china to incorporate the interiors of the first class quarters of the ship.
by: Smalti 'Hooty' from the 'Watcher' series
I really loved the simplicity of this artists work. Again, the limited colour range caught my eye and drew me into this piece. I find this close up perspective very intriguing and find that the perspective of this artists work immediately conveys emotions of intimidation and compel the viewer to feel like they are being watched by the owl in the image. i want my final piece to convey and encourage emotions from viewers. i hope to portay the presence of royalty and wealth with the hidden aspects of the shipyards features, just like the Titanic itself.
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