Elizabeth Couzins Scott

Elizabeth Couzins Scott
Recycle Runway
http://www.62group.org.uk/artist/elizabeth-couzins-scott/

Elizabeth is inspired by the dark side of experimental fashion design whose more conceptual designers have explored the symbolic and cultural meaning of consumer culture and contemporary anxieties. The interpretation of these themes by modern historians like Caroline Evans by way of mythology, identity and gender allows her to develop ideas into imagery using articles of clothing and accessories. During a recent residency she has been able to experiment with photo silkscreen techniques and has created a series of figurative work using dolls clothes and faces. This work discusses the current obsession for women to buy into the impossible beauty myth and the increased numbers of young women seeking cosmetic surgery procedures.

Elizabeth uses clothing and accessories to create objects to express her ideas concerning contemporary anxieties.

Her work can be linked with mine because she makes dolls heads and my theme for Recycle Runway is recycled toys/dolls.

Alison Willoughby

Alison Willoughby
Recycle Runway

        

I'm looking at the textile artist Alison Willoughby because she uses recycled toys on some of her skirts. For my Recycle Runway project I am focusing on recycled toys/dolls, but mainly barbie. Alison uses certain parts of dolls on some of her skirts which can link into my recycled dolls theme. 

Repeat Patterns

Mirror Repeat.

This is a mirror repeat pattern I have done on Photoshop. To do this repeat I've had to change the image size to 5cm by 5cm with a resolution of 150dpi. I changed the canvas size to A4 (20cm x 25cm) and then fitted the image on page view to see how it fit. I then went to edit, fill with pattern and then renamed my design. After this I have used my marquee tool to select rows so I have been able to flip my image to make a mirror repeat.

Mirror Repeat.

As above I repeated all of the steps and on this image and then changed the Hue/Saturation to make a much darker version of the image, I think this image is very strong and I could see it printed on a T Shirt.

Filters

Dry Brush, Dark Strokes & Sponge.

To create this image I have used my marque tool to select different parts of the image, I have then gone into Filters and selected from the list of different filters to get this design, I repeated this twice more to get the other two filters within the image.

Glass.

To create this image I have selected all of the image and gone to Filters, I have looked through the list of different filters and chose this one because I think the texture of the image looks really effective. The image reminds me of wet glass.

Stained Glass.

To create this image, again, I have selected all of it and I have gone into filters and looked at all of them to finally select this one. I chose stained glass because I find the pattern very interesting, the pattern reminds me of sequins and could be something that could perhaps be used as a design for a garment in the future.

Illustrator

Illustrator.

Using illustrator we were asked to design this image, using the pen tool and many others so we could become confident using them. 

Vest Illustration.

Using the pen tool I have drawn half of a vest, by copying and pasting I flipped the image around and joined it, creating a full vest top. By using the direct selection tool I was able to fix my vest top giving it a neckline.