Rankin is a truly inspirational artist who creates amazing embroidery paintings on patchwork panels of fabric. Her work has been really interesting for my to study during my project, and I actually started using her work as inspiration at the beginning of Unit X. I really like Rankin's use of sheer fabric, because when overlapped, it creates a really interesting tonal effect. Her pieces are inspired from camping trips and tell an abstract story of what she has seen and her experiences; I find this concept interesting because it gives her work real meaning.
Seeing Rankin's work has inspired me to broaden the range of fabric that I am using at the moment. These pieces are made from a really sheer fabric, and I've only been using dense material. I also like the idea of telling a story in a piece of work, so I have experimented this concept by creating constellations on fabric, that you would be able to see on the 24th June.
I think that the constellations have turned out really well, and I want to include something like this in my final outcome, but by using a fabric that isn't as heavy. I also want to research into 3D pieces, in order to develop my own further.
