Hand & Lock: Embroidery Live Brief

I have decided to participate in the Hand & Lock Embroidery brief as my first live brief. The brief is all about creating samples that demand to be touched putting texture at the fore-front and as the main means for sampling. I feel that this brief really suits my style and process of creating as I have always found texture to be an inspiring context for my work.

I feel that this brief will really compliment my self directed brief as both outcomes will hopefully result in a textured body of sampling. I intend to participate in both briefs alongside each other as I feel that I will be able to learn things from each brief that could benefit the other as I go along.

For the hand & lock brief, I feel that I will gather a lot of my inspiration from field research meaning that I will capture photographs and drawings from the textures that surround me. I hope that this brief will also become quite mixed media based in my sampling, especially considering as the brief asks that we consider non conventional materials, such as those used in construction, medicine, electronics and food packaging. I feel that I could collect a whole body of materials in this area that I could use for both my self directed and this live brief.