Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Graduating Collection Inspiration


In my graduating collection the Australian Impressionist Art Movement, involving artist such as Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin and Aruthur Streeton, inspired me. These artists are a first attempt at an aesthetic representation of the Australian Landscape and national identity. The collection reflects the artist techniques and applying them into a new media of fabric via experimental construction methods. Layering of material, structural panels and drape reflecting the technique of brush strokes and the palette knife. The highlighting colour theory use of blue, orange and red make up the colour palette of the collection, while contrasting stitching is used as attention to detail on the garments.



Tom Roberts
1856 Dorchester, England – Kallista, Victoria, Australia 1931

Shearing shed, Newstead 1893-94
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia




Arthur Streeton 1867-1943
Near Heidelberg, 1890
Oil on canvas 53.4 x 43.1 cm  



Frederick McCubbin
Australia 1855 – 1917

Lost, 1886
oil on canvas 114.3 x 72.4 cm




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