Reappropriation

REAPPROPRIATION

Hand into Digital. Surface decoration. Material embelishment. Unusual HARD AND SOFT textures. Upcyclying.

S.L.RILEY

CONTENTS 1. STATEMENT 2-3. DESIGNINFLUENCES 4-5. HAND INTO DIGITAL 6-7. SURFACE EMBELISHMENT 8-9. UNUSUAL WOOD TEXTURES 10. REFERENCES 11. CONTACT ME

STATEMENT ‘This process of Reapproriation involves changing the state of an exisiting idea/material to create something new and suitable for contemporary use.’

N G I DES

NEO- CLASSICAL STYLE

U L F IN

S E C EN

U

UNUSUAL TEXTURES

REAPPROPRIATION TOOK INFLUENCE FROM THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS, TREND RESEARCH, THE NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE, DIFFERNT UPCYCLING APPROACHES AND AN ARRAY OF UNUSUAL TEXTURAL SURFACES.

S

ND E R T

G N I

C P U

L C Y

‘THE PROCESS FROM A HAND DRAWN IMAGE TO A REPEATED DIGIT DESIGN. ElEMENTS OF THE HAND DRAWNIMAGE ARE COPIED AND C OUT USING ILLUSTARTOR, THEN RE-DESIGNED AND TURNED INTO COMPLETE REPEATED PATTERN.’

GEO

NEO-CLA

SSIC IN SPIRED

HAND INTO

TAL CUT A

APES H S C I OMETR

O DIGITAL

‘THE DRAWINGS ARE INSPIRED BY THE NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE FROM THE OBJECTS AND THE DECOR WITHIN HAREWOOD HOUSE, A GRAND STATELY HOME IN LEEDS. DRAWINGS WERE PRODUCED FROM THE VISIT, AND THEN TURNED INTO REPEATATIVE CONTEMPORARY FABRIC DESIGNS.’

CONTEMPORARY TONES

R U S

E C FA

PLAIN WHITE MATERIAL WHICH HAS BEEN SPRAY PAINTED AND INKED TO PRODUCE THE SAME COLOUR PALLET THROUGHOUT THIS SAMPLE MAKING

BURNING INTO FABRIC USING A FORK TO CREATE THIS RUSTIC LOOK.

‘UNUSUAL SURFACE DECORATION USING INK, BURNING, LAYERING, HAND STITCH, MACHINE STICTH, GOLDWORK AND BEADWORK.’

EMBELISHMENTS

E B E V I T A N ’ R Y E R T A ‘AL EMPOR T N O C

S E M CO

L A U S U WOO N U

SURFA

UPCYCYLING FROM

OD

ACES

‘WOOD SURFACES CREATED USING UNUSUAL MATEIRALS FOR EXAMPLE, DECORATING FILLER, STRAWS, STAPLES, SPAGETTI STICKS, WITH A CONTEMPORARY COLOUR PALLET.’

PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE EXAMPLES OF HOW UNUSUAL MATERIALS COULD BE USED THROUGHTOUT THE UPCYCLYING PROCESS TO MAKE ONE OF A KIND FURNITURE PIECES.

‘OLD TO NEW’

REFERENCES http://www.houzz.com/neoclassical

http://restyledfurniture.com

http://www.wgsn.com.libaccess.hud.ac.uk/home/

http://bicocacolors.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/papel.html

ALL OTHER IMAGES ARE PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPGHS TAKEN BY S.L.RILEY.

CONTACT ME Sarah-lou-93@outlook.com

07500555164 https://www.facebook.com/SLRiley14