SURFACE 1°22 Textile Design Workshops

International design educator, and  SURFACE 1°22 creative director Emily Wills is looking for hosts and collaborators to help her share three inspiring textile design workshops. 

She will be visiting London in July, Perth in August and Bali in September so get on board...!

www.surface122.blogspot.com

www.surface122.com

The Motivational Holy Trinity

Peering through the Jungle, 2014

“Each artist expresses through art his unique way of experiencing life.
This is the essence of creation.
Through our art we bring into existence something that did not previously exist.
The creative process fulfills our need to express our experience.
And if the expression has been true, we will feel a sense of completion and satisfaction.”

(Loori, 2004, p.84)

Madder Moon exhibition, Singapore 2013

"We do things because they're interesting. 
We do things because we like them, because they're inherently gratifying. 
We do things because we get better at them, because they're the right thing to do, 
or because they're part of a larger purpose."

(Pink, 2010)

Loori and Pink artfully surmise why we engage in the creative process, why we decided to become artists, designers, writers, performers. I am motivated to be creative because creativity is challenging by nature, I feel stimulated and excited when approaching a new task or learning new things. There is said to be a holy trinity of motivation, outlined by three key points. Are you unmotivated by your creative pursuits because you overlooked one? Apparently it’s not all about you.

Autonomy . I did this myself...!

Mastery . I’m getting really good at this...!

Purpose . I did this for a cause greater than myself...!

Loori, J.D (2004) The Zen of Creativity; Cultivating your Artistic Life. Ballantine Books: New York, USA
Pink, D. (2010) Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us. RSA Animation [Online] Accessed 09/06/2014 from, http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SG&hl=en-GB&v=u6XAPnuFjJc
Wills. E. (2013) Peering through the Jungle. [Online] Accessed 23/06/2014 from, http://www.surface122.blogspot.com/

Subtractive Poetry + Fashion

 DUSEN DUSEN in Frankie Magazine, 2014

90's terrified our wardrobes with socks and chambray.

COLENIMO in Frankie Magazine, 2014

Ladies motor-racing pioneer broke vintage fingernails.

Chinatown Vinyl Squad

Kult Magazine showcased a series of artworks at a group exhibition at Zui Hong Lou Bar ‘Chinatown Vinyl Squad’ over the weekend. Inspired by vintage Chinese vinyl record covers from the 70's and 80's, twenty-five local and international artists mixed mediums to draw, paint, silkscreen and collage new pieces of art. Launched in conjunction with Kult Magazine's 13th Issue - Memory, these artworks represent a "time traveling mash-up" of culture.

Long Beach : The Showdown

Chilli versus Pepper Crab inspired digital collage from last weekend's Chinatown Vinyl Squad are for sale online at Kult Store.

  

Limited Edition of 25 signed prints, $150, framed $200 

http://store.kultmagazine.com.sg/product/long-beach-the-showdown

https://www.facebook.com/events/1449585161941812/

Sketchbooking

Packing up house and flicking through my old sketchbooks. It's interesting to see what you were playing with creatively in the past to see if there are links between then and now. These illustrations were playing with with line and shadows. For nothing in particular, would be fun to play with double journal; use these as a basis for something new integrating text or colour.

Molly Wallis 2010

Molly Wallis 2010

Design Crush :: Maria Walf

      

Maria Walf is a textile designer who specialises in screen printing, recalling everyday objects "viewed through the lens of her minimal European aesthetic." I have a crush on her clean yet kitsch style, and her signature use of neon colour pops over monochromatic backgrounds and motifs. Currently her works are being exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore. Cities and Their Thesis :: ICAS Singapore 15 - 26 February, 2014