Recently I came across the text Beyond Craft: the art fabric by Mildred Constantine & Jack Larsen. The thing that has stuck with me, was the idea that textiles can no longer be catagorised by their traditional methods. I think that a textile says more about the way in which something has been constructed. Through the incorporation of contemporary materials and modern technology, new textiles can be created. Much of wearable technology has been created to have additional features to benefit the wearer however I'm more interested in their aesthetic and visual impact, particularly when they're placed on the human body in motion.
My body of work for jewellery, last semester was largely influenced by the work of Iris Van Herpen. Her body sculptures incorporate new textiles, which have incredible visual impact. The materials that she uses move in unusual ways. I am usually drawn towards her sculptures that play with light. When I was introduced to titanium, I immediately fell in love with the intrinsic colours and its iridescent quality of the metal. I thought that by using this material I might be able to create a similar visual response than that in Van Herpen's work.
Laurence Coffrant, 2014, Moments in transition, titanium, yarn, resin, seed beads
When I first documented my work, I photographed them as still objects. Eventually I placed them on the body and then the human body in motion. I believe that the bangle below was the most successful as it had the sense of movement, which I was originally trying to capture by using the titanium.
When photographing my work I began to see three levels of engagement where a new dynamic could be brought to each.
object > object placed on the human body > object on the human body in motion
If I wanted to go beyond this I would also like to see how the movement of the bangle could be captured through film or a sequence of photographs.
Laurence Coffrant, 2014, Moments in transition, titanium, yarn, resin
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