Antonie Bridier Nahamais

As I began my new theme a week before I had let fruit turn to mould and had taken images of them, my passion for this theme grew as I snapped images of fruit day after day as it decayed and turned into a burst of new colours . When researching this theme I came across many textile artists but Antonie Bridier Nahamais particular stood out to me as it catched my attention due to how fascinating his work was.

I am interested into the work of Antoine Bridier Nahmais goes into as he goes into mould of fruits and grows bacteria in petri dishes and creates samples in the style of them. I like the colours he uses in his samples as he uses colour inspired by mould such as greens, blues, browns ,whites and slight hints of yellow. I like the idea of his work looking like molecules which links into the science area a bit more. I am inspired by the shapes he uses which are circles which I shall also be using in my sketchbook to help show the theme clearer.  He uses a wide range of techniques within his textile work such as felting; freehand, crochet and hand-stitching which are simple but makes his work look rather unique and different to others.  However I think he could improve his work by using more techniques to help his work look more 3D.   

Here he has used a simple hand stitch to create this piece of work which we can see is full of colour and texture.

Here we can  see a range of techniques such as crochet he has used to create his samples. I am particularly fond of the image below as I believe it really shows his passion for creating pieces inspired by biology.

 

Here he has used techniques such as free hand, appliqué, and embellishment to create his replica of a petri dish.

Here I have used soluble material as well as applique to create textures from my images of moldy fruit. I had my fabric in circles to help resemble a petri dish and used

Here I have sewn onto paper as well as fabric. I have also teared into my work to help replicate circles.

Here is an image of a apricot I had left to mould.