Sue Hotchkis

The artist I looked at this week was Sue Hotchkins

Sue works around the process of ageing and decay such as rust. Her work consists of using different types of stitches, marks, textures and also exaggerated colours she also highlights the beauty found in the process of ageing. she uses a range of techniques such as ripping, burning and dying to deconstruct her materials. I really enjoy the look of Sues work as its full of various different techniques which creates texture within her work giving it depth.

Here we can see she has used various techniques such as layering,burning and bleaching to create this sample. I am fond of this sample as she has used simple techniques to create something so beautiful and different. It also reminds me of rusts due to the beautiful colours it contains.

Here we can see another textile piece she has created using her many skills to create a replica of rust. 

After being inspired by Sue's work I had created some samples in the style of her work. Here I have used material called Tyvek and had done freehand to replicate an image of rust which I had taken. I had then using the heat gun I had burnt some of my work also changing its shape to create an unusual form.

Using a technique called wet felting I had created this sample which I had then worked on to by burning, free hand and felting on top of it.

                 Here I had stuffed fabric with cotton and had burnt parts of it to show rust and decay.