Earlier Work of Laura Kent Textiles

Laura Kent | Level Four and Five Textiles in Practice | Manchester School of Art

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Saturday, 5 April 2014

Salford Quays By Night


Two concepts that I am particularly interested in researching further in this project are 'looking at what already exists' and 'adding colour to the city'. 
Taking a walk in Salford Quays by night sums up the intentions of the two theories perfectly. Something as simple as the lighting from the city reflecting on the Quays. The reflections remind me of little embroidery samples; I could imagine these images translated into stitch. In terms of creating  physicality for this unit, a series of samples could be created from photographs take from areas around the city. Through bright embroidery threads, this could be a creative way of highlighting colour and design in the city (without going and physically painting things and quite possibly getting arrested).