Shibori Artist

Shibori is an ancient form of dying fabric that originated in Japan. This technique is the equivalent to the popular craft: tie dye. Amy Nguyen is a shibori dye artist who makes structural clothing and accessory pieces. She is inspired by the ancient art form and other artists with similar styles. Nguyen likes her work to be structural while still accenting the natural curves on people. She starts her pieces by intricately folding an expanse of plain white cloth. During her process she uses techniques like sewing, folding, quilting, and of course, shibori dyeing. Amy's work consists of a lot of planned things, but she also relies on chance to make the piece its own. The color she can present with the shibori dye paired with the intense structural folds are unbelievable.

Amy Nguyen's style is more structural. She uses a lot of deep folds in her pieces to add texture. She also tends to have a lot of large graphic designs in her piece. Her work is more retail because it is clothing and accessories, however I think her work would be nice in a gallery as well. She sells her pieces on her website and in several stores. I chose this artist because I think her work is beautiful. I find it really interesting that she can make a flat blank piece of fabric turn into something with deep texture and color.

Perspective Project

For the perspective project, I followed the theme "What fuels me?". I chose to watercolor a picture of an ipod that gives the viewer the illusion that they are looking down at their hand holding the ipod. Here is a picture of the piece:

Artists Collaborate:
During the process of making this piece I definitely collaborated with the people at my table. I often asked for advice and feedback and it helped me a lot through the process. I also got help understanding the idea of three point perspective from my teacher. Doing these things definitely helped me develop my art making skills.
Artists Reflect:

While making this art piece I stepped back to reflect on the progress I was making. It helped me understand what needed fixing and how to fix it. Now that I have finished this piece I have reflected on it. I think it's pretty good, but I should have added more shading in the creases of the hand and below the hand to help it give the illusion that the viewer is looking down.