Poppy Green Portfolio

 POPPY GREEN- PORTFOLIO

 Being Israeli myself I attended many protests and marches. I created this poster using news paper articles, photographs I had captured and physical posters I had held up. All combined with a layer of acrylic paint (inspired by Jette Clover- ‘Words and walls’) and screen printing ‘AM ISRAEL CHAI’ which translates to ‘the nation of Israel live’.

After looking into Jette clovers collection ‘small notes’ , I created my own version where I used a photograph of my great grandma to create a small stamp inspired by my research of Israeli postage stamps in the past. I used a collage of fabric inspired by jewellery that has been passed down to me and cultural colours.

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When studying Lisa Kokin I was reminded of a memorial I had seen at Yad Vashem- the Holocaust memorial museum. I began to bring together photographs of each generation of my family and created my own versions of her work.

I thought about how I could turn the anonymous concept to her work into something that has a personal connection to myself, I achieved this by using the photographs from my family. 

Observational drawings from my own jewellery. Along with the meaning and importance of each symbol in my culture.

I began to research the Suffragettes and looked further into the evolution of women’s fashion and how women’s suits evolved alongside women making there way into typically ‘male dominated industries’.

Joyce Watkins King uses the destruction of a shirt to express the issues with exploitation and dehumanisation within the workplace. From this I began to experiment with a shirt by taking the key elements of it and stitching them together. The use of the shirt represents women’s entrance into the workplace and beginning to break down the inequality.

I used barbie as a study too show how the suffragettes fight has changed women’s life. This empowerment is represented for young girls through things such as Barbie. I found a clear connection between the suffragettes protests and the release of Barbie dolls.

Layered screen printed poster with use of collage which conveys the visual comparison between issues women suffered with in the 19th century and issues women and young girls are currently suffering with.

The American election made me aware of the amount of women who chose not to vote for various reasons. When discussing this with my mum I was told of a quote my grandad used to say to her ‘ no vote is a vote’. I took this quote and experimented with fonts from the suffragettes.

I experimented with the quote using screen printing and the suffragette colour palette. 

Experimenting with Lino and different colour palettes.

I incorporated the quote onto a men’s blazer. Despite the fact it should be a women advocating the quote I wanted to experiment with how we can break down the binary in fashion. 

This led me onto ‘Metagirl’. She uses feminine accessories and fabrics to decorate and enhance trainers. ‘Metagirl’ does this as she finds the streetwear community to be a more masculine field and she is trying to break down the binary through her work.

I photographed my shoes and created a collage inspired by Peterson Stoop. I experimented with the techniques of ‘Metagirl’ and begun beading into the trainers branding.

Inspired by the use of lace on ‘Metagirl’s’ trainers I carried this over to the blazer. By adding lace to the lapels I am representing how women are continuing to break down the binary within occupations.

Exploring and experimenting how I can create my own lace. My pattern was inspired by details of my own trainers. 

I created a lace panel using AquaFilm- beginning to use flowers as a symbol of femininity and a feminine colour palette through the stitching.

Watercolour and pencil art from photography of flowers I had gathered. I researched into how flowers are used to represent women in society.

Fabric manipulation technique- Shibori.

Photography and photo manipulation of the Shibori led to the creation of a modern day poster/ advert for a female band inspired by the suffragettes. I used the poster/ advert for the back of a tabard- a traditional garment the suffragettes used to advocate. 

The front of the tabard was inspired by the collection ‘A DRESS’ where names were printed onto garments of people who had come forward with reports of abuse and harassment. I looked into suffragettes who had been arrested for protesting. These people are included in the list of women  on the front of the tabard.

(opens image in a new taObservational drawings from my own jewellery. Along with the meaning and importance of each symbol in my culture