This is my final outcome in which i used an unwanted pair of old jeans. I created different writing styles to add various words relating to the virus pandemic that has so greatly affected everyones lives. I used fabric paint with different brush sizes to add the words and small drawings. I was inspired to do this by clothes i have seen before that have writings as a major part of their design and from the start of the project, i knew i wanted to create something that related to Covid-19.

From the start, i knew i wanted my final outcome to relate to clothing whilst incorporating an aspect. Therefore i looked at various options such as patterns or designs on clothes and masks. As you can see, i made a face mask using an old sunglasses bag, then i used marker pen to write words relating to Covid-19.

Here i made some quick patterns with sections of photographs of the Covid -19 pathogen. I would have liked to possibly have printed patterns like these but at the time i did not have access to printing facilities.

Here is an attempt at embroidery in which i used white thread on some thin black material. This was slightly more challenging in that i didnt have an embroidery foot for my sewing machine at home. However, i manged to persevere amd im am pleased with the result.

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These are some of the samples i made using knitting and hand weaving. These processes were not my favourite and i doubt that they will contribute to my final outcome. I used different everyday materials to create some of the weaves to provide various textures.

This is the famous Tracey Emin piece ‘my bed’ installation which did not win the Turner prize in 1999, but is well remembered. Although it has no people in it, it does symbolize what a person or people do in bed by the personal items spread around. I can remember at that time, this was a slightly shocking piece of modern art as it gave the viewer a direct peep into the life of the bed owner whereas now, people would not think twice about the piece.

Celine M. Tabary -Terasse de café – Paris, 1950

In this painting, Tabary depicts a busy café scene where the people are enjoying socialising and waiters are serving them. From my perspective, it looks like the style of clothing was typical 1950s fashion although the details are fractured by the cubism styled geometric shapes throughout the painting. The pastel colours used in this painting are pleasant to the eye and don’t detract from the scene.

Banksy is a renowned street artist from England who creates a variety of pieces, most notably his instantly recognizable stencil work. He has also used everyday items and things you can find in the street to create installations. A running theme in Banksy’s work is the subtle political statements that are made through clever imagery and composition. Animals, children and elderly people are often depicted in his work.  

This is a woodblock print called Shibai Ukie by Masanobu Okumura, depicting the Kabuki theatre in Japan in the 17th Century. The piece clearly shows the luxury of the theatre through the use of bold colours. Masanobu's art includes depictions of stores and theatres in the large scale uki-e style.  

Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Dutch painter who is renowned for his work focusing on peasants and their daily life. One such example is The Peasant Dance, c. 1568, oil on wood. This is typical of Bruegel’s work with people going about their everyday lives. His paintings were often largely populated and quite striking.

This is The Milk Maid or The Kitchen Maid -By Vermeer in the 17th century. He seems to concentrate on middle class people when they are busy doing something or thinking about something inside their home. Vermeer used few but expensive pigments in his paintings to create masterpieces, using light and composition to make the viewer focus on the people in the paintings.

The mood boards show my journey idea, the collection of photographs highlighting how daily life has been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. I also included a picture NHS scrubs and masks belonging to my mother. The scrubs bare the new NHS symbol or “mosaic of hope”.

My plan was to travel from home to town and walk around being particularly observant about what I could see. I wanted then to link these visual images with emotions, sounds, and links with textiles and fashion. My project took me out to observe people on a bus, tram and train. It made me aware of the different types of people who travel on public transport. I was aware of the different racial groups and the sounds of different languages being spoken. Some voices were loud and shouting, others just chatting. School children were laughing and there were babies crying. Facial expressions in the morning were often blank and looking tired. Some people were smartly dressed to go to the office while others were dressed casually to work in manual jobs. Many people I thought looked sad, depressed, cold, broken. Covid in wintertime with Tier 3 lockdown has had a profound  impact on people. My journey to the City brought louder noises of the buses, trams, trains, tubes and cars. There were chiming church bells too and sirens of ambulances.