Continuing to talk about Deborah Crowe:

 - I find that the materials she uses are very interesting but as I read about her more in depth I have noticed that I appraoch my art practise in a similar way to her:

This is a blog page I found that talks a little bit more about her combination of ideas and how they work together: What is Deborah Crowe's 'one idea' made up from and how does it keep recycling in various works?

http://bvacontexual.blogspot.co.nz/2010/09/deborah-crowe-texitle-and-art.html

Points that I found interesting to me and are similar to the way I see my art practise:

1. "She explains that she has great fascination in the sense of being restrained and contained within a space, she plays with the idea of discipline and boundaries in her works, like she said 'i like to see where the edge happens." I am interested in this idea of discipline and boundaries in a work. I feel that there has been a sense of this throughout my art practise, whether the materials are limited by their abilities and their relationships to other materials , or byt he surface that is supporting the work. For example my most current works explore a close intimate relationship between the frame (support) and the cotton thread, I will try to chellange these boundaries.
2. "There's no definite idea for Deborah's practices, her works consists many ideas that constantly shifts. However there are some focal elements that i picked out from her slides of works. Some of the main ideas are based around containment, weaving, bridge froms and wolven like architectures. Even she admits that 'documentation of some work become the material for the next to come'." I feel that this is very similar to my art practise. My work thorughout the year has changed a lot and wondered down different paths, but it continues to reference a number of ideas and my underlying interests such as pattern, colour, grids, repetition, truth to materials, and working with a visual process.

Another blog:

http://bonniematildapryce.blogspot.co.nz/2010/09/deborah-crowe-13092010.html

 

Interesting points:

 

1. From listening to Crowe's story about being locked in a cupboard by her sister, and actually liking the feeling of being contained, I can see through her pieces of work that Crowe is obviously influenced by her surroundings and her experience of space.
2. Crowe's wide range of interdisciplinary works have quite a few recurring themes throughout them. Some of these themes are about the containment of the body, perceptions and experiences, real or implied space, control, documentation, imagined spaces and construction (textile, woven, architectural) to name a few. In particular it is evident that Crowe is interested in the use of repetition and gridding in her works.
3. Even though fashion seems completely opposite to her construction and architectural works it all made sense to me when Crowe said, "Just as fabric contains the body, so does architecture, just on a different scale..." This shows the relationship that between fabric and architecture. The interwoven qualities are the same with fabric as with building construction. 
4. Overall, I think the 'One idea', or basic gist of Crowe's work is an investigation into how we interpret space and containment. We can see this throughout her works and while some of her works are designed to contain the body, others are about intervening with and controlling space.