Sheffield Art Museum

Over the February break, I heard of a collection that was showing at the sheffield art museum that could be of great help to my research, so I went to have a look. The collection was the called the Ruskin Collection, and was the work of John Ruskin, a Victorian writer who searched for natural beauty in the world around him, documented his finds and that was what was previewing in the museum.

There were lots of natural creations and that included crystals and minerals. The work was marvelous and the colours and textures of the crystals were perfect for my research. I also came across some beetles which were amazing and the colours were beautiful. Here are some pictures of what I saw of the collection.

Cystals

As I have gone forward into my research, I have really taken a liking to crystals. The colours of the natural minerals and crystals really relate back to my research, greens purples and blues, and crystals are also very iridescent and I really like the texture and surfaces of them.

I also very much like the angled strong shapes crystals have and I would really like to echo that in some of the silhouettes of my garments.

Subteranean

I have decided to base my new collection on the trend Subteranean. I found this trend in a View magazine and it is a predicted trend of 14/15. I really enjoyed looking through the View predicted trend magazines as they had some brilliant imagery in them and it was a really interesting insight into some trends that may occur in the future.

This trend caught my eye almost instantly, as the colours and images were very powerful and interesting. I really like the midnight blue's and deep purples, and I'm really interested in the green and iridescent colours.

One image really caught my eye on the trend as well, and that was one of a star. I think the blend of colours is amazing and I would really like to find some galactic material to create one of my garments in.