After looking at fashion as a commodity and how it has an effect on the environment, I took an interest in processes that inspire and continue the production of garments. The process of weaving is a long and tedious job that holds lots of room for human error, especially for workers in extreme conditions. I tried to replicate the process of weaving in a series of experiments using appropriated magazine images seeing the outcome when two images were merged together. I like the middle one the most, this is because I photocopied the original image and used that, weaving it slightly displaced from the original, this kept all the colours close and gives it almost a digital pixelated effect. I was also intrigued by the reverse side of the piece, in the last image, where the back of the print is plain it emphasises this digital quality to it and makes it slightly questionable as to what you're looking at.
Whilst making these works I started following Jonpaul Smith on Instagram. It is inspiring to see him go through such a labour intensive process to complete these pieces, much like a majority of the fashion industry, but he makes it art, similarly, he could have some imperfections in his work due to such a tedious work process, but the quality of which he maintains in these pieces make the final image almost faultless. I believe some of them contain printed images and original wrappers/pieces in order to give it such a lively texture when it's finished. Despite being applicable in technique, I think that his work hints at commodities and consumerism with constant use of products weaved through his work. In particular, because of the multitudes of products that go through the right image, I see an element of a manipulated advertisement.
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