texture!

So 3 weeks in and i've finally come to grasp the assignment, i don't quiet know what the final outcome will be, and i may change my mind over the next 11 weeks, but i'm really enjoying messing around with different materials. Last week i was a bit confused about the idea i had but the more i played around with it the more ideas came flooding in.



The library has been a great help to me with the brief, 2 books i found particulary helpful are: "stitch, cloth, paper & paint, mixed media ideas & inspiration" by Angie Hughes.
this book gave me step by step ways to produce different textures that i wouldnt of had the brains to come up with myself!


Although i like this idea, i have another one floating around in the back of my head. When we were first given the brief immediately claustraphobia popped into my head, so i starting researching that but couldnt really go any further with it or challenge myself. However I started looking up quotes about space and one that fascinated me was "I know, it must have been my imagination, but it makes me realize how desperately alone the Earth is. Hanging in space like a speck of food floating in the ocean. Sooner or later to be swallowed up by some creature floating by.... Time will tell"   

This made me think about how even though the world is so vast and big, we sometimes cant help but feel so alone. I can somehow relate to this, if i were to go down this route for the brief i can use passed experiences as a resource. I have a picture drawn of a woman screaming, this emphasis the frustration we sometimes feel in our minds during difficult times.