Research is defined as careful consideration of study regarding a particular concern or problem using scientific methods. According to the American sociologist Earl Robert Babbie, “research is a systematic inquiry to describe, explain, predict, and control the observed phenomenon.
Research is one of the important factors when you are working on any of the project. By research one can get an information regarding their own theme, where he is lacking and what kind of creativity, he /she can improve in their own project. It gives to the chance to go through the artist work done in past and that can help you to compare own work with that work done by the artist.
So, here I also done some research work according to my theme of the project.
What is Mandala?
In the ancient Sanskrit language of Hinduism and Buddhism, mandala signifies “circle.” Customarily, a mandala is a mathematical plan or example that addresses the universe or gods in different brilliant universes. “It’s tied in with discovering harmony in the evenness of the plan and of the universe,” says craftsman Saudamini Madra.
Craftsman and math educator Fernanda Bonafini started making mandalas only for its delight. “During the time spent drawing mandala work of art, you feel a lot more quiet and more serene and your breathing and heartbeat delayed down. The sensation in your brain and body and their association, is awesome,” Bonafini says.
Individuals in various societies everywhere on the world have made mandalas, proposing that the structure addresses something profound inside each person. The splendid psychoanalyst Carl Jung accepted that the mandala addresses Oneself and that drawing a mandala gives an individual a consecrated space to meet that Self. He considered making mandalas a successful type of craftsmanship treatment, assisting with quieting and solace individuals battling with psychological wellness issues.
More information about Mandala will be on my own WordPress site as “An Art Called Mandala” and the link is given below,
Artist Research:
Art-based research can be defined as the systematic use of the artistic process, the actual making of artistic expressions in all of the different forms of the arts, as a primary way of understanding and examining experience by both researchers and the people that they involve in their studies.
Research is not only about the identifying the purpose of your personal theme but it also about the researching about the artist who have work on that field in which you are working.
My theme for the project was “Mandala into the design”. I look through the different artist who have done some tremendous work in the field of Mandal. This all artist has used Mandala art in different field.
Here are some artists on which I have done some research which has help me to improve my knowledge and my own work in the field of Mandala.
- Jamie Lockeart
- Luke McHale
- Stephania Smith
https://www.art-is-fun.com/mandala-art/
- Dilogo Khyentse Rinpoche
- Mandal use for hand decoration in India at Wedding (Mehndi)
- Parsun Balasubramanian
- Saudamini Madra
Embroidery Work:
Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins.
As I’m also using embroidery work in my project I also research through the secondary research how the embroidery developed and what will the materials using behind the embroidery.
What is Embroidery?
Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, dresses, stockings, and golf shirts. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn colour.
Some of the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest embroidery are chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, cross stitch. Those stitches remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today.
The process used to tailor, patch, mend and reinforce cloth fostered the development of sewing techniques, and the decorative possibilities of sewing led to the art of embroidery. Indeed, the remarkable stability of basic embroidery stitches has been noted:
It is a striking fact that in the development of embroidery there are no changes of materials or techniques which can be felt or interpreted as advances from a primitive to a later, more refined stage. On the other hand, we often find in early works a technical accomplishment and high standard of craftsmanship rarely attained in later times.
Embroidery can be classified according to what degree the design takes into account the nature of the base material and by the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric. The main categories are free or surface embroidery, counted embroidery, and needlepoint or canvas work.
Materials:
A needle is the main stitching tool in embroidery, and comes in various sizes and types. The fabrics and yarns used in traditional embroidery vary from place to place. Wool, linen, and silk have been in use for thousands of years for both fabric and yarn. Today, embroidery thread is manufactured in cotton, rayon, and novelty yarns as well as in traditional wool, linen, and silk. Ribbon embroidery uses narrow ribbon in silk or silk/organza blend ribbon, most commonly to create floral motifs.
Surface embroidery techniques such as chain stitch and couching or laid-work are the most economical of expensive yarns; couching is generally used for goldwork. Canvas work techniques, in which large amounts of yarn are buried on the back of the work, use more materials but provide a sturdier and more substantial finished textile.
In both canvas work and surface embroidery an embroidery hoop or frame can be used to stretch the material and ensure even stitching tension that prevents pattern distortion. Modern canvas work tends to follow symmetrical counted stitching patterns with designs emerging from the repetition of one or just a few similar stitches in a variety of hues. In contrast, many forms of surface embroidery make use of a wide range of stitching patterns in a single piece of work.
Machine:
Contemporary embroidery is stitched with a computerized embroidery machine using patterns digitized with embroidery software. In machine embroidery, different types of “fills” add texture and design to the finished work. Machine embroidery is used to add logos and monograms to business shirts or jackets, gifts, and team apparel as well as to decorate household linens, draperies, and decorator fabrics that mimic the elaborate hand embroidery of the past.
Machine embroidery is most typically done with rayon thread, although polyester thread can also be used. Cotton thread, on the other hand, is prone to breaking and should be avoided if under 30 wt.
There has also been a development in free hand machine embroidery, new machines have been designed that allow for the user to create free-motion embroidery which has its place in textile arts, quilting, dressmaking, home furnishings and more. Users can use the embroidery software to digitize the digital embroidery designs. These digitized designs are then transferred to the embroidery machine with the help of a flash drive and then the embroidery machine embroiders the selected design onto the fabric.
Artist Research:
Lauren DiCioccio
https://www.laurendicioccio.com/
Kirsty Whitlock
https://kirstywhitlock.weebly.com/
Meredith Woolnough
http://meredithwoolnough.com.au/
Sophia Narrett
https://www.artsy.net/artist/sophia-narrett
Richard Saja
https://www.artsy.net/artist/richard-saja
Kent Henricksen
https://www.artsy.net/artist/kent-henricksen
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