Soo... Time to put up the long waited material for my textile art course. It's a long row of sketches for the final work. Only ideas, about the techniques and compositions. Nothing closed yet. Basically it's about combining images that depict the reality of north, to elements that symbolise the image the tourist industry wants to give of the north. The image would be printed and painted and the other elements could be sewn onto it, like multicoloured Christmas accessories... Or then there could be a board surrounding the image, composed of these kitchy elements. Well, it's on its way. There's one initial drawing of mine first, done according to photo taken from a book, and then some of the variations of it. The first drawing depicts a manly looking woman standing on her snow-covered yard. I chose that image since in north, women's traditional role is not to be women only, but 'good workers' as well as men are. Then, the second drawing depicts 'lonely men's working residency' that's also a phenomenon in north. The third and the last drawing depicts buthchering a home animal by your own hand, that's an everyday event in some northern families still. It also depicts the poverty of north, the family in the picture is of less wealth.
The compositions of the drawings will be changed for the final piece, for copyright reasons.
Here's the pictures (the sketches). If there's any ideas that come to your mind, they're all welcomed. Also critique, or even naming your favorite visual approach (1. 2. or 3. version for each). :)
Sketches were drawn in the size of A4 except the last for image 2 was drawn in the size of A3.
Image 1. Original photo from
Sånt e livet (1979), photos by
Raymond Mortensen, Arvid Sveen and Gunnar Stumo 
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Image 2. Original photo from
Pomorit (2001), by
Jaakko Heikkilä 
Versions of it:
Image 3. Original photo from
Sånt e livet (1979), photos by
Raymond Mortensen, Arvid Sveen and Gunnar Stumo
Versions of it:
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