Negotiated Project - previous work and a brainstorm!

I have had an epiphany!  Reviewing my work for my updated website and the Road Map for my Professional Practice has made me realise that I return to textiles for my projects over and over again.

This is a series of ballet dresses based on the theme of air.  I've used different processes - knitting, dressmaking, wire production then altered the images with inks, clay and paint.

This one is Chaos - based on chaos theory - others included Falling Man based on a photograph (another theme of mine) of 09/11.  My main final piece on this was influenced by Niki de Saint Phalle.

The following piece was produced as a response to a sculpture from 6100BC I photographed in Jordan.  I wanted to portray the passage of time so I manipulated fabric as cracks and marks and then constructed and handsewed a traditional Gaza dress.

Another fabric piece was this cloak made with affixed photographs to celebrate my mother's life - the 'ruination' comes from the effects of dementia.

Although most of my project work based around the Holocaust was manipulated books - I did also produce the following handmade book which celebrated the life of a Hungarian woman whose photograph I had seen at Auschwitz-Berkenau.

I have also produced mono-prints of textiles whilst working on other projects:

My last year's piece was a psychogeographical hanging and prints based around my family's closed shop in Leamington Spa.

This sort-of leads me to think that (despite what the tutors at BCU feel about textiles) I should stick to my laurels and work on a textile piece for my finals. 

Consequently that decision has made my life a lot clearer.