Greek Mythology, Textiles and Photography...

I am currently studying Contemporary Textile Products at Cleveland College of Art and Design, and it is now time for my Final Major Project in third year! For this project I shall be attempting to create an instillation, which is based on Greek Mythology. In my minor project I conducted a series of photo shoots with some of my friends portrayed as characters from Greek Mythology.

The reason I have chosen Greek Mythology as a theme, is that ever since I was little I have always loved the stories, and I feel that Greek Mythology was a wonderful way the Greeks explained terrible and wonderful events. For example the story of Persephone, where Demeter the goddess of the harvest lost her daughter to Hades for three months of the year, and stopped the plants from growing, and this is how the seasons were created.

This week I have been creating mood boards, and I made a book sculpture depicting my characters; Agaue, Daphne, Medusa, Medea, Chiron, Persephone, Pandora, Dionysus, The Moirae, Cerberus, Terpsichore, Lethe and Oedipus.