Merry Go Around: Favorite color and how it comes into your work

I don't know that I have a favourite colour as such... I used to wear mostly black and red in my late teens and early Twenties... late into Goth and Rock I think did that. I'm not sure exactly when that changed, but as I worked in Fashion and Textiles later on, I guess I was influenced by the trends we designed by. That's not to say if Pirates where in I donned my 'Adam Ant' face paint, nor did I go out head to toe in Leopard print if that look was in either, but I did break my earlier rules and started wearing brighter hues, leaving the black and red to the back of the closet.

Today while you will see me mostly in band T-shirts and jeans on my days off, I do also go for brighter 'hippie' stripes and probably in a range of pinks, purples, reds and blues. I guess these are the colours that show through in the fibre I dye, card and blend.

Colour, or hue of colour is a product of my mood, I think... I often find that the brighter the day, or my mood the more I am drawn to bold and hot colours. Where as a slower, more mellow day might bring out the sugary pastel wools and earthy dyes. I suppose it's also true of my darker days... you know that day you 'wake up and nothing goes right' sort of a day... well they are often the days I don't card, dye or blend... usually because those are the days when I produce incipid or sluggy palates... which is never good! Those now are computer days... days to catch up on admin and the like... not to try and be creative!

So I guess I don't have a favourite colour that dominates my work, but colour (or how my mood dicates colour) does effect my work... you can see below that I had a mix of bright and mellow days carding this lot...

How does colour effect your work?

Sara x

http://www.sarastexturecrafts.com/

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This post was part of a blog Merry go Around, where I have got together with some friends to talk about a similar subject on the same day... a nice way to meet people!

Mitsy at MindArt - http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/

Kim at Vilt a la Kim - http://viltalakim.blogspot.com/

Sara at Crafts of Texture - http://sarastexturecrafts.blogspot.com/

Fabienne at Easterya Jewellery Creations - http://easterya.blogspot.com/

Mariana at Florcita - http://www./florcita.eu/

Agathe at Le Bar du Vent - http://lebarduvent.blogspot.com/

Lily at Lily Pang Art and Design - http://lilypangart.blogspot.com/

Ruth at Birdland Creations - http://insidetheartisan.blogspot.com/