Fifties Musical Instruments Illustration in textiles “The Big Band Records”
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2021
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UMT, Lhr
Abstract
Since the beginning of human civilization, music has always been a source of contentment and celebration for mankind. The history of musical instruments dates back to 40,000 years but western music came to light in the 1600s. This thesis work is inspired by the Music Revolution brought in the 1950s when the acoustic music shifted to electric guitars and music became for accessible to the youngsters. The instruments specifically used in jazz and pop rock like violins, piano, guitars (acoustic, electric and bass), drums, banjos etc. and their beautiful intricate patterns and details have been used to develop sketches and compositions. The samples created have been brought to life by using a wide variety of fabric and textile modifications learned over the period of my degree. The pastel tones selected for the collection enhance the beauty of the retro style patterns and use of vinyl and old recording devices like cassettes and radio systems made the textile designs really unique and out of the box. The name big band is a unified name used for the pop rock and jazz music in the olden times and the big band was like an orchestra of all the instruments used in the 1950’s that will be highlighted and portrayed in my designs. The novelty is the use of the imagery of the instruments and devices in my comprehensive designs in such a manner that the fine wires and intricate electrical and mechanical parts are clearly visible.