U4 Art Textiles students at The Museum of Natural History, London.

Students spent a research day in The Natural History Museum taking inspiration from the collections there to inform this years theme 'Inside Out'. The aim of the project is to focus on the human body from the inside and students were given the opportunity to do so while examining The Spirit Collection, where numerous organic forms have been preserved in liquid and kept in glass jars. Some of the specimens date back to 1800’s and were collected by Darwin himself. 

Students also learned how hormones affect the body, how senses influence perception, how the memory functions and how the brain and other organs work together. Studies the students made in their sketchbook are the basis for their research, which will be developed over the course of the year into a wearable garment. Watch this space!