The following images are from chapter seven and are experiments moving cut strips and pieces of fabrics on the kitchen table for Seminole designs. Time spent 3hrs.
Above the samples stitched together.
The next images are from my sketch book, most recent first.
The page above left is a research page where I have looked at the origins of Seminole patchwork. It started with the Seminole native American Indian tribes in Florida making clothing from a patchwork of small pieces of coloured cloth. I have also looked at some Bridget Riley work as a comparison of pattern and to help me with design ideas. The page on the right has my paper experiments of Seminole designs.
Time spent page 31, 1hr, page 32, 3hrs.
Pages 29 and 30 above have my fabric log cabin patchwork samples attached. I wished that I had included some more plain pieces of fabric as I think these samples look a bit too busy.
Time spent approx 5 - 6 hrs.
On page 27 I made some further patterned fabric experiments mainly due to techniques we were using at the school where I work at the time. I felt that making some examples of my own could be used for my own coursework. The top piece of fabric is done by batik method. I made marks on the fabric with hot wax and various tools like a fork, dripping wax with the batik tjanting tool and making wavy lines, using the edge of card and a brush. Black batik fabric dye was used to wash over these marks and when dry the wax was ironed out between two pieces of sugar paper. The sample below this is a lino cut print, the design I made from drawings in my sketchbook and printed on white cotton with black acrylic paint and textile medium.
Finally the bottom right print was made by wrapping string around a wooden block and painting with black acrylic and textile medium, printed onto white cotton.
Page 28 contains my decorated paper log cabin samples. Again I wish I hadn't used so many patterned papers next to each other, I think they look too busy. Time spent page 27, 5hrs, page 28, 3hrs.
This is two pictures of page 26 so that you can see the middle section folds out to display the write up of how I made the various printed papers. In case you can't read this very well, top and middle left are done with a wavy roller on to a Gelli plate and black acrylic/ textile medium, top right and bottom left were done by painting black acrylic and textile medium on a Gelli plate and small snippets of paper dropped on top before making the print, middle right was just a silicone hot plate mat painted with black paint/textile medium and bottom right was black paint/textile medium painted onto the Gelli plate and lightly scratched into with a plastic fork.
patterning of fabrics using cold water dyes and fabric paints.
The images left and below are all part of the same page 25, I am showing that the small fabric samples on the right of the page pull down to reveal the writing about each sample.
Samples A, Tritik shibori
B, Tritik shibori spiralC, Tritik shibori zigzag
D, Tritik shibori spiral
E, Tritik shibori scrunch lines
F, Tie dye bulldog clip
G, Tie dye gathered and tied
H, Bull dog clip pleats
I, Tied bundle
J, Tie dye scrunched into a ball and wrapped in elastic
bands.
K, Same as
above.
L, Arashi
shibori.
Time spent approx 4hrs
Below are pages 23 and 24, Monoprints on paper in black acrylic.
Page 23, samples A and B, marks were made with a plastic fork, sample C was sponge and cotton bud, D was sponge swirls, samples E and F were made with small pieces of card.
Page 24, sample G was dabbed edge of card, H, edge of card dragged slightly, I, cotton bud dabs, J, painted with a brush and dabbed with a cotton bud, K, edge of card in zigzag motion, L, edge of card in fan shapes. All prints were done with a Gelli plate. Time taken approx 1 - 2 hrs.
Above are pages are 21 and 22, Bleach and black tissue experiments part of chapter 5. I only did a few of these with a plastic fork dipped in bleach onto tissue and a cotton bud dipped in bleach. Time spent approx half an hour during a lunch time at work.
Above are the first two pages of chapter 5, pages 19 and 20. Make patterned papers.
Page 19, sample A, wavy roller, B, feather on a stick, C, edge of card and D, triangular eraser tip and feather.
Page 20, E, edge of pencil grip, F, edge of pencil grip and cotton bud, G, piece of card and H, feather lines.
Time spent 1hr.
The images below are all four pages of chapter 4, Drawing patterns from animal markings. Pages 15 to 18.
On page 15 I have focused on the feather patterns of the Great Argus pheasant, looking at how the patterns could be interpreted in stitch.
Page 16 is a study of the crow, looking at simplified feather pattern and a print I made from the crows eye shape. I made the smaller bird drawing at the bottom of the page because I liked the feather pattern and thought I could interpret this well with some of my previous sewing machine strips. Pages 15 and 16 time spent approx 8hrs.
On pages 17 and 18 above I focused more on the Great Argus pheasant feather patterns. Here I tried breaking down the pattern using an enlarged photocopy and making a simplified drawing, I then used this design to make prints and stitch samples. Time spent 5hrs.
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