Four final samples
- Summer Hope
- Nov 15, 2017
- 3 min read
For my four finished samples linking to the 'Castle Museum' project I have printed and stitched onto a plain cotton fabric in order to reflect my ideas and development within my sketchbook.
Firstly, with two of my samples I based them around my work at the start of this project, where I was creating backgrounds in different abstract approaches, and layering this with drawings of shells and stones (my main inspiration for this project.) For the first sample shown below I used a blue procion dye mixed with the procion dye paste, I measured a smaller amount of the dye rather than the usual '3g' as I wanted my blue to be a lighter shade, then mixed this with the '100g' of procion paste. I created a template of geometric triangles which I open screen printed with my blue colour for the base of my fabric.Once this had dried, I then created another template using the outline of my shell drawings, and printed this on top of the triangles with a lighter coloured procion dye of pink. I like the layering concept within this sample and I feel the colours mesh well together and also link to my colour scheme within my sketchbook. Using a sewing machine, I embroidered four shells into my fabric using a white yarn, I only limited this to a small about of embroidery as I felt it would become too busy and messy.
The other sample I created which is also based around my shell drawings I created using two different fabrics, both cotton, but one I have 'rust dyed' using a resist technique, wrapping marbles within my fabric and tying this with a metal wire to create the resist, then dipping it into a bowl of hot water, salt and tea bags where the metal wire and liquid would react to create this rust dye effect. I have stitched these two fabrics together, and embroidered these shell shapes, I have sewn these on more defined and detailed compared to my previous sample as both fabrics have a simplistic background which enables the embroidery to create the energy within the fabric. I am pleased with both of these samples as I have used two different techniques, and have thought carefully about my sketchbook work and linking this together.
Moreover, my last two samples I have based around my geometric, abstract collages that portray the marks and shapes within my shell drawings in a bold, vibrant way. To do this, I've again used print and stitch to create my marks. My first sample shown below I have used a range of shapes, layered with embroidery stitch to layer this and create a surface of colour and shape. I am not so happy with this sample as I feel it looks somewhat messy, the darker colour within the fabric has leaked slightly and my use of colour is quite random and not specific (doesn't correspond to my colour scheme within my sketchbook). Overall with this sample I feel it does link to my work from the museum as it's portraying my ideas of abstract work with bold shapes, but I feel I could've improved it by planning my colours more and being more thoughtful about composition.
Lastly, my final sample was again based on this geometric style of using abstract shapes and layering with marks that are taken from the patterns and details within my drawings. I prefer this sample to the previous one because I feel the shapes are cleaner; they appear neater and the composition seems more thought about. I have reflected these shapes from my abstract collages within my sketchbook, and layered these with mark makings using embroidery with a white yarn, I feel this reflects my work, however, I could have developed this more by incorporating different coloured yarns, or using a different technique to layer my fabric with.
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