Sketchbook work and weaving on the loom

Progressing from my sketchbook work I have began to look at the outlines of both buildings; the royal arcade and the new, modern flats situated in riverside. The more modern ones created more straight lines, whereas the royal arcade created more curved lines, I found this perspective interesting as in some way it shows how architecture has developed and changed just by the shape and line of the buildings. I also used the newly built castle mall entrance which has a very abstract style and is quite triangular, all of these parts of buildings gave me a new idea, from this I then sketched very quick outlines using bold coloured pens, then chopped these up to then create a different image, this was such a simple way of creating work but gave me some interesting patterns. Moreover, looking critically at this section of my work I feel I could have made more of a layered image by creating a background or using colour as a background to create a more vibrant, exciting image as all it is at the moment is bold lines representing outlines of buildings. Here's an example of this work below:

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As you can see within my images, the first two I have cut these up and placed them in certain orders, this is because in a previous drawing workshop Will had told us to try using paper strips to create the 'weft' of the weave, (the yarns going horizontal through the fabric) which would enable us to look back at these to see what kind of colours and patterns we needed to use to reflect our sketchbook work into our weave. I've used this approach in these collages as they reflect my buildings due to drawing the outlines and then also using specific coloured paper to all link together and create a collage that will help when creating a weave.

Moreover, I went into the weaving workshop to create two of my own weave samples that reflect this work and enable me to see these drawings and collages as a fabric. I used a 4-shaft loom for my first sample and an 8-shaft loom for my second, the 8-shaft enabled me to create some interesting and different patterns that the 4-shaft can't make. The first sample (white warp) reflects part of the more block, square drawings that aren't shown on this page but are in my sketchbook, inspired by the modern flats, the other weave reflects the castle mall entrance of triangular shaped walls.

Here's an image of the first weave inspired by the flats:

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Second image of the weave inspired by Castle Mall entrance:

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I feel that these have worked well and been successful in reflecting aspects of these buildings into a weave, the sketching and drawing has helped with this as it enabled me to take steps within my work and make it easier to break down the building into drawings.