Module 2 chapter 6

This chapter is concerned with moving the design process further on, primarily by looking at small details of the Asian textiles that I studied at the exhibition I visited, and using this information to make relief surfaces.


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The 2 bird stamps are bought woodcuts but do fit in well with the designs that I also researched in Sheila Paine's Embroidered Textiles.

This first sample was printed in black tissue paper using wax crayons and iridescent chalk pastels.


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I then moved on to coloured BG papers, still looking at the fabrics for pattern ideas.


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The above prints have all been tried using the rubbing technique, not something I would do out of choice with a stamp, as I'm much more comfortable printing with it.

So the next 4 samples have been worked with the stamps using stamp pads and bleach, and I think the results are much freer
and more my style.


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Next the paper surfaces themselves were manipulated after printing and arranged to make different designs.


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I think this was a very good design exercise as it was so closely linked to the inspirational source and yet this last sample has moved so far away from it that it has a life of its own which, for me, proves the process works.

Colour on cloth etc.

My colour studies have now moved on to fabrics and yarns.

With the one exception here of some papers that I thought might work with the fabrics.


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I chose to dye all my sample pieces with Procion reactive dyes and have therefore concentrated on natural fabrics.


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After having collected all these colour swatches together I decided I needed to see them on the inspiration wall in context with a few stitch samples (see next post), bought fabrics, pics from the 'heap' and other inspirational pieces done so far, anything that would give me a feel for expanding the stitch/surface detail explored so far.


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I found that I really enjoyed the process of dying the fabrics and the challenge of getting as close the the original colour scheme as possible. I was surprised and sometimes disappointed that some of the samples didn't take the colour as I'd expected, but some of my dyes are over 13 years old, so maybe it's time to restock.