tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37956465141699942102024-03-27T07:37:50.112+01:00STITCHING IN THE SUNI am working on my Diploma with Sian Martin's Distant Stitch course.
This is a distance-learning course in design, textile arts, creative embroidery and mixed media based in the UK.stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-56807862519811405362019-05-10T17:13:00.001+02:002023-01-17T17:25:05.979+01:00Her face is a map of the world. Mapping faces<div><!--wp:paragraph-->
<p><br /></p><p><strong style="text-align: center;"></strong></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBStaNRMDtSik0R8jz8ZdfCHV6RFh4Y2eQzmcyoSLisA8E7IsxvSdLXICLQSqJ88lcZf3OZ_rFOr3IGZO_hHvrzI52QvJii4WgHMZqs8BzH4aTkMAk54Wwt5lBCQBORQoIkN_RihKXU75BtNC7OlCX5sTnBBRstEKkTiGS5fP497MxSWILvVnlL4Pa"><img alt="" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="669" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBStaNRMDtSik0R8jz8ZdfCHV6RFh4Y2eQzmcyoSLisA8E7IsxvSdLXICLQSqJ88lcZf3OZ_rFOr3IGZO_hHvrzI52QvJii4WgHMZqs8BzH4aTkMAk54Wwt5lBCQBORQoIkN_RihKXU75BtNC7OlCX5sTnBBRstEKkTiGS5fP497MxSWILvVnlL4Pa=w297-h400" style="cursor: move;" width="297" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I have recently discovered the British expression 'her face is a map of the world' <a href="https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/84569/origin-of-the-expression-his-her-face-is-a-map-of-the-world">here</a>. To me it means that a face takes on itself the imprint of life. Every day our face changes with us reflecting the passage of time, our experiences and feelings.</p>
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<p>Looking at faces like maps really inspires me and I have drawn a series of sketches within the frame of my theme of masks and faces.</p><p><br /></p><h2>Tactile self portraits</h2><p>'Her face is a map of the world' makes me think that we can read a face like a map. I can explore its individual marks, lines, folds and wrinkles like a territory I am exploring. And this was exactly what I had in mind while I was sketching the tactile self portraits below.</p><p>Tactile self portraits are a fascinating exercise included in one of my favourite books on drawing ever - <em><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Projects-Exploration-Language/dp/1907317252/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=SSG0FZ8CAQYS&keywords=drawing+projects+an+exploration+of+the+language+of+drawing&qid=1553776689&s=gateway&sprefix=drawing+projects%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1-fkmrnull">Drawing Projects</a></em> by Mick Maslen and Jack Southern.</p><p><!--wp:heading-->
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<!--/wp:paragraph--></p><p>As I told in my latest post, Sian Martin warmly recommended this book to me years ago when I started the course. Unfortunately it is not easily available now. In the tactile exercise of Project 2 you touch your face with a hand and draw what you feel with the other while keeping your eyes closed.</p><p><br /></p>
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<h2>From my physical and digital sketchbook</h2>
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<p>It is the short circuit between touch and drawing that attracts me to this exercise and by repeating it several times and with different media the result is always new. Briefly a few examples:</p><ul>
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<li>Pictures 1 and 2 are the most tactile. My preferred one is 1 because I think that the softness of the pencil suits the exercise better.</li><li>Pictures 3 and 4 show the same sketch. For 1 I uploaded the original pencil sketch to my tablet and further developed it using the app <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art-set-4/id1418530800?mt=8">Art Set.</a> For drawing 2 I added strings to the pencil sketch.</li>
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<p>It was almost impossible for me to obtain even the vaguest resemblance. Yet it is an intimate way of exploring a face that I find really satisfying.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNmmacq-z2H0bxnskWxlKxHjhEpJnukBLqv_3qL12kXGW_5wQdwoWIzwZ_b_tUT_82oXwFNWtySWPwy_posFDB1dOUkKRxj_wmOa0FA0SY9pSD-umlxhK0K2bXeVpGi6cE3fT2hYvF8D1FcWkBmsN9xiIGTGzq_5NApLnu08dVG3JAy-ISWQheZsD/s960/9E4ED574-C773-4991-BD41-FB4418D27A34.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNmmacq-z2H0bxnskWxlKxHjhEpJnukBLqv_3qL12kXGW_5wQdwoWIzwZ_b_tUT_82oXwFNWtySWPwy_posFDB1dOUkKRxj_wmOa0FA0SY9pSD-umlxhK0K2bXeVpGi6cE3fT2hYvF8D1FcWkBmsN9xiIGTGzq_5NApLnu08dVG3JAy-ISWQheZsD/w534-h640/9E4ED574-C773-4991-BD41-FB4418D27A34.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 - Tactile self portrait in pencil</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBdwEbjr2DGIFIkO4ueD0rt6dNUPKD4pD_q-YOq4L6lz1qtpGoxpglUCva_zBySCstKkkWR7S8LOMz38Vl98RA9ZM-zbgWqBLyH_N2UQiCdds35NQ_Zw9O2PhMtUQ1cy_NMJubUvRjurg-15Z9t1WpLd9LA4Pzwter35qTc26uUlfSCHDf8DMc-Z6/s960/74DC2A28-7461-441A-B901-D0C089CD299C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBdwEbjr2DGIFIkO4ueD0rt6dNUPKD4pD_q-YOq4L6lz1qtpGoxpglUCva_zBySCstKkkWR7S8LOMz38Vl98RA9ZM-zbgWqBLyH_N2UQiCdds35NQ_Zw9O2PhMtUQ1cy_NMJubUvRjurg-15Z9t1WpLd9LA4Pzwter35qTc26uUlfSCHDf8DMc-Z6/w534-h640/74DC2A28-7461-441A-B901-D0C089CD299C.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 - Tactile self portrait in fibre pen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgn9mt0K72fnAdlx0ExDETkyrClE2-CW4WigqxhgQsniBoM2cIUim9f8wMU7nsmhMCgu4TDiB_jeJiX-4zh9WeQoXmdvQDe20aIk3OQ28_qJZi0rN1b-UcRE-TSncVE1qYY9UxqmIc0p9u5HFcXwANXXTyRJj504G_J_U-2cEFnUsDY7_wPL8D4GS/s960/362DDAAD-EA96-4063-9792-3B4290FA2959.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgn9mt0K72fnAdlx0ExDETkyrClE2-CW4WigqxhgQsniBoM2cIUim9f8wMU7nsmhMCgu4TDiB_jeJiX-4zh9WeQoXmdvQDe20aIk3OQ28_qJZi0rN1b-UcRE-TSncVE1qYY9UxqmIc0p9u5HFcXwANXXTyRJj504G_J_U-2cEFnUsDY7_wPL8D4GS/w534-h640/362DDAAD-EA96-4063-9792-3B4290FA2959.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 - Digitalized tactile self portrait</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5e_moKULEW7597aU3cAgv__ZcndWONtdpwAPZVzLyet2yAJP6AnpGI09PROQH73AovSNVKEYvWt6XGBZA3UH2H3g1VWuMImxkjMoMV2N9ew7MhM7_fmnjXFN3oX7AQzuEURIF6gxxku42XN2LzbhwKC-JbyyvTdQQ5zOgY91YSdyvs_zgPAGBdL2/s960/793D05BA-15A4-43E4-A3E3-61B42E18643C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5e_moKULEW7597aU3cAgv__ZcndWONtdpwAPZVzLyet2yAJP6AnpGI09PROQH73AovSNVKEYvWt6XGBZA3UH2H3g1VWuMImxkjMoMV2N9ew7MhM7_fmnjXFN3oX7AQzuEURIF6gxxku42XN2LzbhwKC-JbyyvTdQQ5zOgY91YSdyvs_zgPAGBdL2/w334-h400/793D05BA-15A4-43E4-A3E3-61B42E18643C.jpeg" width="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 - The same sketch on paper</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div><h2>Mapping a face</h2><p>At this point I want to try 'mapping' a face using different approaches. For my first attempt at 'mapping' I chose a wonderful photo of <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/02/24/mumbling-beauty-louise-bourgeois-alex-van-gelder-arezoo-moseni-artist">Louise Bourgeois in her very old age</a>, by photographer Alex Van Gelder.</p><p>Her amazingly expressive face, her features laboured by time and life experiences and my great admiration for her force and energy as an artist made me choose her.</p><p><!--wp:heading-->
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<!--/wp:paragraph--></p><p>But also her masterful way of staying in front of the camera and her capacity to forge herself at wish make my heart skip a beat whenever I look at her photographs. It amazes me how ambiguous her pictures are: candid and inhibited and yet also staged and deliberate. They show her complex range of faces but also her masks. </p><p><br /></p><h2><strong style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Folds and wrinkles traced</span></strong></h2><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_hliSVu_16O_NkH3qkycIu1z-yKW2yrc--0pD8cqk35zx2gAua6Y9viJ2hRLpqjLY8PKH-QUEranmGpXZeEnvDlZTWrkghvVBqUMM-8l8iPF258XHBxggmFEV7jLF51UEmYNz2Aby3OlEvvpO4QBTPS84VwDFLkg78Ou0Nm-7cBzglzady36nsRqb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="767" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_hliSVu_16O_NkH3qkycIu1z-yKW2yrc--0pD8cqk35zx2gAua6Y9viJ2hRLpqjLY8PKH-QUEranmGpXZeEnvDlZTWrkghvVBqUMM-8l8iPF258XHBxggmFEV7jLF51UEmYNz2Aby3OlEvvpO4QBTPS84VwDFLkg78Ou0Nm-7cBzglzady36nsRqb=w185-h400" width="185" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 - Traced photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQEg4cFq8wEeUMZrmtKeq1xZLBeL8SEQmIuuazd3fOa1qXHBroSg1vPk6DW6KqtEVjyshDF3Ew7NaoA4rmkxIVYi6AtujdEeAjqDv8r4tKL8_u0VuCVMqrzSNzaXw_3njvUrq2Fx_zdtMxI9hng30E8MDXkk8b_m1XFGC0CoXF4C49N4QZvzaQnWdF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="1995" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQEg4cFq8wEeUMZrmtKeq1xZLBeL8SEQmIuuazd3fOa1qXHBroSg1vPk6DW6KqtEVjyshDF3Ew7NaoA4rmkxIVYi6AtujdEeAjqDv8r4tKL8_u0VuCVMqrzSNzaXw_3njvUrq2Fx_zdtMxI9hng30E8MDXkk8b_m1XFGC0CoXF4C49N4QZvzaQnWdF=w287-h400" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 - Collage and stitching</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBStaNRMDtSik0R8jz8ZdfCHV6RFh4Y2eQzmcyoSLisA8E7IsxvSdLXICLQSqJ88lcZf3OZ_rFOr3IGZO_hHvrzI52QvJii4WgHMZqs8BzH4aTkMAk54Wwt5lBCQBORQoIkN_RihKXU75BtNC7OlCX5sTnBBRstEKkTiGS5fP497MxSWILvVnlL4Pa" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p>Taking the first sketch as a reference and reproducing its main lines I made collage 3 in black and white. I can still vaguely recognize a face. Yet the black network can be seen as grooves in the land or streets of a city map.</p>
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<p>Pictures 2 and 6 are digital versions of collage 3. In 2 the 'streets' appear in low relief, while in 6 the blocks are digitally 'embossed'. On reconsidering these images and even if the contest is totally different, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Burri">Alberto Burri</a>'s Cretti ('cracks') come to my mind.</p>
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<p>Pictures 4 and 5 show paper collages from my sketchbook both based on sketch 3, with the addition of pencil, gouache and stitching.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-9nDDAI1sU3JM6uu-RP6fvCLLZmbjziFkonqoKrbrm1fFBrSO2TvS4c76XtxCmpQDJ6h7oDWsFluz4FZIp-1JCnySCVdCIbwSP8-VEqt_lnQinP-pjVZ0fkZzyYnRIoO3CeTR75Ulx-PDL2sNucnx5xC3fClm4Iwe6Xg3mGz68W1ij56PgzK670vC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="640" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-9nDDAI1sU3JM6uu-RP6fvCLLZmbjziFkonqoKrbrm1fFBrSO2TvS4c76XtxCmpQDJ6h7oDWsFluz4FZIp-1JCnySCVdCIbwSP8-VEqt_lnQinP-pjVZ0fkZzyYnRIoO3CeTR75Ulx-PDL2sNucnx5xC3fClm4Iwe6Xg3mGz68W1ij56PgzK670vC=w400-h244" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alberto Burri, Cretto Grande Bianco (1982) From: <br /><a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/alberto-burri/cretto-grande-bianco-1982">https://www.wikiart.org/en/alberto-burri/cretto-grande-bianco-1982</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj14UF0hihTkAtlmdcYN1W4NPUf-pdWLL9xBuT9YBIggOS5cFQqYd3HOg4NA47iOubF4Yh7oTpmM3rn4r_7oBrHTkE-v9_CJI_W1hH1aAoCca1u8wpicHXDhPsZplIs1n3yyZrIAx1dt78GweSwKc60r1MYCEl-F62GYCXFQ0ysoU1kY5tGTbh_r9iS" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj14UF0hihTkAtlmdcYN1W4NPUf-pdWLL9xBuT9YBIggOS5cFQqYd3HOg4NA47iOubF4Yh7oTpmM3rn4r_7oBrHTkE-v9_CJI_W1hH1aAoCca1u8wpicHXDhPsZplIs1n3yyZrIAx1dt78GweSwKc60r1MYCEl-F62GYCXFQ0ysoU1kY5tGTbh_r9iS=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cretto di Gibellina Vecchia, foto di Andrea Lodi (2008). From: <br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pelodia/2767707803">https://www.flickr.com/photos/pelodia/2767707803</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><b> </b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0.75em; position: relative; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #302a2c; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ41T0L_Ksu2Z8ckUmmx2PT4D_tiEzoYpfmYrOxYrlb0H9FaSK_nie-vQJrHnQsWkjhvjWTPjEGJbcUOrw1kM8oUFV9sNmF3LvyrgVmmWkpIivOnMvJNYVZG_w1htLZdbE_-A1We6B0r2BnfDLSmD4C7xlIkYgJutAaK4HzbBUhJgKmr7ph05qXwyy" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ41T0L_Ksu2Z8ckUmmx2PT4D_tiEzoYpfmYrOxYrlb0H9FaSK_nie-vQJrHnQsWkjhvjWTPjEGJbcUOrw1kM8oUFV9sNmF3LvyrgVmmWkpIivOnMvJNYVZG_w1htLZdbE_-A1We6B0r2BnfDLSmD4C7xlIkYgJutAaK4HzbBUhJgKmr7ph05qXwyy=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0.75em; position: relative; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #302a2c; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0.75em; position: relative; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #302a2c; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">I’m starting to explore my theme of masks and faces with some sketches of faces. For these first attempts I use a fascinating drawing book, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Projects-Exploration-Language/dp/1907317252/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=SSG0FZ8CAQYS&keywords=drawing+projects+an+exploration+of+the+language+of+drawing&qid=1553776689&s=gateway&sprefix=drawing+projects%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1-fkmrnull" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ae7ae2; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Drawing Projects</i></span></a></span><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #302a2c; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;"> by Mick Maslen and Jack Southern, that suggests many sets of structured drawing exercises to try.</span></span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Together these exercises encourage an investigative approach to drawing that I find very refreshing. I learnt about the book from my tutor </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://sianmartinartist.com/">Sian Martin</a></i></span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> years ago and it remains one of the most inspiring creative buys I ever made. Unfortunately it is now rarely available at least online.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Here I use some projects from the book as a loose, inspirational tool to explore my particular theme of masks and faces. But I promise myself to expand on this wonderful drawing resource in a future post.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">I sketched 1 in pencil and 2 in fibre pen with my left hand. I was not ‘allowed’ to look at the drawing while sketching. It is a combination that allows very limited control. So these first sketches are just scribbles even if in 2 I can start to see a face.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">In 3 I changed from left to right hand and even if this too is certainly no masterpiece at least a face is there. With practice I think I could gain some more control on the process.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Drawing without looking at the paper really helps me to focus on the subject and to shorten the distance between what I see and what I draw. This is also a very useful warm-up exercise before engaging in a real drawing session.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">For Sketch 4 my inspiration was a very different exercise from the same <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Projects-Exploration-Language/dp/1907317252/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=SSG0FZ8CAQYS&keywords=drawing+projects+an+exploration+of+the+language+of+drawing&qid=1553776689&s=gateway&sprefix=drawing+projects%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1-fkmrnull" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ae7ae2; font-style: italic; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">book</a>. I taped three pencils together and used them as a single tool. It’s an interesting method in that the resulting marks are tentative and exploring in nature and no hard edges are possible.</p></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; letter-spacing: 3px; margin: 10px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; letter-spacing: 3px; margin: 10px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">DRAWING WITH AN EXTENDED ARM</h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">Still another very useable drawing exercise from the same <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Projects-Exploration-Language/dp/1907317252/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=SSG0FZ8CAQYS&keywords=drawing+projects+an+exploration+of+the+language+of+drawing&qid=1553776689&s=gateway&sprefix=drawing+projects%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1-fkmrnull" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ae7ae2; font-style: italic; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">book </a>is drawing with a felt pen held loosely with an extended arm. The farther away you hold the pen from the point, the less control you have.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;">I further developed the original sketches on my tablet using the app <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art-set-4/id1418530800?mt=8" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ae7ae2; font-style: italic; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Art Set</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin: 5px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.3px;">Below is a selection of images from my real and digital sketchbooks.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #302a2c; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; 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margin-left: 20px;">halfway its length</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 20px;">at its farther end</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 20px;">attached to a 30 cm stick</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 20px;">attached to a 60 cm stick</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 20px;">a combination of lengths</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cdopI_oKeAWD1srRV8BD3CXp1GciHQYiaSJB3DqPZtpt7KnXTltxWqh5HsCwwvyPkiu3RbOJaT_k7EI5DXgkC5BZRsqkHQATET3p6Z7Pvr8YQW-mL3kjq8Zu91J_6EPE-jii_m3p46gmdXL9432iP4LLP4QsQ_SySx73TKiBi3suOHJtCCxJdUZl/s960/D52F9CBF-13F5-4F2F-BE8F-2EB201AE2F00.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cdopI_oKeAWD1srRV8BD3CXp1GciHQYiaSJB3DqPZtpt7KnXTltxWqh5HsCwwvyPkiu3RbOJaT_k7EI5DXgkC5BZRsqkHQATET3p6Z7Pvr8YQW-mL3kjq8Zu91J_6EPE-jii_m3p46gmdXL9432iP4LLP4QsQ_SySx73TKiBi3suOHJtCCxJdUZl/s320/D52F9CBF-13F5-4F2F-BE8F-2EB201AE2F00.jpeg" width="267" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TEW-y41zMhzdmNmE5Et4M18Am94fNg81_XER3EMo-pcmu2MPt371I_bwoJEIiqcr7Kxl0jJkUG59S_9AdwwKVi0B_td20SyfSghinf9rBlveExdLoeQVp4yqGC13GYBJBQZheg4Vb0VPPLUuqWfg0Pn5yevfmysyMVUeiPk3K5eGcdiB9M7je0xQ/s960/FA0B95CF-8349-4958-B103-37E7F2A6B1C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-73616388435667989542014-10-27T17:35:00.203+01:002023-01-17T14:39:30.585+01:00LET’S MAKE A START ON DIPLOMA: MASKS WILL BE MY THEME<div><div><h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">First ideas for my theme</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl4cbK1URjE3KFUE--C3MlPWk1fNURpMojL3ZpRbytSj0YeUv-EQdyr9vyMaiINyPojea-jgyHo03ChMh3KI6RgYjyR8_XGmy9PPQboqb6F6zeQdoHBp3NQbIZ_NkqzAaJuatVwcveSxtDgVgVhyx04p4l-Jws8rlQcfJ0agFKF3dHmKQ6RCSsoXuj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl4cbK1URjE3KFUE--C3MlPWk1fNURpMojL3ZpRbytSj0YeUv-EQdyr9vyMaiINyPojea-jgyHo03ChMh3KI6RgYjyR8_XGmy9PPQboqb6F6zeQdoHBp3NQbIZ_NkqzAaJuatVwcveSxtDgVgVhyx04p4l-Jws8rlQcfJ0agFKF3dHmKQ6RCSsoXuj=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></h2></div><div><p>The universal use of masks among very different peoples and historical ages in religion, funerary ceremonies, theatre, popular events all over the world is was first attracted me to the theme.</p>
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<p>But what is a mask? And in what is it different from a face considering that both have human features?</p>
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<p>Basically a mask has a fixed expression, its parts do not move or change, it becomes alive only when is worn otherwise looks inhabitated or empty. It's impersonal.</p><p>A face instead is unique to each one of us, is constantly changing. His expressions react to people and situations, adjust to feelings, respond to experiences. A real face evolves through life, develops wrinkles, creases, transforms itself in time, is impermanent, evolving from birth to death.</p><p>We look in the mirror at our face and we see ourselves, people look at us and recognize us from our face, so our own identity depends on it, with our face we express emotions, interact with each other, our face changes with life and ages as we age. We <strong>are </strong>our face.</p><h2>From the sketchbook </h2><p><!--wp:paragraph-->
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<!--/wp:paragraph--></p><p>But also masks are interesting. As a matter of fact since I started collecting images of masks I have found it difficult to keep them separate from faces. Sometimes there is a transition like in the bronze statue from Benin that was my very first inspiration three years ago.</p><p>With its stylized features it is a face but not an individual face, rather an abstracted simplified version of a face. Its eyes are empty and it could actually also be worn as a mask.</p><p><br /></p>
<!--/wp:paragraph--></div><div><strong><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkyvru7xWe5lCaFqalD_rPch4R_CfV24Wb1g-yPB8PSboHvEaVzptC-lluMkvqXUR-h20cYwc9_D_gcZ_A3ysyD6D0j9Y4BxjHGU2FTITci3WLj6mVI1BTRqecDGDwVcAvtonqx5tgWTctFnvWaecKuYrlU7UPpRWjj0coHZMJPY3_0t-EBelF8JHc" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="1. A collection of mask images" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkyvru7xWe5lCaFqalD_rPch4R_CfV24Wb1g-yPB8PSboHvEaVzptC-lluMkvqXUR-h20cYwc9_D_gcZ_A3ysyD6D0j9Y4BxjHGU2FTITci3WLj6mVI1BTRqecDGDwVcAvtonqx5tgWTctFnvWaecKuYrlU7UPpRWjj0coHZMJPY3_0t-EBelF8JHc=w320-h320" title="1. A collection of mask images" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1. A collection of mask images</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></strong></div><div><strong><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYOPB0UNVdC-uCmv68c-xqTQHoRTsSF4-ruYXgTu3vEPO_ulqnvV6IAXu4SO__Kt1GFRa60bzPcm84sXBtswx5ilMyO048Mn_9nyYLrC0cAKe05uXIWidDpos_-aXUeOovgMXR-BeL4mAp7f1rjeTQmY8tR8kOpPipT79UiIc0n1j8ST9O5oD8Qus3" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYOPB0UNVdC-uCmv68c-xqTQHoRTsSF4-ruYXgTu3vEPO_ulqnvV6IAXu4SO__Kt1GFRa60bzPcm84sXBtswx5ilMyO048Mn_9nyYLrC0cAKe05uXIWidDpos_-aXUeOovgMXR-BeL4mAp7f1rjeTQmY8tR8kOpPipT79UiIc0n1j8ST9O5oD8Qus3=w239-h320" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2. Bronze statuette from Benin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></strong></div><div><strong><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPSR5H0fHhNwzvJ6XVxVL6yVdnDWGiwLoD70iBEbOg3oXumXL5fNBSJjikXuB3yI7JganHEJusbf9gPFDEtpAG_iBUfwLo_bd8qS93qV7ZbkHgjnTZzqV0JPba1tTKVvDt2njwLirovajdF9WXM7YkgV_Vk8u5YXDXNg06_xDTty6jX_lcP4nuFecx" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPSR5H0fHhNwzvJ6XVxVL6yVdnDWGiwLoD70iBEbOg3oXumXL5fNBSJjikXuB3yI7JganHEJusbf9gPFDEtpAG_iBUfwLo_bd8qS93qV7ZbkHgjnTZzqV0JPba1tTKVvDt2njwLirovajdF9WXM7YkgV_Vk8u5YXDXNg06_xDTty6jX_lcP4nuFecx=w317-h320" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3. Simple sketches</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1UbyJ1eQfQEYuWwRvcHgeZNoP-qjM3J10pu4D_Sjk-y3cE2mXS5t3MX4KS7uDwGZ5wBbmKCm-9hOpAM3BM6o4rQmSiIQKnws7icUzG7xYdeinwwuM8NN0qQ_PDiBwyIlIqQ3zDfg_kies1yAeBvuQejozoB3OeQM5-mNvoavRDVAtmxlKuDYzlqrm" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1UbyJ1eQfQEYuWwRvcHgeZNoP-qjM3J10pu4D_Sjk-y3cE2mXS5t3MX4KS7uDwGZ5wBbmKCm-9hOpAM3BM6o4rQmSiIQKnws7icUzG7xYdeinwwuM8NN0qQ_PDiBwyIlIqQ3zDfg_kies1yAeBvuQejozoB3OeQM5-mNvoavRDVAtmxlKuDYzlqrm=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4. Other simple sketches</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></strong><!--wp:heading-->
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<p>I created another series of drawings and variations from a photograph of an old Mexican wooden painted figure. I played around with digital manipulation of the original image for which I used my long-trusted photo editing software <a href="https://www.paintshoppro.com">Paint Shop Pro</a>.</p>
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<p>Beyond the fun of this exercise, I find that every manipulation transforms the image and brings about different feelings and meanings. It's what we do when we apply a filter to a selfie and change the original into an altered version of ourselves that tells the story we choose. In so doing we can create an infinite series of masks. </p>
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<h2>More from the sketchbook</h2><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp6NrxS9dcs3C8LPfDXqEhu1gnhkEYk2gUZeQSC0SApmD8JX008Dl-col1cvK8NyF6WcExkt9t_PPm3IF948AlZZcHbwdXHUhDNvvo9IBukDDzyNwV4ZFuXHMhyhgOe6fp63Ke6NsqEmsrX8MFn04bCb8Q8e_pc8rJ87zbo2nHJfKuIZTa7Qq-QHhj" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="373" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp6NrxS9dcs3C8LPfDXqEhu1gnhkEYk2gUZeQSC0SApmD8JX008Dl-col1cvK8NyF6WcExkt9t_PPm3IF948AlZZcHbwdXHUhDNvvo9IBukDDzyNwV4ZFuXHMhyhgOe6fp63Ke6NsqEmsrX8MFn04bCb8Q8e_pc8rJ87zbo2nHJfKuIZTa7Qq-QHhj" width="179" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1. Wax crayons on the original image<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY9gowHZxpUcWZDIj2ATbnAY8twVjbUT3dV1pFdlPBr_I62YR6a5Tnc7Uh-17I74GD0TSnXNb4tADYFZUXp_l23Oj8AYkyUUDA97esJZdn_CuUWvLf6aUSeK95xrR2TBna_bGvXDBMdJfFZ-l5IT0D6zF5MQk4GragU4PIf_6UDx8pqlVsP5K5yKLq" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1024" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY9gowHZxpUcWZDIj2ATbnAY8twVjbUT3dV1pFdlPBr_I62YR6a5Tnc7Uh-17I74GD0TSnXNb4tADYFZUXp_l23Oj8AYkyUUDA97esJZdn_CuUWvLf6aUSeK95xrR2TBna_bGvXDBMdJfFZ-l5IT0D6zF5MQk4GragU4PIf_6UDx8pqlVsP5K5yKLq" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2. Oil pastel drawing<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl4cbK1URjE3KFUE--C3MlPWk1fNURpMojL3ZpRbytSj0YeUv-EQdyr9vyMaiINyPojea-jgyHo03ChMh3KI6RgYjyR8_XGmy9PPQboqb6F6zeQdoHBp3NQbIZ_NkqzAaJuatVwcveSxtDgVgVhyx04p4l-Jws8rlQcfJ0agFKF3dHmKQ6RCSsoXuj" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl4cbK1URjE3KFUE--C3MlPWk1fNURpMojL3ZpRbytSj0YeUv-EQdyr9vyMaiINyPojea-jgyHo03ChMh3KI6RgYjyR8_XGmy9PPQboqb6F6zeQdoHBp3NQbIZ_NkqzAaJuatVwcveSxtDgVgVhyx04p4l-Jws8rlQcfJ0agFKF3dHmKQ6RCSsoXuj=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3. A detail<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_c2qHvEWNU7fWOTH0cSkJdVLAK0mn89t5VEIann8c0dn2LmSBOkqx6PH_3rmzIQtvBbKvf8w8AJV6UbU7QwjtZhlVWTQrMQNq8dN3O9sYImrH3WvcDDumH6ZO7xECrVLbRDAAQLcHmDl-x-ODcFxtUeZUYWhTmpEEYubdttO_syF5hO6dP18frItw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="373" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_c2qHvEWNU7fWOTH0cSkJdVLAK0mn89t5VEIann8c0dn2LmSBOkqx6PH_3rmzIQtvBbKvf8w8AJV6UbU7QwjtZhlVWTQrMQNq8dN3O9sYImrH3WvcDDumH6ZO7xECrVLbRDAAQLcHmDl-x-ODcFxtUeZUYWhTmpEEYubdttO_syF5hO6dP18frItw=w239-h320" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4. Fabric and pastel collage<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaLx0uv279ix_P49aDlyL-UL0ZLxfA5gw-RMPmcLG4aD1Pds3EmQhuxjdwJlFZOydyG_vYGwKA3Rge1kRQcnTMeicHws7CEj53B5JMKne4hIWe5Vq8bSya5EotGu1pmMfxClAFUK-G2rWqu4hLbb6xd015_zkFbO4nshCNg0aYoTbRhcTnZQnZYDJo" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="937" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaLx0uv279ix_P49aDlyL-UL0ZLxfA5gw-RMPmcLG4aD1Pds3EmQhuxjdwJlFZOydyG_vYGwKA3Rge1kRQcnTMeicHws7CEj53B5JMKne4hIWe5Vq8bSya5EotGu1pmMfxClAFUK-G2rWqu4hLbb6xd015_zkFbO4nshCNg0aYoTbRhcTnZQnZYDJo=w293-h320" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5. Solarized digital image<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh17JvM_DA2bM5IU8KoguCN4sig8gaVCrb25wtOux0U_cyO_8YHEYL_IpKWLa5jtMpuWdIbaeKCqIRpUDxMYOTeQwOxPoIWrSjCv1GdEqm_8uf-8z6xfgLrkrW_4LiMSjG091tKEwof9Xo9m3APGwA7xngxwi0hDQ5-tU1iPsFIgDcZROyAbO1DSc99" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="943" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh17JvM_DA2bM5IU8KoguCN4sig8gaVCrb25wtOux0U_cyO_8YHEYL_IpKWLa5jtMpuWdIbaeKCqIRpUDxMYOTeQwOxPoIWrSjCv1GdEqm_8uf-8z6xfgLrkrW_4LiMSjG091tKEwof9Xo9m3APGwA7xngxwi0hDQ5-tU1iPsFIgDcZROyAbO1DSc99=w295-h320" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6. Inverted color image<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRPI9ZFUSlwHg0il4u2yPGV9gvoh8lZq9cbqWYuSbxEMH1M4M3EDcp9WOTo73xqOcH5BHnhr_YPvcaXnAVEyqoC-RDwHZLa-rMxxzQVOlNVyQMrd4xjdpktc7kkMxItBfvM2n6nKcHhieRRrT2XQNdB0xfymaS5ZnweUl1u8_JGFQMv_Knz4hcGqok" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRPI9ZFUSlwHg0il4u2yPGV9gvoh8lZq9cbqWYuSbxEMH1M4M3EDcp9WOTo73xqOcH5BHnhr_YPvcaXnAVEyqoC-RDwHZLa-rMxxzQVOlNVyQMrd4xjdpktc7kkMxItBfvM2n6nKcHhieRRrT2XQNdB0xfymaS5ZnweUl1u8_JGFQMv_Knz4hcGqok=w293-h320" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7. Digital pencil sketch</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrBn1LrOpegkM1YUMQQkOfOUSQjOeWn8XRVnfKFBd71S2ZdtBa3r_qednZBMelqQGXM5-M7HRKCyThYn438WdQZFDXpt6UN5GSWIOohj4xa87h8XtIBJ6nZGbXRhDv3CE8G_9yhqajI6N-_x7-AWK7W_H2-9uVAPKf-SdyuTPmJDZH8qNBTmmEipfe" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="937" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrBn1LrOpegkM1YUMQQkOfOUSQjOeWn8XRVnfKFBd71S2ZdtBa3r_qednZBMelqQGXM5-M7HRKCyThYn438WdQZFDXpt6UN5GSWIOohj4xa87h8XtIBJ6nZGbXRhDv3CE8G_9yhqajI6N-_x7-AWK7W_H2-9uVAPKf-SdyuTPmJDZH8qNBTmmEipfe=w293-h320" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8. Ghosted image<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2cKn2sf7MaSQa2yDoHXp3u7-LSy3l1DTNEKOp3fJG42aAjTyB_KNf9bo41qgz5AaDyGHWyybcE8qXeXPV2rzccrAWLdr9XdVO8BOSHMv5bk--XbaH2PFlY1gnVuaAEInM3A5RU6fa5MAKrz3DppvlenpxFoGgjaWIxgJqddLQ6IB-9udoUDKr_g1F" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="950" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2cKn2sf7MaSQa2yDoHXp3u7-LSy3l1DTNEKOp3fJG42aAjTyB_KNf9bo41qgz5AaDyGHWyybcE8qXeXPV2rzccrAWLdr9XdVO8BOSHMv5bk--XbaH2PFlY1gnVuaAEInM3A5RU6fa5MAKrz3DppvlenpxFoGgjaWIxgJqddLQ6IB-9udoUDKr_g1F=w372-h400" width="372" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9. Black and white only</td></tr></tbody></table><h2><br /></h2><div><br /></div><div><div><h2>And so: Faces or masks? Or both?</h2><!--/wp:heading--><!--wp:paragraph--><p>What is then the function of masks? They can reinforce, alter or disguise our identity, like masks used in the theatre or during religious functions. They can be used to hide, camouflage, improve or modify our faces or emotions. In some cultures women wear a veil that conceals their face from sight. But we can create a mask also by applying makeup or photoshopping our selfies.</p></div></div><p>We can even wear a feeling, like putting up a smile when we feel sad or a scornful expression when we are hurt. Or we can go to the extreme of modifying our features with cosmetic surgery to look younger or more beautiful. So we can choose which version of ourselves we want to present to the world, which story to tell.</p><div><p>Actually to alter one's own image can also be a creative choice. We may play with it, transforming us into somebody else or selecting which part of ourselves we want to put forward, which roles we wish to perform, and then switching them. This can be very creative as a matter of fact.</p><!--/wp:paragraph-->Look for instance at what a make up artist, <a href="https://instagram.com/lucaluceartgallery_makeup?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=5qgve0ocqxpo">Luca Luce</a>, does to his face in the video below:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fh4IoYxVOrc" width="320" youtube-src-id="fh4IoYxVOrc"></iframe></div><br />
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<p>Actually in some cases it may be difficult to understand if what we see is a face or a mask. In many cases the difference is subtle. We can wear masks to protect our intimacy or because we are afraid that people do not like us if they see us as we are. </p>
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<p>Or we may be ashamed that if we drop the mask, people will see our vulnerable parts, our wrinkles and flaws. Other times we wear masks out of necessity, to conform socially or because we need to play a role. So we keep making subtle shifts from one mask to the other according to circumstances.</p>
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<p>But if we do dare to drop our masks, our face can be read like a map of who we are. More in this in a new post.</p>
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The final embroidered assessment piece for <strong>Module SIX </strong>is a wall-hanging inspired to the Tiber river in Rome based on the design topic of Creative Conservation.<br />
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<strong>Do you feel satisfied with the results?</strong><br />
Yes, I am pleased with the final result even if it is considerably different from what I had in mind at the start.<br />
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<strong>If yes, which parts in particular?</strong><br />
I love the effect of moving water and its changing colours. I also appreciate the lightness which I feel reflects the theme of the river.<br />
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<strong>Is it fit for its purpose?</strong><br />
It has no purpose in itself, since it is a decorative piece. I like the possibility of hanging it on a wall or let it rest on a table. I also like that it can be easily rolled and transported and that it is very strong in spite of its fragile aspect.<br />
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<strong>If you were asked to make it again, what changes would you make?</strong><br />
1) To the way you designed it:<br />
I would like a less rigid initial design which I had to adapt in the making to give the wall-hanging a delicate movement.<br />
2) To the way you made it:<br />
I would try to develop a really three-dimensional piece. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"> MATERIALS LOG FOR DESIGN WORK AND MAKING OF THE TIBER RIVER WALL-HANGING</span></strong></h3>
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</td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Local stationery store</span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Designing</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="113"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cocoon strippings</span></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><span style="font-size: x-small;">100</span></td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2,65</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wingham Wool Work</span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wall-hanging background</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="113"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Soya bean tops</span></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0,35</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wingham Wool Work</span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wall-hanging background</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="113"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic inks, mixed colours</span></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><span style="font-size: x-small;">50 </span></td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Local art material supplier</span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Colouring of background</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="113"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Merino/silk mixture green</span></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0,37</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wingham Wool Work</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wall-hanging background</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="113"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Threads</span></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><span style="font-size: x-small;">mixture, ca. 100</span></td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;">different sellers</span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sewing, decorating</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="113"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Found items</span></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">----</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Decorating</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="113"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shot organza</span></td> <td valign="top" width="83"><span style="font-size: x-small;">50</span></td> <td valign="top" width="74"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1,5</span></td> <td valign="top" width="178"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Local haberdashery</span></td> <td valign="top" width="219"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Backing of wall-hanging</span></td></tr>
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Design work was scattered on a couple of months, from March to May 2014.<br />
The making of the wall-hanging was started on 10th of June and completed in one week.<br />
Total hours working on design: 20 hours plus thinking time.<br />
Total hours working on making the wall-hanging: 20 hours<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">STORAGE OF WORK, MATERIALS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT</span></strong><br />
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Item : My storage place<br />
Design work in progress: plastic folder<br />
Completed work in progress: flat in big plastic box with lid<br />
Papers for design work: flat in card box<br />
Inks for colouring: on my working table in a plastic box<br />
Other items like glue, liners, scissors, cutter: on my working table in my workroom<br />
Embroidery work in progress: plastic bags in a plastic box<br />
Fabrics: plastic containers arranged in like colours, behind a curtain that keeps light out<br />
Threads: drawers, arranged in like colours, beside the sewing machine<br />
Beads, metal threads etc.: small air-tight boxes, drawers, bags<br />
Sewing machine: on small table beside a window in my workroom, in working position<br />
Other electrical equipments:<br />
iron upright on a top shelf, small electrical appliances in their original boxes<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES OBSERVED IN MODULE SIX</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span>Items and working processes that have been used in Module Six:<br />
- pencils and acrylic inks, crayons, cartridge, tissue, tracing papers <br />
- natural and synthetic fabrics, pelmet vilene interfacing, wadding and padding materials <br />
- hand and machine threads <br />
- soldering iron and stand<br />
- cutter and self-healing mat<br />
- laundry iron<br />
- PVA glue, fabric adhesive spray, jewellery glue <br />
Which working processes need special care and attention to protect yourself, your environment and your own work?<br />
- Always lay the soldering iron on its stand and beware to not touch the tip<br />
- Always work in a well ventilated room when using sprays and glues <br />
- Keep electrical flexes out of your way, not loose on the floor<br />
- Always use your cutter on a self-healing mat and keep moving the blade away from you<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">AUTHENTICATION PHOTO</span></strong><br />
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That’s me working on the final stages of the wall-hanging on my dining room table<br />
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This is the last post on the incredibly long journey of my Certificate with Distant Stitch and almost cannot believe that it is the end! I had promised Sian that I would finish my wall-hanging by Summer School and I kept this promise -it's the first one ever that I have not broken at least Distantstitch-wise. I have already chosen a theme for my Diploma and hope to get started soon ... <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-19589503091241314352014-07-31T17:17:00.019+02:002023-01-17T15:01:24.499+01:00Module SIX – Chapter 12 – STUDY THREE ARTISTS<br />
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At the end of this course we are invited to study three artists whose work relates to some aspects considered in Module 6. One is <strong>Jae Maries</strong>, another is <strong>Barbara Lee Smith</strong> and the third may be an artist of our choice, and I thought of <strong>Sheila Hicks</strong>, one of the pioneering fiber artist of the Sixties and still working and exhibiting internationally.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Jae Maries</strong></span>, oil painter and textile artist from the UK<br />
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Personal website: <a href="http://www.jaemaries.com/">www.jaemaries.com</a>
Email address <strong>: </strong><a href="mailto:enquiries@jaemaries.com"><strong>enquiries@jaemaries.com</strong></a><br />
Also featured in <a href="http://www.62group.org.uk/artist/jae-maries/"><strong>www.62group.org.uk/artist/jae-maries/</strong></a> as a member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists<br />
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I discovered Jae Maries by buying a book of hers, <strong>CONTRASTING ELEMENTS</strong>, which is one of my favourite works on design and organized like an energetic workshop with very good photographs and stimulating exercises.<br />
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I very much enjoy her bold ideas and spontaneous style of work and have set up a <strong>Pinterest board</strong> dedicated to her on my account to which I am gradually adding images.<br />
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Jae Maries makes a frequent use of thumbnail sketches as an inspiration for her textile pieces which combine a variety of media, oil painting, dyeing, screen printing, strong hand stitches and free machine straight stitching with vigorous and striking results. Her main themes are people in the environment, landscapes and everyday life. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Barbara Lee Smith</strong></span>, mixed media and textile artist from the USA<br />
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Personal website: <a href="http://www.barbaraleesmith.com/"><strong>www.barbaraleesmith.com</strong></a> <br />
Email address: <a href="mailto:info@barbaraleesmith.com"><strong>info@barbaraleesmith.com</strong></a> <br />
Blog: <strong><a href="http://barbaraleesmith.blogspot.com/">barbaraleesmith.blogspot.com</a></strong> <br />
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Like as I did for Jae Maries, I have set up a board in her name on Pinterest and am adding images to it. <br />
When looking at her intense pieces one can feel the salt, the ocean and the nature elements which give life to them. Land, sea and sky are always recognisable even if they are transformed and abstracted. <br />
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In her website Barbara Lee Smith explains in detail how her wall-hangings are made. I cite her own words: <br />
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<em>Materials: I use only one material, an industrial grade polyester non-woven fabric. It looks like paper, but it is so tough, I can’t even tear it. It is my canvas on which I paint using Golden and Daniel Smith acrylics as well as silk-paint pigments, all chosen for light-fastness. Each finished piece attaches with Velcro to a wooden frame that is mounted behind the work, pushing it away from the wall so it appears to hover on the wall, casting its shadow.</em> <em>Process and Techniques: I make a painting on the material, then bond several layers together to form a heavy base on which to collage small elements of the same painted material that are heat-set in place. The final stage that literally and visually binds the work together is drawing with the sewing machine in lines that resemble a topographical map. I see this as a three-stage process of painting, collage and drawing to make the work. What do I call it? I call it art. Mixed Media is probably the simplest category.</em> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Sheila Hicks</strong></span>, weaver and textile sculptor from the USA<br />
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Sheila Hicks was born in Nebraska in 1934 and is one of the pioneering American fiber artists of the Sixties. Since then she has continued making and exhibiting her works of art internationally, in South and North America, Europe and Japan.<br />
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She graduated in painting at Yale University School Art and Architecture in the Fifties, studying with artists like Josef Albers, Rico Lebrun and Bernard Chaet. She also studied photography with Herbert Matter and another important influence was Albers’ wife, textile artist Anni Albers, with whom she shared a strong interest in South American textiles. She travelled widely throughout her life and moved to Paris in 1964.<br />
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Sheila Hicks creates textile pieces in many shapes and sizes, from miniature weavings to monumental sculptures that hang from ceiling to floor like columns. In 2006 in New York the Barden Graduate Center held an important exhibition of her small works, <em>Weaving as a Metaphor. </em> These small works are not only beautiful and vibrant but also fundamental in her daily artistic practice. These are her words on their meaning in a talk of 2004: ‘I found my voice and my footing in my small work. It enabled me to build bridges between art, design, architecture, and decorative arts.’<br />
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<img height="262" src="http://designblog.rietveldacademie.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/02_sheila+hicks-1979-olympic+bravery-1.jpg" width="180" /><img height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqS_2DHjqUZZArVxZdPZR68-_UsGRuIUfmbMoNLOwfCgUugfItEhMhReIAnS6CzTrP1Nsy6zl-m5mAmj1YpJ5T0-IdPRUoqhnXtVSGYluG83Can_Yhyphenhyphena-CbEh__gB0zxfAi0MCtQ-X8yLe/s640/Sheila+Hicks%252C+Rue+des+Marronniers.jpg" width="176" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Two pieces from the exhibition catalogue</span></h3>
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Some sources on Sheila Hicks on the Internet: <br />
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<a href="http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/artists/76-Sheila-Hicks/overview/" title="http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/artists/76-Sheila-Hicks/overview/">http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/artists/76-Sheila-Hicks/overview/</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Hicks" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Hicks">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Hicks</a><br />
<a href="https://artsy.net/artist/sheila-hicks" title="https://artsy.net/artist/sheila-hicks">https://artsy.net/artist/sheila-hicks</a><br />
<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/04/sheila-hicks-whitney-demisch-danant-new-york" title="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/04/sheila-hicks-whitney-demisch-danant-new-york">http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/04/sheila-hicks-whitney-demisch-danant-new-york</a><br />
<a href="http://followbarbsbliss.blogspot.it/2009/06/who-is-sheila-hicks.html" title="http://followbarbsbliss.blogspot.it/2009/06/who-is-sheila-hicks.html">http://followbarbsbliss.blogspot.it/2009/06/who-is-sheila-hicks.html</a><br />
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I have set up a board on Pinterest named after her which shows a good number of her works.<br />
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<br />stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-75610395318534579412014-07-25T12:09:00.001+02:002023-01-17T19:15:29.806+01:00Module six - Presentation board of supporting work<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mxXAKMzHn8M/U9IrpCt2A7I/AAAAAAAADK0/mBxnYl89szc/s1600-h/Pres%252520page%2525203%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Pres page 3" border="0" height="983" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-67VT0Kys4vo/U9IrrAl5lDI/AAAAAAAADK8/WbP6dhn6Dzk/Pres%252520page%2525203_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pres page 3" width="648" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>
This board groups main ideas, developments and trial samples which gradually led to my Tiber wall-hanging. It is made up of four cardboard sheets of 30 per 42 cms each, bound together in concertina book style.<br />
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Overall view</b><br />
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Sheet 1 – photos, sketches, colour scheme, collaged designs, inspirational sentences<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l5_Y3Fa67F8/U9IrhUSLgeI/AAAAAAAADKU/0xb7yNL3IIk/s1600-h/Pres-page-18.jpg"><img alt="Pres page 1" border="0" height="933" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-quYwhs_JlNE/U9IrjLi4QTI/AAAAAAAADKc/bfft6lxG5G8/Pres-page-1_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pres page 1" width="647" /></a><br />
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Sheet 2 – Paper mock up, materials and samples for background<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-s5jkoSrzzas/U9IrlK8xYMI/AAAAAAAADKk/5H6G1IjQaNk/s1600-h/Pres%252520page%2525202%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Pres page 2" border="0" height="1010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oNvT1Isj3Lk/U9IrneHXi3I/AAAAAAAADKs/QxNpeiYE6OQ/Pres%252520page%2525202_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pres page 2" width="649" /></a><br />
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Sheet 3 – Embroidered samples<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mxXAKMzHn8M/U9IrpCt2A7I/AAAAAAAADK0/mBxnYl89szc/s1600-h/Pres%252520page%2525203%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Pres page 3" border="0" height="983" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-67VT0Kys4vo/U9IrrAl5lDI/AAAAAAAADK8/WbP6dhn6Dzk/Pres%252520page%2525203_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Pres page 3" width="648" /></a><br />
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Sheet 4 – Pics of completed wall-hanging and found objects<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">After a few frantic days of working I finally got my wall-hanging together, assembled and ready just in time for our Summer gathering in Farncombe, on the 4th of July. Here are two pics, from the front and the side, followed by a good number of detailed views.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It measures approximately 145 cms in length and 40 cms in width. It weighs 320 grams and can be rolled up without damage and so it easily made it to the UK in my bag.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The back is a dark orange shot organza hanging freely from the top and partially visible underneath. The top short side of the wall-hanging has been reinforced with a heavy cardboard strip and so holds its shape well.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Below the pics I shortly explain how it has been made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Front view</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IhyQtJUbQSw/U9FJAItChjI/AAAAAAAADBs/PSKNspICnIk/s1600-h/Wall-hanging%2525201%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Wall-hanging 1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-D9Ctc3xjn3k/U9FJB8dHnxI/AAAAAAAADB0/2PqoM_Wt3AI/Wall-hanging%2525201_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Wall-hanging 1" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Three-quarter view</span><br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RkIWGlRADMY/U9FJCj8RitI/AAAAAAAADB8/tkPQUZW9brg/s1600-h/Wall-hanging%2525202%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Wall-hanging 2" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NtByyk2Z-uQ/U9FJEK7HT7I/AAAAAAAADCE/ayoBu1UkerI/Wall-hanging%2525202_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Wall-hanging 2" /></a><br />
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<tr><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"><a border="0" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0534ff8a54040fa2&page=play&resid=534FF8A54040FA2!124&parId=534FF8A54040FA2!107&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKsaJJSFal58lW0" style="border-style: none; font-family: "Segoe UI", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visualizza album" border="0" height="106" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZdlMefjU5RQ/U9FKY_lCETI/AAAAAAAADI0/O1GNo0R9hRc/177496552063C1127A.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; background: none; border-style: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Visualizza album" width="106" /></a></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"><a border="0" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0534ff8a54040fa2&page=play&resid=534FF8A54040FA2!125&parId=534FF8A54040FA2!107&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKsaJJSFal58lW0" style="border-style: none; font-family: "Segoe UI", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visualizza album" border="0" height="106" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-meSS-DABsz0/U9FKZkECDFI/AAAAAAAADI4/GIrJXzdjBP4/15384460964ECF9007.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; background: none; border-style: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Visualizza album" width="106" /></a></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"><a border="0" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0534ff8a54040fa2&page=play&resid=534FF8A54040FA2!126&parId=534FF8A54040FA2!107&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKsaJJSFal58lW0" style="border-style: none; font-family: "Segoe UI", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visualizza album" border="0" height="106" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4h41TN85LBM/U9FKazqWkWI/AAAAAAAADJE/GAqW3F82Lw0/4360650407CBCE2BF.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; background: none; border-style: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Visualizza album" width="106" /></a></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"><a border="0" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0534ff8a54040fa2&page=play&resid=534FF8A54040FA2!127&parId=534FF8A54040FA2!107&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKsaJJSFal58lW0" style="border-style: none; font-family: "Segoe UI", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visualizza album" border="0" height="106" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-n_zOe2YQmrE/U9FKbZkq03I/AAAAAAAADJM/Jer7LN_Ou2w/18321110367CB604C.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; background: none; border-style: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Visualizza album" width="106" /></a></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"><a border="0" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0534ff8a54040fa2&page=play&resid=534FF8A54040FA2!128&parId=534FF8A54040FA2!107&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKsaJJSFal58lW0" style="border-style: none; font-family: "Segoe UI", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visualizza album" border="0" height="106" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PW-byVgRhfE/U9FKcVb1l4I/AAAAAAAADJQ/vOiL4PZKi-E/-91916995315B8B305.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; background: none; border-style: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Visualizza album" width="106" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"><a border="0" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0534ff8a54040fa2&page=play&resid=534FF8A54040FA2!129&parId=534FF8A54040FA2!107&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKsaJJSFal58lW0" style="border-style: none; font-family: "Segoe UI", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visualizza album" border="0" height="106" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3j3Tv6pfcnE/U9FKdA7mzcI/AAAAAAAADJc/z0nc717ttUI/-177906780943A605BD.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; background: none; border-style: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Visualizza album" width="106" /></a></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"><a border="0" href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0534ff8a54040fa2&page=play&resid=534FF8A54040FA2!130&parId=534FF8A54040FA2!107&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKsaJJSFal58lW0" style="border-style: none; font-family: "Segoe UI", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Visualizza album" border="0" height="106" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sfmh1XZgS7M/U9FKeN60OdI/AAAAAAAADJk/cKGuXiJ7T4g/-16451777612EB4834A.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; background: none; border-style: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Visualizza album" width="106" /></a></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"></td><td style="border-style: none; height: 106px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 106px;"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">HOW IT WAS MADE</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">1 - With cocoon strippings I prepared around thirty irregular lacy ‘fabric’ pieces (ca. 30 per 15 cms) and coloured them in 3 different colours – aquamarine green, turquoise and petrol blue – using various blends of very diluted acrylic inks sprayed on very thin stripping layers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">2 – I grouped the ‘fabric’ pieces so as to form six long ribbons of approximately the same length (150 cms), with two darker ribbons in petrol blue and four other lighter ribbons in turquoise and aquamarine in different proportions.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I stitched them together and reinforced fragile areas with machine embroidery and the addition of fibers, soya bean filaments, bits of transparent fabrics, distressed wool yarns.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Below is a pic of the petrol blue ribbons and of the six ribbons as a group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">3 – I enriched the lighter ribbons only with some found objects – plastic shreddings and coloured straw saved from packages. Later, after all the machine stitching was done, I also added some sea glass pebbles.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">To make my ribbons wavy and give them more structure and strength along the edges I stitched on the back a 0,4 mm thick cotton covered copper wire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">4 - With a thicker (0,9 mm) cotton covered copper wire I made the ‘branches’, wrapping them partially by machine and partially by hand in wool fleece, variegated yarns and embroidery threads. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">5 – With all my elements ready I tried several arrangements and combinations and after a lot of thinking, doing and undoing I came up with what looked to me to be the most satisfying solution:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">the two darker ribbons side by side with the wound/fracture between them, partially covered and overlaid with the four lighter ribbons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">6 – The two central dark ribbons were then partially connected and interlaced by red threads and very loose and irregular soluble lace fragments inspired by samples I did for Chapter 7.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Also the wrapped branches in copper wire were used to bind the layers together.</span><br />
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</div>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-41682874561995716492014-06-04T19:09:00.000+02:002014-07-24T12:06:21.888+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 11 – Trial layers for my wall-hanging<br />
First attempts at my wall-hanging. To get a general idea of how several layers could work together, I coloured and prepared a good number of pieces of cocoon stripping, soya bean and horticultural fleece ‘fabrics’. They are without any further decoration or embellishment except for the samples I stitched in the last few days which I added to see how they look.<br />
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I formed three layers and let them hang down freely from a broom stick, letting them flow in the air at some distance from each other – around an inch. The inner layer is dark green to get a feeling of depth, the external ones are in mixed colours in imitation of the changing shades of the water. <br />
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Sorry for the bad quality of my pictures, it's already too dark inside.stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-88306326304399462662014-06-03T18:47:00.001+02:002014-07-24T12:06:37.475+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 10 - CONVERTING MY DESIGN INTO EMBROIDERY<br />
As usual Sian gave me a wealth of subtle hints and ideas to consider, perhaps the most important to me being to remember that less is more and the suggestion to find a strong focus and to take decisions based on it. So I reread the sentences the underlie my early drawings and looked again at my photos as Sian said, to find my true colours and elements in response to the river as seen in winter.<br />
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… world below, enveloped, restful, gentle<br />
imprisoned among branches, fragile cases<br />
do not think too much, use what you can<br />
delicacy of things half forgotten <br />
softly remembering in the shade of your heart, in the warm pleats of your soul<br />
strong roots, trust your strong roots<br />
And I started to make samples in this spirit.<br />
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Thinking of water and looking at my paper mock-up my main idea is to prepare several layers which are light, soft and semi-transparent. They could be connected in certain areas and fluctuate separately in others, creating perhaps waves with their movements or otherwise they could fluctuate on top of each eacher, simply hanging from the top.<br />
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I like the idea that the wall hanging can be seen from both sides, front and back, and that the internal layers may be viewed partially beyond the external ones. I do think that these decisions can be taken only in the making …. do not think too much, use what you can is my mantra.<br />
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Apart from fabrics and threads that I already have, I have put together some carded cocoon strippings – rather drab to look at (on the left) – and some honey coloured soya bean filaments which are cheap and wonderfully lustrous (on the right). I also thought of using the horticultural fleece which I bought in the UK with Meg Brien a couple of years ago during a visit to a garden centre.<br />
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I laid several layers of cocoon strippings, sprayed them with three different blends of very diluted acrylic inks and ironed them flat. The natural glue in the strippings combined with the heat to form a very open lacy fabric that can be handled without problems and which is in fact rather strong.<br />
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Here is an image of them lying side by side and below of the same ones on top of each other. The photos suggest two different ways of using these layers. <br />
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I rather like them without any further embellishment but here is a sample of the a light green fabric with some stitched decoration, and the addition of some fibers and threads.<br />
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An option could be to have some parts very airy and undecorated and others more or less enriched.<br />
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The sample below is made with soya bean filaments, again sprayed with acrylic inks. The sample is rather fragile and unstable but it could be used in combination with stronger layers like in the image on the right. This combined fabric could of course be further embellished and I am going to try this later.<br />
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Here is a further sample:<br />
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The fabric on the left is made in a totally different way.<br />
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I have cut two layers of white horticultural fleece of the same size and I have coloured them with an acrylic spray of the type used on cars – these cans can be bought very cheaply in every hardware store.<br />
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Once completely dry I have machine stitched them together and added fibers, fabrics snippets, plastic bits.<br />
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When ready I have used a hot gun to create a lacy fabric as seen below. The heat has made the colours somewhat darker and I like this effect. <br />
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This is the same sample view from the other side before and after the heat treatment. <br />
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The photos below show different arrangements of the samples, with suggestions of how they could be used on top of each other.<br />
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Tomorrow new trials ….stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-24671127931679248002014-01-29T12:16:00.000+01:002014-07-24T12:06:57.876+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 10 - DESIGN PROPOSAL AND PAPER MOCK UP FOR FINAL WALL HANGING<br />
I have now a group of four design samples each measuring around 15 per 60 cm from which to start designing for the wall hanging.<br />
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Design 2 from the top appeals to me because of the thin red line down the centre and the wavy movement suggesting depth. In Design 4 from the top I like the fractured and misaligned edges with holes which make me think of shadows of buildings in the water. These holes are repeated also on strips on the vertical plane (perhaps hollow windows reflecting light).<br />
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The colours look still too heavy and somber to me and I generally feel that there is too much blue anyway.<br />
I would like to have only a touch of red centrally in the final design and to turn all that blue more towards green.<br />
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I thought it might be a good idea at this point to develop a combination of these elements – thin red central line, fluctuating waves, shifting edges, 3D extension on the vertical plane - into a collaged design having the final size of the future wall hanging, approximately A1 size (59,1 per 84,1 cm), but with different proportions, around 168 cm long and 30 cm wide.<br />
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Below is a photo of the first stage of designing:<br />
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Stage ONE<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tjS-XYmZqx4/UujbzsfsUeI/AAAAAAAAC58/97uodDJN--Q/s1600-h/Design%2525201%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Design 1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2kikm3nfUxc/Uujb0QlP4FI/AAAAAAAAC6E/B88mI4Qir8k/Design%2525201_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="233" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Design 1" width="683" /></a><br />
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This collage is double sided because I would like that the wall hanging may be viewed both from the front and the back or in other words that there is no front and back.<br />
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I then decided to separate the collage into two halves centrally along its length since I am thinking of the red line as a wound or a fracture with edges.<br />
This is the collage split in two with some space left between the parts:<br />
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In the third and last stage of designing I added elements to the collage and made other decisions:<br />
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- “lifting” of some of the waves from the water background to add depth and airiness<br />
- lacing together of the two halves of the wound<br />
- connecting these separate layers by means of branches or roots (depending from the side from which the viewer is placed)<br />
- adding holed strips of paper on a vertical plane.<br />
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This are some images of the collage shown both hanging and lying:<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-m4UaDRhEZls/Uujb2hVwDaI/AAAAAAAAC6c/r7u7HsFoHH0/s1600-h/Mock-up-intero-14.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Mock up intero 1" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qwbnQ5oPvs4/Uujb3Q3R75I/AAAAAAAAC6k/4-7my_WHXQw/Mock-up-intero-1_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" height="1024" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Mock up intero 1" width="316" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Kmb-nqThU2Q/Uujb78dSMnI/AAAAAAAAC7M/TjuZRAN-dKk/s1600-h/Mock-up-intero-212.jpg"><span style="color: #ad7b1f;"></span><img alt="Mock up intero 2" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SNViu9_rI8g/Uujb8iTLWKI/AAAAAAAAC7U/S9AomJd78qQ/Mock-up-intero-2_thumb18.jpg?imgmax=800" height="280" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Mock up intero 2" width="712" /></a><br />
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In this collage I developed only one side but the idea is to have a wall hanging with two sides fluctuating in the air, perhaps hanging from one of the short edges.<br />
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This is a sketch of how it might look<br />
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and on a vertical plane:<br />
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And this a drawing of the collage/wall hanging seen from the side.<br />
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At this stage, while waiting for suggestions and inputs from Sian, I need to think of how to realize the different elements and make samples of possible ideas of the:<br />
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<br />stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-63867622222759770012013-09-27T18:16:00.001+02:002014-07-24T12:07:09.115+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 9 – DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR FINAL WALLHANGING<br />
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My tutoring with Sian at Summer School was extremely useful, and has given me much food for thought and a great help with points to consider to make progress with design.<br />
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<strong>THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT COLOURS</strong>. Was I really sure my coloured papers do reflect my pictures and my conservation theme - the Tiber river and its conditions of neglect? No, I was not sure, I rather feel now that they are too bright and strong and not truly in line with the Tiber river as seen in wintertime with its deserted and lonely banks scattered with naked branches, rags and wastes.<br />
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I still like the blues and greens as main hues and relooking at my pictures and at my original colour palette I went back at my papers and gave them a few watery washes slightly tinted with brown, yellow and black in order to dull and tone down all that flashiness a bit. I now have a new set of colours that are still not gloomy but which I feel can express my theme better.<br />
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Original colour palette and pictures of the river arranged around it<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gpvMD9lCKAU/UkWqzsV_jSI/AAAAAAAAC1o/Nl927TklIFA/s1600-h/Tabellacolori15.jpg"><img alt="Tabella colori 1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-We5AUr7eOWE/UkWq1ltd8XI/AAAAAAAAC1w/8OSoCibxMqo/Tabellacolori1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="395" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Tabella colori 1" width="395" /></a><br />
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I put together a photo collage of some newly recoloured papers using Paint Shop Pro just to get an overall feeling.<br />
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I also thought that as a contrasting hue I rather prefer a reddish colour instead of an orangey one, I see this red at the centre as a wound or a scar running through the river. This idea was floating on my mind as I took the pictures last winter because of a recent tragic event which happened there and also came back to me during summer school. It has strong associations with what I feel about the river and also a personal meaning I would like to give flesh to.<br />
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Photo collage of coloured papers after treatment. The crimson red line is digitally painted.<br />
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This read line also runs through some of my summer school samples and I add them here just as a reminder to me during designing.<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8EFlQ3eZa7I/UkWq5ACf1aI/AAAAAAAAC2I/2olnIls9aZA/s1600-h/Summer%252520school%2525206%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Summer school 6" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s63gVklGBPw/UkWq6T3k27I/AAAAAAAAC2Q/ZPXnxLLWyQY/Summer%252520school%2525206_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="507" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Summer school 6" width="220" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-de7LcdRsFPQ/UkWq7SZK5BI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/ARgrXYFsDGA/s1600-h/Summer%252520school%2525202%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Summer school 2" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K7wFtSE_BBs/UkWq8tDOLYI/AAAAAAAAC2g/CM0VpP6iCpg/Summer%252520school%2525202_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="513" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Summer school 2" width="220" /></a><br />
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I am specially drawn to the sample on the left because it reminds me of waves: it is a flat cylinder of cut and slashed papers.<br />
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The red line leads me to another question that came up with Sian in connection with my conservation theme: <strong>WHICH ASPECTS OF THE TIBER RIVER THEME AM I GOING TO DELEVOP?</strong><br />
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I have set up a list of aspects based on my photographs and my feelings. At this point they are just possibilities and very probably not all of them shall be taken into account and further developed:<br />
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WATER AND WAVES – their shapes and directions<br />
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NAKED BRANCHES OF TREES GROWING OUT OF THE WATER OR BESIDE THE RIVER<br />
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RAGS, PLASTICS AND WASTES ON BRANCHES AND ON THE BANKS<br />
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BRIDGES SPANNING THE TIBER AT MOSTLY REGULAR INTERVALS AND FERRYBOAT PIERS - the hard rigid structures in iron and stone contrasting with the fluid water and fragility of branches, etcetera<br />
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MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE OF THE RIVER – seen from below the bicycle path, the river, the embankments, the streets with cars, the buildings on top<br />
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GRAFFITI ON THE BANK WALLS - similar to an embroidery<br />
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WOUND OR SCAR THROUGH THE RIVER – this is visible only to my inner eye<br />
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I have also reread the words/sentences I have written alongside my black and white papers of the design exercise of Chapter 8. This is a choice of personal words/sentences written at the time that I now feel most relevant or meaningful to me:<br />
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WORLD BELOW, ENVELOPED, RESTFUL, GENTLE<br />
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IMPRISONED AMONG BRANCHES, FRAGILE CASES<br />
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DO NOT THINK TOO MUCH, USE WHAT YOU CAN<br />
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DELICACY OF THINGS HALF FORGOTTEN<br />
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SOFTLY REMEMBERING IN THE SHADE OF YOUR HEART, IN THE WARM PLEATS OF YOUR SOUL<br />
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STRONG ROOTS, TRUST YOUR STRONG ROOTS<br />
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Keeping all these suggestions in mind I went back to my coloured small designs - they measure around 10-15 cm on each side - and selected those which appeal to me and seem most akin to at least some aspects of the Tiber I am interested into.<br />
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It is a shame that the colours do not feel right anymore but they are just a starting point anyhow:<br />
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In the three of them as a whole I see the wound or scar, the world below, the bridges on top, the flowing of water inside the banks. <br />
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I am also thinking of this satellite image of the Tiber that I found on the web, I like the beautiful winding movement of the river. <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-chYfXtTKSPo/UkWrCOeJG2I/AAAAAAAAC3I/d4RPS-VmDJU/s1600-h/Aerial-views_1-648x370%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Aerial-views_1-648x370" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ld5Z36irGN4/UkWrDjiHiOI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/9KhrQcVOCqI/Aerial-views_1-648x370_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="376" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Aerial-views_1-648x370" width="610" /></a><br />
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The three new coloured samples are longer than the old ones, reflecting the shape of the river, and measure approximately 30 x 15 cm each. Colours are more muted since I used the newly coloured papers. <br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BRMJGOyKUFw/UkWrE-DRWgI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/6azwXlKs12I/s1600-h/Newcoloursample34.jpg"><img alt="New colour sample 3" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fu2Fu2lAj9E/UkWrFzJXn7I/AAAAAAAAC3g/sAwXhoF0s6U/Newcoloursample3_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="364" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="New colour sample 3" width="640" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-g7yLNPqwLVM/UkWrGz9tjCI/AAAAAAAAC3o/jfqzn01CzlE/s1600-h/Newcoloursample13.jpg"><img alt="New colour sample 1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8jnATsOuq00/UkWrH7FsmrI/AAAAAAAAC3w/cQiBYwyBKg8/Newcoloursample1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="374" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="New colour sample 1" width="640" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZjB8qqQaqzE/UkWrIyN3apI/AAAAAAAAC34/jgCU8xthNi0/s1600-h/Newcoloursample24.jpg"><img alt="New colour sample 2" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cSMvrkbpSCI/UkWrJ5g24gI/AAAAAAAAC4A/zu6uetPiWX0/Newcoloursample2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="344" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="New colour sample 2" width="640" /></a> <br />
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I developed a second set of designs from the first ones, which are approximately double in length, so they are around 60 cm long and 15 cm tall.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6xQPZ-S3Pio/UkWrMO1oeUI/AAAAAAAAC4Q/zPR49I-OnE0/s1600-h/Design%252520development%2525204%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Design development 4" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KK7PBpZQziE/UkWrM0tm3LI/AAAAAAAAC4Y/78dY98fh9yw/Design%252520development%2525204_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="219" style="border: 0px; display: inline;" title="Design development 4" width="640" /></a> <br />
Design sample ONE: developing only the length<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1LoVcs1stP8/UkWrN6pbDbI/AAAAAAAAC4g/l-ZoukYBMDs/s1600-h/Design%252520development%2525201.jpg"><img alt="Design development 1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tNQ6DOJOSz8/UkWrOmukucI/AAAAAAAAC4o/n8zYGMtPD8U/Design%252520development%2525201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="323" style="border: 0px; display: inline;" title="Design development 1" width="640" /></a> <br />
Design sample TWO: length plus folding (more layers) and crossing lines (bridges)<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TWptb-HsofE/UkWrPtbnpkI/AAAAAAAAC4w/RKe6glfREW4/s1600-h/Designdevelopment24.jpg"><img alt="Design development 2" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8lHxmankyCo/UkWrQlTMJ-I/AAAAAAAAC44/IuGNrIGsjHY/Designdevelopment2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="281" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Design development 2" width="640" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ubAwUzrIGz4/UkWq9p1n1qI/AAAAAAAAC5A/Pi6PxkYMA1Y/s1600-h/SummerSchool12.jpg"></a> Design sample THREE: more movement and variety along the water<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-StDj6eSnJPs/UkWrSjiFINI/AAAAAAAAC5I/LDdjvwd6-i0/s1600-h/Designdevelopment34.jpg"><img alt="Design development 3" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qYDKIRM2PBc/UkWrT58V1zI/AAAAAAAAC5Q/qKFAfU6DoKs/Designdevelopment3_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="274" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Design development 3" width="640" /></a> <br />
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Design sample FOUR: holes in the bottom and holed structures on the vertical plane to suggest shadows in the water and building structures in 3D<br />
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I am going to think all this over during the weekend and come back next week with hopefully fresh eyes. <br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ubAwUzrIGz4/UkWq9p1n1qI/AAAAAAAAC5A/Pi6PxkYMA1Y/s1600-h/SummerSchool12.jpg"></a>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-30149365364081585862013-06-19T17:01:00.002+02:002023-01-17T20:38:36.035+01:00Module SIX – Chapter 9 – DECORATIVE PAPERS<br />
<br />On looking back at my pictures and colour samples I have prepared a set of mostly blue and some green papers plus some others in orange hues as a complementary colour. <br />
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These first sheets are produced by simply brushing and sponging on and off very watery acrylics and letting them run freely, making pools of colours, adding some salt in areas and in others drying them off with kitchen paper.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tWSBwMx1PzY/UcHGl-jFaMI/AAAAAAAACrU/33Uk8opgVTU/s1600-h/Carteblu14.jpg"><img alt="Carte blu 1" border="0" height="521" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GNKCn5bBssw/UcHGnwnjIOI/AAAAAAAACrc/GosDx5wF7sk/Carteblu1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Carte blu 1" width="685" /></a><br />
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This second group is a bit more complex, textures are created with tissue paper and masking tape (centre left). Variations of colours are obtained with crumpled plastic wrap and synthetic and natural sponges, and by using combs, barbecue sticks, plastic forks, teeth brushes and other implements to apply colours. <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0VAxjyMmM_A/UcHGpLUT9qI/AAAAAAAACrk/oOxqW_jogwo/s1600-h/Carteblu24.jpg"><img alt="Carte blu 2" border="0" height="527" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nuFo7PiEGU8/UcHGqdS-CFI/AAAAAAAACrs/JXtGEMMWKDA/Carteblu2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Carte blu 2" width="692" /></a> <br />
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The same treatments have been replicated in warm orange shades.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RYJBnUGcSgo/UcHGra3tg_I/AAAAAAAACr0/SaYKoKTX_T4/s1600-h/Cartearancio8.jpg"><img alt="Carte arancio" border="0" height="532" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ETJu4OV7cz8/UcHGskddYeI/AAAAAAAACr8/x7LJbWkcJ8c/Cartearancio_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Carte arancio" width="696" /></a><br />
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I chose some black paper designs from last Chapter and reproduced them in two or three colours. For this first exercise I was rather faithful to my original designs, only in some cases I have modified them by changing elements or proportions. All colour samples measure approximately 12 square centimetres.<br />
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DESIGN ONE<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wwVPq0FDKEw/UcHGtXgZViI/AAAAAAAACsE/OY-095OGysg/s1600-h/BW236.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 23" border="0" height="209" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XzfrGeiDrx8/UcHGt4FyL8I/AAAAAAAACsM/PLS3EnYxgb0/BW23_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 23" width="244" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xrNU-kLg-Wg/UcHGu-qNfDI/AAAAAAAACsU/WNuWAuBFvSw/s1600-h/Colour17.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Colour 1" border="0" height="475" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OgYBbgnX4oE/UcHGv3OY5bI/AAAAAAAACsc/bud3WwcphOc/Colour1_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Colour 1" width="576" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN TWO<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BHK89yI6T3U/UcHGxtER4oI/AAAAAAAACss/Y6w6MI9dr-U/s1600-h/BW173.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 17" border="0" height="180" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-V9gASis44g8/UcHGyINolpI/AAAAAAAACs0/wdjWkHWJaFM/BW17_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 17" width="244" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_IfmlSvzNJw/UcHGzJJJX1I/AAAAAAAACs8/iuvo_TsoIIw/s1600-h/Colour26.jpg"><img alt="Colour 2" border="0" height="480" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fhI7bZdVkVc/UcHG0qpW69I/AAAAAAAACtE/C_09T0PnCgo/Colour2_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 2" width="641" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN THREE <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZDWwysT6ycQ/UcHG1Yj7PLI/AAAAAAAACtM/1d7c-ZbVJIQ/s1600-h/BW123.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 12" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Iwv8uytxTtI/UcHG1yR6dqI/AAAAAAAACtU/A_m_CUYiHDw/BW12_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 12" width="209" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EZge4p_dO5Y/UcHG2fJwEqI/AAAAAAAACtc/v_ziFSAHMqU/s1600-h/Colour35.jpg"><img alt="Colour 3" border="0" height="759" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ndY7ftCxwbE/UcHG3jEwq1I/AAAAAAAACtk/Av1SadhrBz8/Colour3_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 3" width="575" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN FOUR <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bpbcMidbm1Q/UcHG4dEyKeI/AAAAAAAACts/UaEdVn5UXn8/s1600-h/BW133.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 13" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yvowfS0uyKw/UcHG43LaPXI/AAAAAAAACt0/D5A06UrcSro/BW13_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 13" width="175" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iF3EKMOa8p8/UcHG55CemSI/AAAAAAAACt8/tsFjwZnqddc/s1600-h/Colour69.jpg"><img alt="Colour 6" border="0" height="530" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZJaGwLS03_I/UcHG7HIzYTI/AAAAAAAACuE/7TUkFNCB-sc/Colour6_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Colour 6" width="619" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iF3EKMOa8p8/UcHG55CemSI/AAAAAAAACuM/ihYReQ1vyDE/s1600-h/Colour62.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 14" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EAUBKII-Y0g/UcHG922sxyI/AAAAAAAACuU/Ckbo4MqYt30/BW143.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 14" width="242" /> </a><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_x9Ib9bxA_o/UcHG-_4UD-I/AAAAAAAACuc/S1eJCAKxpFA/s1600-h/Colour45.jpg"><img alt="Colour 4" border="0" height="693" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bWxXgKd2Jik/UcHHADi0zYI/AAAAAAAACuk/xS8xyh5xeFM/Colour4_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 4" width="531" /></a><br />
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DESIGN SIX <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SknPthHGSwQ/UcHHBHvXT2I/AAAAAAAACus/SyGlbitkqyE/s1600-h/BW163.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 16" border="0" height="205" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WW488DG1E74/UcHHCin9a3I/AAAAAAAACu0/i1qZEOD2Owk/BW16_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 16" width="244" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN SEVEN<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KsGdqyP7ZRU/UcHHFoNXZmI/AAAAAAAACvM/BQv413OtzaQ/s1600-h/BW223.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 22" border="0" height="201" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ol6_GWV3WdI/UcHHGPzPFjI/AAAAAAAACvU/PDtRNBuo_Zk/BW22_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 22" width="244" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN EIGHT<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D64le-0W9SQ/UcHHIlw7zAI/AAAAAAAACvs/ZZUOfGcAP-o/s1600-h/BW43.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 4" border="0" height="136" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_d2N0PFJ-98/UcHHJDRVkvI/AAAAAAAACv0/21_l_npVqzE/BW4_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 4" width="244" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN NINE<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Pu6oD9_Bgw8/UcHHLQDVGgI/AAAAAAAACwM/hAPllrcgx5w/s1600-h/BW53.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 5" border="0" height="194" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qSBQfRypYB8/UcHHLxKeeMI/AAAAAAAACwU/_iXTwlYvZAM/BW5_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 5" width="244" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN ELEVEN<br />
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DESIGN TWELVE<br />
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DESIGN THIRTEEN<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GKHzvSba2NI/UcHHYS9durI/AAAAAAAACyM/xi81EHfz4gM/s1600-h/BW103.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 10" border="0" height="211" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_GYHSCvnHT8/UcHHY-DR2XI/AAAAAAAACyU/BehYm-OpYc4/BW10_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 10" width="244" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6CMVYiUmH0c/UcHHZjKJ-dI/AAAAAAAACyc/84p8mcPmzP0/s1600-h/Colour148.jpg"><img alt="Colour 14" border="0" height="782" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ag-9Rj-lvnE/UcHHar66a-I/AAAAAAAACyk/wG1qW6vlnDc/Colour14_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 14" width="613" /></a><br />
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DESIGN FOURTEEN<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pb7k3LISvWg/UcHHbcCtknI/AAAAAAAACys/k7JOqkIuVDo/s1600-h/BW203.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 20" border="0" height="189" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VPTlW0dwjMM/UcHHcLeszWI/AAAAAAAACy0/5D-VmQE4-zs/BW20_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 20" width="244" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-75fXl6akrvo/UcHHc79sUII/AAAAAAAACy8/8k8FKrD8Yuk/s1600-h/Colour184.jpg"><img alt="Colour 18" border="0" height="469" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-h-Q99JAKdWc/UcHHd1-CN0I/AAAAAAAACzE/V4s1ZjVJkME/Colour18_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 18" width="622" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN FIFTEEN <br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HftEYw6XDtY/UcHHe4CCF5I/AAAAAAAACzM/ZqnbDfh5AJE/s1600-h/BW93.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 9" border="0" height="183" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-INfyXpphEJk/UcHHf2ymzRI/AAAAAAAACzU/H3lbL9rXEjI/BW9_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 9" width="244" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7nLJMAhNavQ/UcHHhJJYOAI/AAAAAAAACzc/woQuRLjpRc4/s1600-h/Colour134.jpg"><img alt="Colour 13" border="0" height="474" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3BkSJN63vms/UcHHiPzoXVI/AAAAAAAACzk/IRpPwwOjD_w/Colour13_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 13" width="630" /></a> <br />
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DESIGN SIXTEEN<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2tfPelW5mxw/UcHHjSQkYAI/AAAAAAAACzs/rY3jTlCrOZo/s1600-h/BW23%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 2" border="0" height="169" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9mmFBXE6P-8/UcHHj_XBKeI/AAAAAAAACz0/XqELatKmU94/BW2_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 2" width="244" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jbcLAzCib2g/UcHHkoWfu8I/AAAAAAAACz8/CKrhN0Rx28o/s1600-h/Colour175.jpg"><img alt="Colour 17" border="0" height="457" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gD0ZgPH7wlI/UcHHlpSYKWI/AAAAAAAAC0E/iDUMXTdzl1o/Colour17_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 17" width="643" /></a><br />
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DESIGN SEVENTEEN <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2Y3U_srljCY/UcHHmeObwyI/AAAAAAAAC0M/9JCuqBPrEak/s1600-h/BW183.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 18" border="0" height="149" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kjqdtqb_SfQ/UcHHmztZXbI/AAAAAAAAC0U/MPN4nLwR69s/BW18_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 18" width="244" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gCXyPiAv9BM/UcHHnwhClgI/AAAAAAAAC0c/KmJqv6Dvw4Q/s1600-h/Colour154.jpg"><img alt="Colour 15" border="0" height="319" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7S30w2IZcP0/UcHHog2WZWI/AAAAAAAAC0k/hAX7pYEPCwE/Colour15_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 15" width="646" /></a><br />
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DESIGN EIGHTEEN<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-L8Lesq1ORGI/UcHHpalzv8I/AAAAAAAAC0s/s2bbx83bxDc/s1600-h/BW13.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 1" border="0" height="240" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ejy_Ndj2qJY/UcHHp4hg8qI/AAAAAAAAC00/QnY6I6ANkzE/BW1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 1" width="244" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x21M2p9xKDA/UcHHqrUy2pI/AAAAAAAAC08/B6kk-mQdUH8/s1600-h/Colour166.jpg"><img alt="Colour 16" border="0" height="744" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Glm2Ql0OQaY/UcHHtmg7jfI/AAAAAAAAC1E/N9WRIuBzR3U/Colour16_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Colour 16" width="638" /></a>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-19744175801119786052013-04-24T19:20:00.000+02:002014-07-24T12:08:42.765+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 8 – RESEARCH FOR CONSERVATION THEME<br />
<strong>THE TIBER RIVER: A DIFFERENT VIEW</strong><br />
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Some days ago I took a long and free walk along the banks of the Tiber river which flows through the ancient heart of Rome toward the sea, only around 25 kilometres away. I followed the river course from the Vatican City downwards till the Isola Tiberina, the boat-shaped island which was once the location of an ancient temple to the Greek god of medicine and healing.<br />
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Water levels were still very high after the hefty rains of the past weeks and part of the banks submerged. Stone stairs connect the bridges to the banks which run along the basis of the tall walls. These stone embankments are about 12 meters tall and were built since the end of the 19th century to protect the city from the severe floods so frequent in the past.<br />
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The river banks are a sort of separate world in wintertime. High above, the busy city life, cars, people, buses. Down here almost nobody, discarded waste of every kind, trash, old rags, pavements heavily damaged by the water, naked branches, silence. In summer things change: structures are rebuilt, damages repaired, people stroll leisurely along the book stalls and the cafés.<br />
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I took a great number of photos not of the beautiful buildings high above, but of the vault of the bridges from below, of the trash, of the old food wastes, of the ravaged ferryboat piers, of the ruined bicycle path.<br />
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So this is going to be my conservation theme for the final wall-hanging, as discussed with Sian: the sad conditions of neglect of the Tiber in the very centre of Rome.<br />
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Here are drawings from some details and photos:<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8ixH400hypU/UXgRNbkZNiI/AAAAAAAACiQ/YUhQtsdaLjo/s1600-h/Drawingfoto25.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 2" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5rh9vcOvV-s/UXgROuXpW3I/AAAAAAAACiY/YGMqaf-EFLM/Drawingfoto2_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="791" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 2" width="617" /></a><br />
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Naked branches emerging from the muddy water<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wWyxp-NpXFM/UXgRPsHi1qI/AAAAAAAACig/EupC5aI5fUE/s1600-h/Drawingfoto35.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 3" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lhSHo2AQ1x0/UXgRQxvcQgI/AAAAAAAACio/i_f6Qt-Zozk/Drawingfoto3_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="812" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 3" width="634" /></a> <br />
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A graffiti “embroidery” along one of the banks<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qydvkPwbk3w/UXgRSPDrEsI/AAAAAAAACiw/R2o2kk59GJA/s1600-h/Drawingfoto54.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 5" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uT9UmVZZ00w/UXgRTa1KJJI/AAAAAAAACi4/Wcm8-elvm4Q/Drawingfoto5_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="832" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 5" width="647" /></a> <br />
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Ravaged bicycle path<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Q9GOfK4BPGY/UXgRUtuDSoI/AAAAAAAACjA/bc2mNjFagpE/s1600-h/Drawingfoto45.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 4" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t1mn4qHn59I/UXgRWLtYClI/AAAAAAAACjI/LeaS8b564O0/Drawingfoto4_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="837" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 4" width="652" /></a> <br />
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Trash, rags, plastics<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Hzghi4ski1Y/UXgRXNobr3I/AAAAAAAACjQ/SmrwPC3JEpw/s1600-h/Drawingfoto19.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 1" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Mo2j-LNsJPw/UXgRYDp5lTI/AAAAAAAACjY/xgQxPnxqd-s/Drawingfoto1_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" height="829" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 1" width="660" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5-Jqv242b0s/UXgRZOizM7I/AAAAAAAACjg/Jn42f2p0m1Y/s1600-h/Drawingfoto75.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 7" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OxAiJeAGu1o/UXgRan3VTRI/AAAAAAAACjo/NTI9Ejhw7rY/Drawingfoto7_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="836" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 7" width="654" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BZiVUYit6NE/UXgRb7fgvzI/AAAAAAAACjw/yiYKjTNzphs/s1600-h/Drawingfoto63.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 6" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GH-VCDIQGes/UXgRdHrib_I/AAAAAAAACj4/ViZbDsLbP2w/Drawingfoto6_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="829" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 6" width="641" /></a> <br />
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The multi-layered structure from down the bank<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fOKDVLTLGzE/UXgReCEozTI/AAAAAAAACkA/da84N3dGtZs/s1600-h/Drawingfoto94.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 9" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5auFMaeCxtM/UXgRfYRkDdI/AAAAAAAACkI/Cc81rlddMcY/Drawingfoto9_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="833" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 9" width="647" /></a> <br />
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Plastic bags trapped into the branches<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TQS6VcUdGyQ/UXgRgS5VQ8I/AAAAAAAACkQ/ZhUljzgflcY/s1600-h/Drawingfoto85.jpg"><img alt="Drawing foto 8" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LepCajQBhKg/UXgRh2DeVWI/AAAAAAAACkY/X9K4FUxtvqw/Drawingfoto8_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="835" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Drawing foto 8" width="652" /></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">COLOUR PALETTE</span></strong><br />
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From another set of photos I painted the colours I saw <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EFXfW9R5e2A/UXgRjJoWdPI/AAAAAAAACkg/OPPGuPJY7Fw/s1600-h/Tabellacolori13.jpg"><img alt="Tabella colori 1" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BJGeP0PeeXM/UXgRkRMhf3I/AAAAAAAACko/BiO8SS6Q-q8/Tabellacolori1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="627" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Tabella colori 1" width="627" /></a> <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">DESIGN EXERCISE</span></strong><br />
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Words suggested by Sian Martin<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mSGhjRtNutI/UXgRl_SRMYI/AAAAAAAACkw/FZl3GFpIPw4/s1600-h/BW56.jpg"><img align="left" alt="BW 5" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7dUwnNzWgcY/UXgRmwdf3vI/AAAAAAAACk4/NG_HGay22tk/BW5_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" height="167" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 5" width="204" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6k63yu35STM/UXgRn5F_pEI/AAAAAAAAClA/hQflgwZnwak/s1600-h/BW27.jpg"><img alt="BW 2" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QQ9jBUKQxlM/UXgRo6E6rYI/AAAAAAAAClI/fYMq_glRguM/BW2_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="169" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 2" width="244" /></a><br />
married, enclosed, rhythmical …….. crushed, controlled, enveloped<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-onKqsLbH178/UXgRpzWl1zI/AAAAAAAAClQ/53Hm2TTV85Q/s1600-h/BW44.jpg"><img alt="BW 4" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DgWxigs6Sk8/UXgRq5MOU3I/AAAAAAAAClY/s3KlwvYC3iY/BW4_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="136" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="BW 4" width="244" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GBY6ezLE6TU/UXgRr3lThNI/AAAAAAAAClg/W2OYQE4-V-o/s1600-h/BW83.jpg"><img alt="BW 8" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-S2wE46pftLs/UXgRs3vDVdI/AAAAAAAAClo/xDcT0A9UaBQ/BW8_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="195" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="BW 8" width="255" /></a><br />
peaceful, soft, quiet, restful ……………………..controlled, strong, enclosed<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-etzXiiyysgc/UXgRt_EB9XI/AAAAAAAAClw/e6orJyNTLjQ/s1600-h/BW103.jpg"><img alt="BW 10" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-234Z1RRb8eo/UXgRuzT8cQI/AAAAAAAACl4/1HS5Ypn_hwI/BW10_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="194" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="BW 10" width="223" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RWba37CQQ9M/UXgRwIL5tsI/AAAAAAAACmA/LKLH15wqQyM/s1600-h/BW18.jpg"><img alt="BW 1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bwyzMw1IhI8/UXgRxIPcUuI/AAAAAAAACmI/ShOXqU3bXPY/BW1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="240" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="BW 1" width="244" /></a><br />
expelled, enclosed, separated, imprisoned ….. bend, separated, vigorous<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C2rk8qENj68/UXgRyNK1eEI/AAAAAAAACmQ/zvxg_P0e9kY/s1600-h/BW112.jpg"><img alt="BW 11" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tyjBNb7skxc/UXgRzOkF08I/AAAAAAAACmY/H8NYBC1pmLI/BW11_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="194" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="BW 11" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-f1rmBePWp_A/UXgR0Qmm57I/AAAAAAAACmg/5Vztw_pWHMA/s1600-h/BW92.jpg"><img alt="BW 9" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NQowNdt7O_M/UXgR1kwrBgI/AAAAAAAACmo/cLw9Z2UFlYY/BW9_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="183" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="BW 9" width="244" /></a><br />
frenzied, expelled, compressed ……………. bend, fast, vigorous, enclosed<br />
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Words which came to mind while looking at images collected<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-70VhRND6jBE/UXgR2soBirI/AAAAAAAACmw/ufb8rRLQqMU/s1600-h/BW62.jpg"><img alt="BW 6" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qMSqIJF652A/UXgR3o6aZgI/AAAAAAAACm4/QrZ9RydQrb0/BW6_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="177" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="BW 6" width="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5B_2qIseXXw/UXgR437cdUI/AAAAAAAACnA/wAvjZUJ8t3s/s1600-h/BW35.jpg"><img alt="BW 3" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Z5McyXlOjo4/UXgR5_y9W9I/AAAAAAAACnI/kz9kn6_bD_w/BW3_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="166" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="BW 3" width="244" /></a><br />
entwined, strong roots, world below -------------------------- hard and soft, solid and fluid, conflicting<br />
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gentle, imprisoned among branches, entwined, fragile cages --------------- gentle, rhythmical, fast, new life budding <br />
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confused, who knows?, afraid to get near ---------------- separated, parallel worlds, conflicting, alone in beauty<br />
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alone in beauty, graffiti embroidery, small world ------------- delicacy, spring coming, do not think too much<br />
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layers of parallel worlds, unaware, shadow: shelter from life, arches like wombs, noise/silence, resilience strength (left)<br />
underneath, forgotten, disrupt, crushed (right)<br />
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conflicting, delicacy of things forgotten, silence/noise (left)<br />
still lagoon, softly remembering in the shade of your heart, in the warm pleats of your soul<br />
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vigorous, trust your strong roots, strong in current (left)<br />
be strong when current draws you away, trust your strong roots, use what you can, do not think too much (right) <br />
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unaware, cold and humid, winter at its end<br />
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<br />stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-67665787258220728102013-03-18T13:31:00.000+01:002014-07-24T12:09:02.894+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 7 – USE OF DISSOLVABLE FABRICS<br />
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<strong>1 – TECHNICAL SAMPLES USING ONE TYPE OF STITCH METHOD</strong><br />
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The photo below shows my technical samples of stitching on six different water soluble materials. The first three samples from left make use of fabrics I bought some years ago – Avalon, Solufleece and Soluweb – while the second group towards the right shows products that are more recent developments of the industry – Romeo, Guilletta and Water Soluble Paper. I stitched the same patterns on all of them: straight and zigzag stitch grids both in regular and free stitchery plus some other simple drawings.<br />
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PHOTO ONE – samples before dissolving<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Bn84tR3xTEU/UUcGTUUi3KI/AAAAAAAACdU/FFdB6SWEmVA/s1600-h/Technicalsamplebefore24.jpg"><img alt="Technical sample before 2" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xNzqmRlQx7Y/UUcGVILIDeI/AAAAAAAACdc/6tLyl_HLa2c/Technicalsamplebefore2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="494" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Technical sample before 2" width="688" /></a> <br />
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PHOTO TWO: Avalon Soluweb and Solufleece after dissolving<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RghffFpEHxs/UUcGWAhcaNI/AAAAAAAACdk/lC8tCbVcm-I/s1600-h/Technicalsampleafter26.jpg"><img alt="Technical sample after 2" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jOYzxpFvVHk/UUcGXnmHloI/AAAAAAAACds/UB5WXs3BV-E/Technicalsampleafter2_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" height="390" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Technical sample after 2" width="702" /></a> <br />
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PHOTO THREE: Guilletta Romeo and Water Soluble Paper after dissolving<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-t-k83aemKow/UUcGYtbY7EI/AAAAAAAACd0/LU_rN6mfG_c/s1600-h/Technicalsampleafter14.jpg"><img alt="Technical sample after 1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6EJrPWVUoRs/UUcGaOzt1KI/AAAAAAAACd8/FSDSeyiH8xQ/Technicalsampleafter1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="387" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Technical sample after 1" width="714" /></a> <br />
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All in all it does not seem to me that samples obtained are so different in appearance or quality. What it DOES change is the easiness of working on the newer materials: they are more stable, it is possible to draw on them – drawing on the water soluble paper is particularly nice - Romeo and Guilletta are both transparent and this is so useful when there is a need to follow lines or patterns placed underneath; Guilletta is lighter and less expensive, Romeo is more substantial but both can be used without a hoop – in case of heavy stitching Guilletta can be doubled - and I find this invaluable. Being thicker Romeo dissolves less quickly and this can be useful if a more rigid final effect is wished. Water soluble paper samples show some residues still trapped in the stitchery for a different effect.<br />
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<strong>2 - SAMPLES OF SOLUBLE LACE USING DIFFERENT STITCH METHODS </strong><br />
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For this second series of samples I used only Guilletta and Romeo films without a frame. The numbers placed beside each of them follow the very useful system suggested by Sian.<br />
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1: regular stitching, 2: free stitching, 3: very open, 4: very dense, 5: only one direction, 6: opposite directions, 7: curved shapes, 8: straight stitch, 9: zigzag stitch, 10: cable stitch, 11: whip stitch, 12: metallic thread, 13: trapped bits <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vgrln54ZjNg/UUcGbZhihoI/AAAAAAAACeE/2m-5AspHW8k/s1600-h/Combinationsampler4.jpg"><img alt="Combination sampler" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2p9bTsb7FIs/UUcGdQTkvNI/AAAAAAAACeM/EdyAYyZadjU/Combinationsampler_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="863" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Combination sampler" width="721" /></a><br />
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<strong>3 – SOLUBLE LACE SAMPLES BASED ON SEA AND SKY DRAWINGS</strong><br />
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Guilletta is the film used for these samples. All measure approximately 10-12 cm on each side and some incorporate fragments of chiffon. I placed all of them on a white or cream background to show how they are look on their own, then on a coloured fabric to have a first idea of how these laces could be combined in a more complex way.<br />
Before each of them there is the drawing on which it is based. Drawings are quite small in reality – squares of 4 cm – but I enlarged them to see patterns more clearly. I used mainly the same drawings of Chapter SIX in order to see how they translate both in cutwork and free lace. <br />
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SAMPLE ONE<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7k3WlI8_deM/UUcGehb91JI/AAAAAAAACeU/zIxasKYKiH8/s1600-h/Foto1dis12.jpg"><img alt="Foto 1 dis 1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L31XS9jYsTM/UUcGfhGyN0I/AAAAAAAACeY/Rsf7WQBJbeo/Foto1dis1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="244" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Foto 1 dis 1" width="238" /></a> <br />
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Straight stitch only<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nOlg37hCSWA/UUcGhEBh8sI/AAAAAAAACek/7weqxioCwBo/s1600-h/Lace14.jpg"><img alt="Lace 1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Cralu0ZLJQ4/UUcGiu6HgtI/AAAAAAAACes/ewqDQHB-Dns/Lace1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="636" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 1" width="727" /></a> <br />
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DETAIL ON BLACK BACKGROUND<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XJlfRLCgVFE/UUcGkOM3evI/AAAAAAAACe0/sn6jjxPjP0U/s1600-h/Lace1detail4.jpg"><img alt="Lace 1 detail" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6hlLNnizV9w/UUcGl3GeB1I/AAAAAAAACe8/i_JFqIGSOnk/Lace1detail_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="752" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 1 detail" width="574" /></a> <br />
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SAMPLE TWO<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ye9jjFc7AH4/UUcGnltvWEI/AAAAAAAACfE/3eNflfk1HoQ/s1600-h/Foto3dis22.jpg"><img alt="Foto 3 dis 2" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t71CPxsnFDU/UUcGou3ti2I/AAAAAAAACfM/h30sNWmSSBo/Foto3dis2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="239" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Foto 3 dis 2" width="244" /></a> <br />
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Zigzag and straight stitch<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2NobR-1mfro/UUcGplvfY_I/AAAAAAAACfU/Mokq5YfdMPk/s1600-h/Lace24.jpg"><img alt="Lace 2" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MfjbkykeN6g/UUcGrPEWj-I/AAAAAAAACfc/sPbdboHwUYs/Lace2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="576" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 2" width="605" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a42MRIEbeEU/UUcGsBgsUfI/AAAAAAAACfk/YXGo8rcQzNM/s1600-h/Lace2detail4.jpg"><img alt="Lace 2 detail" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ybL0WzmjTpk/UUcGtpcfs-I/AAAAAAAACfs/hYFftxF7zcU/Lace2detail_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="787" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 2 detail" width="599" /></a> <br />
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SAMPLE THREE<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LbcEy1GNsJQ/UUcGvJ0A_CI/AAAAAAAACf0/7QdMhgL57uk/s1600-h/Foto5dis12.jpg"><img alt="Foto 5 dis 1" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E-Om_Ta6OUE/UUcGv17L0AI/AAAAAAAACf8/3vJCjRFpQ30/Foto5dis1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="238" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Foto 5 dis 1" width="244" /></a><br />
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This sample is actually a combination of three in white, blue and green then interlaced and overlapped. <br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-neSkPY9GFNo/UUcGxCOqfgI/AAAAAAAACgE/IsjHJCY7XZo/s1600-h/Lace34.jpg"><img alt="Lace 3" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CAcNi7KmNaM/UUcGyaz1Z6I/AAAAAAAACgM/Efxc2spUHY0/Lace3_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="613" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 3" width="603" /></a> <br />
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DETAIL ON BLUE BACKGROUND<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mDqiBVivycw/UUcGzXHrX0I/AAAAAAAACgU/SCx3VfsDuM4/s1600-h/Lace3detail5.jpg"><img alt="Lace 3 detail" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iqJ14B7SfVc/UUcG1efmLuI/AAAAAAAACgc/wL1N_mg6mbE/Lace3detail_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="798" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 3 detail" width="611" /></a> <br />
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SAMPLE FOUR<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0Q9kll9-L04/UUcG3g8m7JI/AAAAAAAACgk/Ap5bjzRsQWQ/s1600-h/Foto5dis32.jpg"><img alt="Foto 5 dis 3" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Qv47SS6_P1U/UUcG4w35x0I/AAAAAAAACgs/EDMTruyIWlw/Foto5dis3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="237" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Foto 5 dis 3" width="244" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hMrPteVDR3I/UUcG7LZfY9I/AAAAAAAACg0/frV7pWLcvcQ/s1600-h/Lace44.jpg"><img alt="Lace 4" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-he59KCx_Z1k/UUcG8xF6Z2I/AAAAAAAACg8/QNSL5aeboXU/Lace4_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="653" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 4" width="632" /></a> <br />
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DETAIL ON A MOTTLED PAPER<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nPMhiz3XiP8/UUcG-RBy_EI/AAAAAAAAChE/oMLYI8USAKI/s1600-h/Lace4detail5.jpg"><img alt="Lace 4 detail" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Eusr9t6kPAc/UUcHA-vT_QI/AAAAAAAAChM/rUFdCLck88Q/Lace4detail_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="830" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 4 detail" width="636" /></a> <br />
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SAMPLE FIVE<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ksm8G2EuaxQ/UUcHCZNyiJI/AAAAAAAAChU/Q_s23yQDy8Y/s1600-h/Foto6dis12.jpg"><img alt="Foto 6 dis 1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VFB7oPvyAIs/UUcHDvSKmOI/AAAAAAAAChc/iearFJoEPWk/Foto6dis1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="244" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Foto 6 dis 1" width="243" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NGWoTkgYabQ/UUcHFKq7h-I/AAAAAAAAChk/vJAtD0ISAkc/s1600-h/Lace55.jpg"><img alt="Lace 5" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c4FdSgXnCSc/UUcHHRjwFeI/AAAAAAAAChs/shO9eEcx4G4/Lace5_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" height="674" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Lace 5" width="651" /></a> <br />
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DETAIL ON A BLUE FABRIC<br />
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In this Chapter inspiration is taken from water or sky collaged designs from Chapter TWO and translated into fabric samples using a cutwork technique. Each cutwork sample is followed by a detailed view of an area.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE ONE</strong><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DKrW5DvWIcs/USZNB8ygxwI/AAAAAAAACZU/cZebs2FafQI/s1600-h/Sample%252520ONE%2525202%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Sample ONE 2" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-D_Vy9llEKbU/USZNC3rwlZI/AAAAAAAACZc/yLixtPsb6Q8/Sample%252520ONE%2525202_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="185" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Sample ONE 2" width="153" /></a> <br />
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Background is dyed lining fabric with three layers of fabric. The dark “rocks” are reinforced with blocks of dense stitching.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--X3u5l_zmV8/USZND9SIMCI/AAAAAAAACZk/bINI_5TVgmU/s1600-h/Sample%2525201%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zlKkIO4oHqM/USZNFd8MLKI/AAAAAAAACZs/NHwbG8BJf3k/Sample%2525201_thumb%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="514" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 1" width="674" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qkYQXT5FDZQ/USZNGrxRZhI/AAAAAAAACZ0/sKlcV_6mrqo/s1600-h/Sample%2525201%252520detail%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 1 detail" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zGwa4awPJ-A/USZNH0L7MJI/AAAAAAAACZ8/3vt4pOefrKQ/Sample%2525201%252520detail_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="414" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 1 detail" width="546" /></a> <br />
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<strong>SAMPLE TWO</strong><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qi-iE2pv4JU/USZNIyl-G9I/AAAAAAAACaE/X-Mq4HP1eqU/s1600-h/Sample%252520NINE%2525202%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Sample NINE 2" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IIfQ5WyRO6w/USZNJo106oI/AAAAAAAACaM/zeluR62L8vY/Sample%252520NINE%2525202_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="129" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Sample NINE 2" width="244" /></a> <br />
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Ripples in the silk background are made through stitching, two other layers are applied, the dark one is cut, the frothy light blue chiffon is frayed.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2SoBuEpumYU/USZNLEBvrTI/AAAAAAAACaY/9p_gd42sdPA/s1600-h/Sample%2525202%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 2" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0C7rMIzXyyc/USZNMkFKGqI/AAAAAAAACag/YvCYzKzkU4s/Sample%2525202_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="502" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 2" width="702" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dh4OcP0bOjE/USZNOCypSQI/AAAAAAAACao/JMNbGIgR9Mo/s1600-h/Sample%2525202%252520detail%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 2 detail" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-P2xDRbHyFKg/USZNPoxqYxI/AAAAAAAACaw/b8MHY-f7TYw/Sample%2525202%252520detail_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="450" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 2 detail" width="594" /></a> <br />
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<strong>SAMPLE THREE</strong><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QnP172wIdPQ/USZNQVb2sYI/AAAAAAAACa4/VxNnKGtXYks/s1600-h/Sample%252520TEN%2525203%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Sample TEN 3" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-h_zvUHLuibQ/USZNROeC2RI/AAAAAAAACbA/s69hgryb0cQ/Sample%252520TEN%2525203_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="118" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Sample TEN 3" width="244" /></a> <br />
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The background is light felt, three other layers on top, the last one is an old thick sweater brushed with acrylic.<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Dd9f_EgbACg/USZNSPxVR3I/AAAAAAAACbI/Zn_cF8qX5f4/s1600-h/Sample%2525203%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 3" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ArbTnBGtX_4/USZNTZDthAI/AAAAAAAACbQ/OgEqjBhvodY/Sample%2525203_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="453" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 3" width="721" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t7kzXIgW-aU/USZNU2y9Z6I/AAAAAAAACbY/raAc34eZzRg/s1600-h/Sample%2525203%252520detail%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 3 detail" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-n21qYiMc3ZI/USZNWTxZzZI/AAAAAAAACbg/BclyRpUm0ms/Sample%2525203%252520detail_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="488" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 3 detail" width="644" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-79C3twV-4kk/USZNXEVJNBI/AAAAAAAACbo/Czsm1iVry3E/s1600-h/Sample%252520SIX%2525202%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Sample SIX 2" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6Xv5O7-ihgs/USZNYQCP8iI/AAAAAAAACbw/NM1SJcEy2Gs/Sample%252520SIX%2525202_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="244" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Sample SIX 2" width="194" /></a> <br />
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For this last sample I chose another water collage and on its light felt background three other layers of very thin fabrics are stitched<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OwU5VtI_hGE/USZNZUNIS_I/AAAAAAAACb4/SMK6tjfCvVw/s1600-h/Sample%2525204%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 4" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kD52JA7vBFU/USZNbennfPI/AAAAAAAACcA/D-L_AO2Cstw/Sample%2525204_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="910" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 4" width="694" /></a> <br />
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I add eight more samples based on other drawings from Chapter 1. As before I have enlarged the drawings to see all minute marks and placed them before embroidered samples.<br />
This time I have left my sample photos uncut to show the undulating or irregular shapes fabrics take after embroidering. <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3yNGYK_k4As/UMne6XLEhiI/AAAAAAAACUU/sybm090RqCk/s1600-h/Foto5dis11.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Foto 5 dis 1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Lh-Ors04rjk/UMne7gD4o9I/AAAAAAAACUY/J36Ejx5WCKU/Foto5dis1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" height="232" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Foto 5 dis 1" width="237" /></a> <br />
<strong>SAMPLE NINE </strong>(approximately 13 x 13 cm) <br />
The background is dyed woven linen and has been machine embroidered in zigzag whip stitch with heavy distortion and puckering of the fabric. <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5CSFeewhCe0/UMne9CDrBAI/AAAAAAAACUk/93j0d96g9zw/s1600-h/Sample9bis%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 9 bis" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4o9V88rQesw/UMne_HueEdI/AAAAAAAACUs/8eiE8fxzGq4/Sample9bis_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="578" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 9 bis" width="649" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Hp1oi1J8J60/UMnfAvDqbNI/AAAAAAAACU0/Gs-7HGvgLBY/s1600-h/Foto%2525205%252520dis%2525202.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Foto 5 dis 2" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3p8p3-WRo9c/UMnfCDMRtzI/AAAAAAAACU8/aWFd13VDq7E/Foto%2525205%252520dis%2525202_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="241" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Foto 5 dis 2" width="237" /></a> <br />
<strong>SAMPLE 10 </strong>(around 11 x 11 cm)<br />
This background is three layered: muslim on the back for support, bluish cheesecloth as a middle layer and a flimsy white cotton weave on top. Wool yarns were fixed on it with free zigzag, the white top layer was slashed in several spots to show the blue underneath and freely oversewn in zigzag stitch. <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gISTWvSlAH0/UMnfDpO5T6I/AAAAAAAACVE/-34aEcDn6ho/s1600-h/Sample10bis.jpg"><img alt="Sample 10 bis" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BAMZs5J4xSY/UMnfFWElQ6I/AAAAAAAACVM/m4X_FUwXNV0/Sample10bis_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="639" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 10 bis" width="661" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CtUJ5bGS9i8/UMnfG4xiHbI/AAAAAAAACVU/mqb3LjG4G-I/s1600-h/Foto%2525205%252520dis%2525203.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Foto 5 dis 3" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NQh_Ag7kJmg/UMnfIB6DQuI/AAAAAAAACVc/UmAuWC7_hcw/Foto%2525205%252520dis%2525203_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="230" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Foto 5 dis 3" width="237" /></a> <br />
<strong>SAMPLE 11 </strong>(around 13 x 16 cm)<br />
The gauze was covered in blocks of free satin stitches which formed holes in the fabric and heavily distorted it.<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2OfXuUvends/UMnfJaY55mI/AAAAAAAACVk/n4sf02cP0vE/s1600-h/Sample11bis4.jpg"><img alt="Sample 11 bis" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UMg9cmbxdXM/UMnfLzU2z4I/AAAAAAAACVs/vrEqx6Mj5ok/Sample11bis_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" height="868" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 11 bis" width="661" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-klnBLYtrW44/UMnfNVzXhcI/AAAAAAAACV0/8WizSp_Fl7k/s1600-h/Foto%2525206%252520dis%2525201.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Foto 6 dis 1" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zpFxKjZPJ5A/UMnfOmZMB5I/AAAAAAAACV8/I9VAtXjypIk/Foto%2525206%252520dis%2525201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="238" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Foto 6 dis 1" width="237" /></a> <br />
<strong>SAMPLE 12 </strong>(approximately 10 x 10 cm)<br />
Habotai silk is colour stained and double-layered and gives a light quilted effect. Chiffon strips are attached on top, round shapes are in cable stitch and whip stitch.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DZicKcaWlHY/UMnfPw_NuBI/AAAAAAAACWE/HTdEGgmuO8I/s1600-h/Sample12bis%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 12 bis" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JncKNMH13L0/UMnfR2vtsPI/AAAAAAAACWM/hAY3zBKxX74/Sample12bis_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="706" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 12 bis" width="667" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ivAXLHS6oQw/UMnfTsuaPxI/AAAAAAAACWU/78IoMWC2TTQ/s1600-h/Foto%2525207%252520dis%2525201.jpg"><img align="left" alt="Foto 7 dis 1" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4kKq8OeWut8/UMnfU70QYJI/AAAAAAAACWY/VQGMDgIjz4o/Foto%2525207%252520dis%2525201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="246" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Foto 7 dis 1" width="237" /></a> <br />
<strong>SAMPLE 13 </strong>(18 x 13 cm)<br />
A layer of tulle net was fixed in stripes on a background of very transparent chiffon (I used Romeo film as a stabilizer). Stripes are set by free zigzagging. <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_4l7NA-Zchg/UMnfWZru2uI/AAAAAAAACWk/E4uCQBd-CNk/s1600-h/Sample13bis%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample 13 bis" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-K1csgM7VI3I/UMnfYCx_tzI/AAAAAAAACWs/Zlvbqc2YMVo/Sample13bis_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="514" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample 13 bis" width="667" /></a> <br />
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<strong>SAMPLE 14 </strong>(about 9 x 11 cm)<br />
Whip stitch and free straight stitch on brushed rayon. <br />
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<strong>SAMPLE 15 </strong>(around 15 x 12 cm)<br />
Acrylic fabric on a white cloth with scrim stripes sewn. Acrylic slashed. Free straight stitch and whip stitch.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE 16 </strong>(around 13 x 13 cm)<br />
Cable stitch in straight and zigzag variations on heavy dyed acrylic felt.<br />
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Here follows a first batch of eight samples based on some drawings from Chapter 1. Original drawings measure approximately 4 per 4 cm but have been enlarged to enable a clearer view of small marks and placed before each sample.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE ONE </strong>(around 9 x 9 cm)<br />
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The background is dyed cotton cloth sprinkled with salt when still wet.<br />
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<b>S</b><strong>AMPLE TWO </strong>(around 10 x 10 cm)<br />
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Background: synthetic silk brushed with acrylic ink and sprinkled with salt.<br />
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The textured heavy lines are embroidered with twin needles in a narrow zigzag stitch. Dotting is free straight stitch .<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE THREE </strong>(11 x 10 cm)<br />
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This habotai silk was backed by a support fabric. On it silk in a different green shade has been appliquéd using a dense zigzag stitch. Light blue yarn is worked in cable stitch from the back.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE FOUR </strong>(9 x 9 cm)<br />
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Background is silk doubled with felt.<br />
Machine embroidery: straight stitch, zigzag stitch.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE FIVE </strong>(12 x 12 cm)<br />
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For this graphic sample I needed a stable background and I opted for a white synthetic felt.<br />
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A first single zigzagging dark blue line in straight stitch is ‘wrapped’ by secondary lines in light blue and grey (high tension in the top).<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE SIX </strong>(10 x 7 cm)<br />
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For the background painted Bondaweb was bonded on coloured ink.<br />
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Only minimal machine stitching on this sample – simple straight and zigzag lines -since the background is heavily patterned.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE SEVEN </strong>(around 10 x 10 cm)<br />
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‘Bubbles’ are outlined in zigzag cable stitch and filled in zigzag whip stitch.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLE EIGHT </strong>(14 x 8 cm)<br />
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Chapter FOUR invites to prepare and colour threads and fabrics for use later in the Module.</blockquote>
On the left my threads and yarns are wound around plastic covers and cling film tubes and are ready for a dip in colour.<br />
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For colouring I used acrylic inks instead of dyes. I recently discovered these paints and find them extremely practical and easy to use: no stiffening, vivid hues, no need to fix them by thermosetting or soda ash, excellent light fastness. They are simply great to colour both papers and fabrics.</blockquote>
For applying colours I used brushes and spoons on the wet threads lying in a shallow tray.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">THREADS AND YARNS</span></strong><br />
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This is a general view of my stash, followed by some detail pics.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">FABRICS</span></strong><br />
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I dyed and painted different types of fabrics – calico, linen, cloth, velvet, felt, cheesecloth, silk, scrim, synthetics and others. I used mainly white or pale coloured fabrics, sometimes also printed or patterned fabrics from my stash.<br />
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- dyeing with Procion<br />
- colouring with acrylic inks and acrylic paints by dipping, brushes, sponges<br />
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- bonding of acrylic paints, crayons, oil pastels with Bondaweb.<br />
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I have arranged my fabrics in groups according to their prevailing colours – mainly blues/turquoise with touches of pink and green and the last stash of greenish hues.<br />
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Group SEVENstitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-25847353122657947972012-09-24T17:16:00.003+02:002014-07-24T12:10:58.450+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 3 – FREE MACHINE STITCHERY I arranged my free machine patches in two samplers. The first one collects my trials at free straight stitch, zigzag stitch and whip stitch both in straight and zigzag stitch. This sampler of 10 lines includes 90 square patches each measuring 3 cm.<br />
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As suggested by this Chapter instructions, I used white calico doubled with tear-away stabilizer. Needle size was 110. No hoop was needed.<br />
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<strong>SAMPLER ONE – FREE STRAIGHT STITCH, ZIGZAG STITCH, WHIP STITCH </strong><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XekPGxbCTo0/UGBl7lIrShI/AAAAAAAACK0/yKXoCdrfzMM/s1600-h/General1%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="General1" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-beC7QSiCwMA/UGBLBcgA3OI/AAAAAAAACK8/Berd_0wDvFA/General1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="667" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="General1" width="611" /></a><br />
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<strong>Lines 1 to 3 – free straight stitch - normal tension on top and bottom</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Hk75C80n71Y/UGBLCu_DvNI/AAAAAAAACLA/B2sdwHuVYMs/s1600-h/Sample2%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample2" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1gu6pgv3o2M/UGBLDjVyVWI/AAAAAAAACLE/8pGc2rpCGMw/Sample2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="248" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample2" width="622" /></a><br />
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<strong></strong><strong>Lines 4 to 6 – free zigzag stitch – normal tension on top and bottom</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gjmmIfC8BrU/UGBLFOA48oI/AAAAAAAACLI/Ty542NP4vZ4/s1600-h/Sample3%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample3" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hJmupl2svPo/UGBLGWXNpoI/AAAAAAAACLM/EfnA4bU6PVE/Sample3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="259" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample3" width="628" /></a><br />
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<strong></strong><strong>Lines 7 and 8 – whip stitch (straight stitch) – loose bottom tension, normal or tighter tension in the top</strong><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rlYyk7SSCak/UGBLHHlNAtI/AAAAAAAACLQ/_dVEOAVMBvs/s1600-h/Sample5%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample5" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8IDE_CQcFkk/UGBLIEl8EDI/AAAAAAAACLU/y4yCNQnGC9w/Sample5_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="175" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample5" width="637" /></a><br />
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<strong>Lines 9 and 10 – whip stitch (zigzag stitch – from narrow to widest) – loose bottom tension, normal or tighter tension in the top</strong><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hs4EkiPYzV4/UGBLJNVLsoI/AAAAAAAACLY/ZhwsH4HKILc/s1600-h/Sample4%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample4" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jHxFn9s7FUc/UGBLKj1jfzI/AAAAAAAACLc/Qoy1q-WICM4/Sample4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="198" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample4" width="643" /></a><br />
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Sampler two is worked on two layers of calico. Patches are a bit larger (4 cm each) and are arranged on 3 lines. In some instances I used a very loose tension in the bobbin (I keep a separate bobbin case for these experiments), in others I bypassed the bottom tension altogether. It’s been a try and fail process, depending on type of thread and tension.<br />
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I lost the tiny tension screw a few times when stitching and crawled for minutes on the floor on my fours armed with a pin magnet to get it back – a very unnerving experience!!! With some yarns bypassing tension is the best option while with others nothing seems to work and I just had to give up using them in the machine. <br />
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<strong>SAMPLER TWO – CABLE STITCH (straight and zigzag stitch)</strong><br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nJvxdZujX5k/UGBLLxsZOTI/AAAAAAAACKI/CEl0wb6zuJ0/s1600-h/Sample1%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Sample1" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DPd9Uxf42TQ/UGBLNgz_AcI/AAAAAAAACKQ/MgO-LCHKcc4/Sample1_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="455" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Sample1" width="790" /></a>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-25852876544771752762012-08-09T17:00:00.000+02:002014-07-24T12:11:16.152+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 2 – DESIGNING WITH SHAPES AND LAYERS<br />
I have chosen ten images for the exercises of this Chapter, some are the same of Chapter One, others have been selected from my greater collection of water and sky photos.<br />
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In some instances I have cropped and/or posterized the pictures in order to emphasize their lines. For this I used the poster effect of the PaintShop Pro software (Effects Menu ---> Artistic Effects ---> Posterize).<br />
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All the following photo collages are virtual: the intermediate stages were photographed and then cut again, in some cases just once and in others twice.<br />
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This is the procedure I used to make the computerised collages:<br />
First I opened all the pictures I wanted to use in each collage, resized them to have them fit on a single page, then opened a new page of adequate size and moved them on this by means of the copy and paste feature of the Edit Menu. I am explaining because it took me an hour to find a way of doing this and maybe somebody else is interested! I can explain the process in more detail if needed. <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-q0yqmSOe3TY/UCPN2WPDtXI/AAAAAAAACF4/p-VAZgdD6o0/s1600-h/Collage%252520ONE%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage ONE" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XH_FwZn0AOI/UCPN3xzdLHI/AAAAAAAACGA/YQC3Zpnt4kU/Collage%252520ONE_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="695" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage ONE" width="612" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE ONE <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-40XhtpIfFhI/UCPN5g8lX9I/AAAAAAAACGI/17_UmAjwV0s/s1600-h/Collage%252520TWO%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage TWO" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DTwSBRT83Jc/UCPN7Vv1OoI/AAAAAAAACGQ/s_7uIrPlWoA/Collage%252520TWO_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="701" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage TWO" width="619" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE TWO<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GnmpIPye8V0/UCPN8SF5hJI/AAAAAAAACGY/CThGjf_9KCU/s1600-h/Collage%252520THREE%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage THREE" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GGYdAMZDy5g/UCPN914c7hI/AAAAAAAACGg/FWHbYqV8Jw4/Collage%252520THREE_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="712" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage THREE" width="629" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE THREE<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5BG7K6xSnhM/UCPN_DyFqDI/AAAAAAAACGo/ikNz9-clsu0/s1600-h/Collage%252520FOUR%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage FOUR" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ci9aRaLmVXg/UCPOAeD8m8I/AAAAAAAACGw/aZWmC-6pDNE/Collage%252520FOUR_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="720" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage FOUR" width="636" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE FOUR<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bsikhkd5f5U/UCPOCFbxycI/AAAAAAAACG4/Z2xV4YpEKJ4/s1600-h/Collage%252520FIVE%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage FIVE" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5qHkaQKLqCU/UCPODkMdqiI/AAAAAAAACHA/bHSRDRn9QI4/Collage%252520FIVE_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="518" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage FIVE" width="653" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE FIVE<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-t0WSzHYZR_Q/UCPOFLBe4XI/AAAAAAAACHI/oTPxBa4qcpc/s1600-h/Collage%252520SIX%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage SIX" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4i2UVRg6xR8/UCPOGUYfi2I/AAAAAAAACHQ/mJsqGOCuqVo/Collage%252520SIX_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="666" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage SIX" width="666" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE SIX<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w37_V34nbTs/UCPOHvHppOI/AAAAAAAACHY/tZveRVfSo54/s1600-h/Collage%252520SEVEN%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage SEVEN" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-stItsx7Yikk/UCPOMKHMbhI/AAAAAAAACHg/bNWKufcLfyM/Collage%252520SEVEN_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="586" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage SEVEN" width="676" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE SEVEN<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mYGPZSE4pv0/UCPONYEA61I/AAAAAAAACHo/RLMYccm6Mic/s1600-h/Collage%252520EIGHT%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage EIGHT" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BVVCp0eQEKo/UCPOPDgDgcI/AAAAAAAACHw/X2w0oDFs0dU/Collage%252520EIGHT_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="763" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage EIGHT" width="676" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE EIGHT<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-T3JPlMrL1DE/UCPOQE4qQTI/AAAAAAAACH4/0lmuCCJod94/s1600-h/Collage%252520NINE%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage NINE" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bUoob3mhM2g/UCPORadApUI/AAAAAAAACIA/9ISS8Bj4bLc/Collage%252520NINE_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="363" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage NINE" width="694" /></a> <br />
SAMPLE NINE<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8sNI4j5sPcc/UCPOS8S9WBI/AAAAAAAACII/6y_9QXMW430/s1600-h/Collage%252520TEN%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Collage TEN" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EqixOtz1QVM/UCPOUZ9qpWI/AAAAAAAACIQ/obTxP-EOVdM/Collage%252520TEN_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="361" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="Collage TEN" width="690" /></a><br />
… AND FINALLY SAMPLE TENstitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-45958014717265823512012-08-02T17:33:00.000+02:002014-07-24T12:11:33.151+02:00Module SIX – Chapter 1 – DRAWING METHODS USING IMAGES OF WATER AND SKY<br />
I have chosen eight water and sky photos from my collection of images and created marks using different drawing implements, and sgraffito, frottage, resist and discharge methods.<br />
I have arranged all my small samples (4x4 cm approximately) around each one of the photos. <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lDsz7J1fZoU/UBqRFVit0TI/AAAAAAAACCQ/B8tZ0Dt64TE/s1600-h/Page1%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Page1" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EtGJ2O9Bg2Q/UBqRGyi1q4I/AAAAAAAACCY/GcvMQyyE4nI/Page1_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="495" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Page1" width="646" /></a> <br />
Photo 1<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-R0vYb-6KHaE/UBqRIeOfewI/AAAAAAAACE4/QSFirMoJXh0/s1600-h/Page2%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Page2" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a2q1w-MKI_c/UBqRJusYHhI/AAAAAAAACE8/ml-e5oZ4uWE/Page2_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="466" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Page2" width="660" /></a> <br />
Photo 2<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nvcaYsjBDbw/UBqRLDFU2TI/AAAAAAAACFA/iNz4qG4dqvU/s1600-h/Page3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Page3" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hSWRCBuimWc/UBqRL3yRsLI/AAAAAAAACFE/9gX0G91fSMQ/Page3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="551" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Page3" width="671" /></a> <br />
Photo 3<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YCtY9MZDXvI/UBqRNLaU9rI/AAAAAAAACFI/DZEio1KrtBs/s1600-h/Page4%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Page4" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QMSvEURLaSI/UBqROBNfCBI/AAAAAAAACFM/vxuh45SF3l8/Page4_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="450" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Page4" width="675" /></a> <br />
Photo 4<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HbVbtBfyYUk/UBqRPQV2FEI/AAAAAAAACFQ/HsU2gCSux_Y/s1600-h/Page5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Page5" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XU7owvkgrEk/UBqRQb4CwcI/AAAAAAAACFU/gg_LZiIqxac/Page5_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="588" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Page5" width="692" /></a> <br />
Photo 5<br />
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Photo 6<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lyyEq1qFD5E/UBqRUK11tAI/AAAAAAAACFg/TXnKfE66hCc/s1600-h/Page7%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Page7" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-oIK29WZ5SWM/UBqRVGe2kcI/AAAAAAAACFk/vyKBI8e64sM/Page7_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="427" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Page7" width="711" /></a> <br />
Photo 7<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tIBHaaH0szw/UBqRWajox6I/AAAAAAAACFo/otppD1Xf5AQ/s1600-h/Page8%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Page8" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HE7obrL-kkM/UBqRXhbs9UI/AAAAAAAACFs/NUUzfV-69oo/Page8_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="608" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Page8" width="720" /></a> <br />
Photo 8<br />
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This last page shows a small group of experiments on transparent surfaces – tracing paper, acetate, polythene and bubble wrap.<br />
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The completed embroidered assessment piece for <strong>Module Five</strong> is a face or mask based on the design topic of ‘Touching Textures’, which is inspired by wooden African masks and modern works of art in painting and sculpture.<br />
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<strong>Do you feel satisfied with the results?</strong> <br />
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Yes, I am pleased with it.<br />
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<strong>If yes, which parts in particular?</strong><br />
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The sharp contrast of shapes and colours which I think is in keeping with my inspiration sources.<br />
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<strong>Is it fit for its purpose?</strong><br />
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It has no purpose in itself, since it is a decorative piece. I like the possibility of keeping it flat or hanging it on a wall or against a window.<br />
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<strong>If you were asked to make it again, what changes would you make?</strong><br />
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1) To the way you designed it:<br />
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I would try to make it even more abstract, perhaps by changing the position of parts to one another so as to get a less figurative composition and a more fractured look.<br />
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2) To the way you made it: <br />
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I would like a rougher and less ‘pretty’ look. I would use materials in a freer way. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">COSTING OF THE EMBROIDERED SAMPLE:</span></h5>
Two 2 mm acrylic sheets: 8 Euros <br />
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Fabrics: old and recycled fabrics (3 Euros)<br />
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Bits and pieces: in stock, overall value of fleece, beads, leather scraps 1 Euro<br />
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Threads: 6 Euros<br />
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Glue: 3 Euros <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">TIMING OF THE EMBROIDERED SAMPLE:</span></strong></h5>
Design work was scattered on a couple of months, from March to May 2012.<br />
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Embroidery work was started on 10th of June and completed in one week.<br />
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Total hours working on design: 10 hours plus thinking time.<br />
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Total hours working on embroidery: 6 hours<br />
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<strong>STORAGE OF WORK, MATERIALS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT</strong><br />
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Item : My storage place<br />
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Design work in progress: plastic folder<br />
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Completed work in progress: flat in big plastic box with lid<br />
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Papers for design work: flat in card box<br />
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Pencils and felt pens for design work: on my working table<br />
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Other items like glue, liners, scissors, cutter: on my working table in my workroom<br />
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Embroidery work in progress: plastic bags in a plastic box<br />
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Fabrics: plastic containers arranged in like colours, behind a curtain that keeps light out<br />
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Threads: drawers, arranged in like colours, beside the sewing machine<br />
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Beads, metal threads etc.: small air-tight boxes, drawers, bags<br />
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Sewing machine: on small table beside a window in my workroom, in working position<br />
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Other electrical equipments: <br />iron upright on a top shelf, small electrical appliances in their original boxes<br />
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<strong>HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES OBSERVED IN MODULE FIVE</strong> <br />
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Items and working processes that have been used in Module Five:<br />
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- Always lay the soldering iron on its stand and beware to not touch the tip <br />
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For this module we are asked to study three artists who make an interesting use of texture in their works, Jennie Rayment, Michael Brennand-Wood and a third one whom we find particularly inspiring. My choice is Mary Button Durell.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Jennie Rayment</strong> </span><br />
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I did not know her and she was such a joyful surprise. She is the British queen of calico that she is able to manipulate in an infinite number of original ways to be used in patchwork, fashion, home furnishings and any form of needlework and embroidery. <br />
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She is a popular tutor and writer of seven books on easy and quick though highly imaginative fabric manipulation techniques.<br />
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Jennie Rayment has a website: <a href="http://www.jennierayment.co.uk/">http://www.jennierayment.co.uk/</a> and the following photos are just a taste of what you can find there. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Michael Brennand Wood</span></strong><br />
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Web site: <a href="http://brennand-wood.com/index.html" title="http://brennand-wood.com/index.html"><u>http://brennand-wood.com/index.html</u></a><br />
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Michael Brennand Wood defines himself a wood visual artist, curator, lecturer and arts consultant. As an artist he makes very intricate and richly delightful sculptural pieces in which he uses textiles and wood as his primary materials with the addition of glass, collage, acrylic paint and whatever he feels fit.<br />
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He has a very direct and passionate relationship with his materials and keeps inventing new ways of combining them together. As he says in an interview by Diana Woolf (<u><a href="http://www.themakingorg.uk/">http://www.themakingorg.uk/</a></u>), for him <em>“making is the thinking process” </em>and adds "<em>I’m also very interested in the nature of materials and the meanings they convey”.</em><br />
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But materials are not an end in itself: “<em>my work was always about ideas and not just technique”</em> he says and adds: “<em>I’m interested in abstraction and enjoy seeing what you can do optically with rhythm and colour, but the abstraction still has a meaning and is not just playing with pattern”.</em><br />
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Works by this artist are a beautiful feast for the eye and very inspiring in their free and imaginative use of ideas and materials.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Mary Button Durell</span></strong><br />
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Mary Button Durrell is a Californian paper artist and a sculptor. She works with the simplest of means, tracing paper and wheat paste, with touches of acrylic paint and foil, and with these straightforward materials makes layered, biomorphic pieces – huge and small ones, three-dimensional or flat. I discovered her through another blog – I am so sorry I do not remember which one – and keep looking at her incredible art.<br />
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She has been featured on many blogs and websites. All photos are credited to <a href="http://www.inthemake.net/"><u>www.inthemake.net</u></a> which includes a very interesting interview with her and many more beautiful pictures taken in her studio in San Francisco.<br />
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My face/mask is finally there! It is rather difficult to take photos from it and I have tried my best.<br />
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The final mask is slightly different from my paper mock-up – it includes four levels instead of three – but all in all I have followed this mock-up rather faithfully. The mask is made up of 7 parts showing 4 different fabric textures.<br />
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The background is a 2 mm acrylic sheet cut to measure.<em> </em>I chose acrylic since I wanted to see the different parts of the mask floating. Overall size, including the empty areas, is approximately 30 x 45 cms.<br />
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Parts 5, 6 and 7 are on the background level and glued directly onto the acrylic sheet.<br />
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Level one is 2 cm high (part 1), level two is 3 cm high (part 4) and level three is 4 cm high (parts 2 and 3).<br />
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On the back of the acrylic sheet I glued square acrylic feet to create a distance between the face and its supporting surface which may be a wall, a table or a window pane for example. <br />
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In this first photo I placed my mask on a marble floor.<br />
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In this picture the face was fixed to a frosty window pane which allows the passing of light from behind.<br />
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This is the mask seen from the back.<br />
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Here follow pictures from details, the first shown on a dark wooden surface, the other three against a window.<br />
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Tomorrow the technical information, evaluation and records.</div>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-48472344630269836632012-05-21T17:53:00.002+02:002023-01-17T20:40:05.786+01:00STITCH TRIAL SAMPLES FOR MY FACE DESIGN<br /><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fXBvzak1788/T7piRbRXEJI/AAAAAAAABwA/6HCwtlXa2AE/s1600-h/Area2Sample37.jpg"><img alt="Area 2 Sample 3" border="0" height="436" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IBeHa78nvs4/T7piTt43nRI/AAAAAAAABwI/I6lrOrucjh4/Area2Sample3_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 2 Sample 3" width="560" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
My cardboard design of a face or mask shows three areas that need to be translated into fabric using manipulation and hand stitchery methods or a combination of them.<br />
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These areas in paper have different textures and are respectively light (Area 1) medium (Area 3) and dark (Area 2) in colour, moving from a creamy white to a warm dark grey.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Area 1</strong> – <strong>Light colour</strong></span><br />
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Area 1 includes the front and the bigger part of the face. They are going to be worked in the same way but shall be placed on different levels.<br />
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<strong>Sample 1</strong> – Manipulated technique: wadded quilting on habotai silk with the addition of a few patches of hand stitched fabrics (tulle net, jersey, cheesecloth) and wool yarn<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9J1UJtKERHw/T7piG-b9ysI/AAAAAAAABvA/LxGbIf5dh9U/s1600-h/AreA1sample15.jpg"><img alt="AreA 1 sample 1" border="0" height="413" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jsmNWCiWh58/T7piIGylnyI/AAAAAAAABvI/sx-8AkvzTX4/AreA1sample1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="AreA 1 sample 1" width="538" /></a> <br />
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<strong>Sample 2 – </strong>Hand stitching: manipulation by needle-formed pleating plus embroidery<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tBohhpM6Nsg/T7piJYNKJNI/AAAAAAAABvQ/YNPxh8z0fRM/s1600-h/Area1sample26.jpg"><img alt="Area 1 sample 2" border="0" height="423" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3zAYBzIhWPk/T7piK9ICwPI/AAAAAAAABvY/9eFWptE_5bY/Area1sample2_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 1 sample 2" width="549" /></a> <br />
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<strong>Sample 3 – </strong>Needle-formed pleating, snipped tucks, hand embroidery<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JmB_R0Ftof0/T7piMNbgcGI/AAAAAAAABvg/wsno79j5OpY/s1600-h/Area1Sample36.jpg"><img alt="Area 1 Sample 3" border="0" height="430" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VgsD5ZYdqc8/T7piNI6KuEI/AAAAAAAABvo/tFalQBfL6gc/Area1Sample3_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 1 Sample 3" width="556" /></a> <br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Area 2</strong> – <strong>Dark colour</strong></span><br />
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Area 2 although smaller is important for creating a contrast. The eye and the lower half of the face are going to be dark and visually “heavy”.<br />
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<strong>Sample 1</strong> – Manipulated technique: short tucks in all directions on a collaged background fabric, machine embroidery added<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-17FV-mSPaHM/T7piOoVEbwI/AAAAAAAABvw/f0WWQLGCDXk/s1600-h/Area2Sample15.jpg"><img alt="Area 2 Sample 1" border="0" height="428" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GLrILvbMLHk/T7piP59n3-I/AAAAAAAABv0/0noiKkRFkCs/Area2Sample1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 2 Sample 1" width="559" /></a> <br />
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<strong>Sample 2 – </strong>Hand embroidery: Buttonhole stitch<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fXBvzak1788/T7piRbRXEJI/AAAAAAAABwA/6HCwtlXa2AE/s1600-h/Area2Sample37.jpg"><img alt="Area 2 Sample 3" border="0" height="436" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IBeHa78nvs4/T7piTt43nRI/AAAAAAAABwI/I6lrOrucjh4/Area2Sample3_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 2 Sample 3" width="560" /></a> <br />
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<strong>Sample 3 – </strong>Zig zag gathering over a linen thread, wrapping over ridges with variegated thread and darning stitch all over<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IRJtqDCun68/T7piVXj_DbI/AAAAAAAABwQ/iX01ykPvMR8/s1600-h/Area2Sample24.jpg"><img alt="Area 2 Sample 2" border="0" height="427" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5Yfoh5Kmh-Y/T7piWrfPZvI/AAAAAAAABwY/EIsHz7Wg1E4/Area2Sample2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 2 Sample 2" width="561" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Area 3 </strong>– <strong>Medium colour</strong></span><br />
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This area makes up the background or frame of the face. It is going to be split into three slightly offset parts and perhaps these shall be placed on different levels.<br />
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<strong>Sample 1</strong> – Hand embroidery: Cretan stitch<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gRgh_OZBc-8/T7piYKkbKEI/AAAAAAAABwg/_EyYUlIQa_U/s1600-h/Area3Sample15.jpg"><img alt="Area 3 Sample 1" border="0" height="438" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-B6U2LGVlIPQ/T7piZrRZ1JI/AAAAAAAABwo/iX1GyaiVna8/Area3Sample1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 3 Sample 1" width="573" /></a> <br />
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<strong>Sample 2 – </strong>Manipulated method: chequered irregular tucks and hand stitching<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Btnd2ZY3ODI/T7pia2IM60I/AAAAAAAABww/HwHIk5J19A4/s1600-h/Area3Sample24.jpg"><img alt="Area 3 Sample 2" border="0" height="442" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5HrcdF0VWAU/T7picIXzVHI/AAAAAAAABw4/Q8VcmJuE8nY/Area3Sample2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 3 Sample 2" width="581" /></a> <br />
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<strong>Sample 3 – </strong>Machine wadding on muslim<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KdYFsxl4rlU/T7piddYSZsI/AAAAAAAABxA/kexfqJQeEiw/s1600-h/Area3Sample34.jpg"><img alt="Area 3 Sample 3" border="0" height="445" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3oUqKttjpRY/T7pie4wTV9I/AAAAAAAABxI/cvQLMn0g3Xk/Area3Sample3_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Area 3 Sample 3" width="585" /></a> <br />
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After a lot of comparing and matching and considering and agonizing I have selected which samples are going to make up my face. All and every sample have their good and bad reasons for being chosen or not chosen.<br />
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I now think samples shall be used as follows:<br />
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<strong>Area 1 - Sample 3</strong> – This is a wide and prominent area and I want a highly textured method with a wide array of possible variations. I feel this combination technique is very flexible and I am not going to be bored!<br />
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<strong>Area 2 – Sample 2</strong> – I love the other samples too but I feel that as a contrast to area 1 I need a much flatter, darker and more finely workable surface such as that of sample 2<br />
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<strong>Area 3 – Sample 3</strong> – Also this choice was difficult. I must say I am attracted to atmospheric sample 1, but it seems to me rather too similar to that chosen for area 2 even if the techniques used are different. I also feel that an important background might draw attention away from the face. So I think I am going to choose sample 3 over sample 1 since it is more muted and subtle. Unless of course I change my mind in the making …. or a I find a way of combining features from both samples.<br />
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In this last photo I have placed my chosen samples on the mock-up for a first idea of how they might look. Before getting on I am going to make some experiments with the supporting structure.<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v3qL07W6WM4/T7piqunnFjI/AAAAAAAABxU/QbuArm2NAX0/s1600-h/Samplesonface6.jpg"><img alt="Samples on face" border="0" height="934" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kt_VGICftrQ/T7pitI2GkNI/AAAAAAAABxc/08of45qPrXg/Samplesonface_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Samples on face" width="717" /></a></div>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795646514169994210.post-58361442459494911002012-05-07T17:17:00.000+02:002012-05-07T17:49:34.857+02:00Liebster Blog Award!!<br />
What a wonderful gift and surprise! I just received the Liebster Blog award from <a href="http://judycooper.blogspot.com/">Judy Cooper</a>. <strong>A huge thank you, Judy!</strong><br />
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Liebster is a German word for dearest or beloved and this award is given to blogs with less than 200 followers that the awarder thinks deserve attention.<br />
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These are the rules that come with this nice award:<br />
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1. Thank the blogger who gave you the award and and link back to them<br />
2. Copy and paste the award on your blog<br />
3. Give the award to five other blogs with less than 200 followers and let them know by letting a comment on their blog<br />
4. Hope that the people you have sent the award will forward it to other five fellow bloggers and keep it going!<br />
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And here comes the really difficult part. There are many more than 5 blogs that I do like a lot and keep going back to. Some of them have many followers and attention, others less so. This is why I made my pick among five of those which I feel deserve more!<br />
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<a href="http://chainstitched.blogspot.com/">Carrie's Blog</a><br />
<a href="http://manymanystitches.blogspot.com/">Many Many Stitches</a><br />
<a href="http://www.boppyboo.blogspot.com/">Set the Fibres Burning</a><br />
<a href="http://threadtraveller.blogspot.com/">Thread Traveller</a><br />
<a href="http://echoes-foxtrot.blogspot.com/">Echoes</a>stitching in the sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285672042422256209noreply@blogger.com1