Tapestry round 2

Round 2 of making tapestries. This time i used much smaller frames and also used a much thicker warp to see what differences that would make. I feel it makes the full front of the piece look a lot more unique, it makes it a lot more textured and the 'rows' going downwards look a look fuller.

Some sketchbook pages

A bit of jazz

Some quick sketches whilst exploring colour theory using various medias and papers.

CAD (boo hoo)

Theres something about CAD that to me just seem so un-natural. Craft to me is hands. It's hands on, its hours of hard work and labour to make a beautiful object that can be touched, lifted, smelt, used. And CAD (computer aided design) just sort of makes my whole enthusiasm disapear. I don't know why, or what, but even the word CAD just makes me sigh. But I really wish it didn't.

Anyway, as part of a module at University, I had to use the dreaded CAD. I decided to use it to manipulate images of my loom samples and here are some of the outcomes...

Weaving + nature + macrame =

The twigs are added together by the technique of twinning, i have then woven back into them with wool and used the bottom twig as a base to macrame from. Purely experimental piece for combining weave with macrame. My two favourite areas within textiles!

Presenting my work

I think i'd have to say this is definitely the hardest part of a project! All the work is done, the samples are complete.. it's now just all down to finding a way to make them look bloody good.

For this project as i've been really playing with colour, i wanted my boards to be fun.
I wanted them to express passion and enthusiasm for what i do, yet still be playful. And also to really show the clash of colour and how infact they can work really well together.

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This is a drawing I'll be keeping up over the summer with a drawing a day.