Week Twelve

This week I have been to the digital print room and printed my patterns on a silk viscose, which I particularly liked, this has almost given a different feel to the patterns by the distortion the circles get from being printed on such fabric which I feel gives it a looser feel. Printing on this fabric can also appear to make the colours more muted and give it a more luxurious feel. I feel the fabrics I have been currently working with definitely say fashion but I would like to stretch these fabrics by finding more unusual media. I have been using the prints this week to create samples for my series and have done these by covering buttons and using plastics as well as mixing it with my hand cut sequins. This works as I feel the hand process of cutting the circles gives it a more organic feel as they are not all perfectly circle and I quiet like that they are not. The sequins have been taking me longer than I thought but I feel the process is good and it getting quicker with practice. I also find the contrast between the beautiful silk and plastic laminates interesting with experimentation of weights. 

Week Eleven

These samples above show the hand cut sequins combined grid like embroidery sewn onto thicker fabrics. These ideas came from the previous samples where I used a grid to make sure all my sequins where straight. I wondered how it would look if the grid were there as a permanent and experimented with colour. These colours come from the small shot of colours found on the painting I feel this bring a slightly different dimensional and again creates a contemporary feel.

Week Ten

Here you can see some of my samples for this week,I have spent my week cutting out circles of printed laminates to create sequins to use within my own work. I have been experimenting with different types of thread to sew them with and different weights and coloured backgrounds in order to find fitting methods. I find my sequins another way to create my patterns on fabric instead of just digital print the sequins create a more three dimensional look which I feel affective. I find the plastic and delicate fabrics an interesting combination and feel it gives the patterns a contemporary feel.
Sequins always appear to be iridescent or coloured not patterned so I thought this would be an unusual experiment seeing how these could work and so far I would say I was very pleased with them.
This has led me on to the research of fashion regarding to sequins and the use of them within garments.These images below show how my hand cut sequins could be used within a similar context.

Week Nine

This week I have had my prints digitally printed on to single silk georgette, I feel this particular material holds a delicateness in which connects to the original patterns which began within the inspiration of the butterfly wings which were of beauty and delicate.  

Week Eight

After creating numerous patterns with my circles I now wanted to use them within my work but I needed to find a way to transfer them onto fabrics, as my samples were going to be aimed towards a fashion and textiles audience. I tried various ways of transferring them over from cellulose thinner, Image maker, and printing to printing on canvas then it occurred to me I could transfer my images onto fabric using the digital technique. I thought this was a great contrast to the work I was trying to create with hand processes and gave good contrast to contemporary and the traditional which is something I always like to challenge. After the printing on canvas paper which is printed by inkjet I had an idea to cut my patterns into circles again but was not happy with the quality I was getting from the canvas paper, so decided to try it in another media which was laminate which I felt worked great, creating circles that reminded me of sequins. 

Cellulose thinner 

Canvas print

Image Maker 

Laminate Print 

Week Seven

This week I have been searching and gathering inspiration for the process of sampling. Artists such as Mr Finch whose work I found inspiring has made me think about embroidery especially tapestry like needlework. His work here show butterfly and moths re created by the method of textiles. 

This textile artist has encourage my ideas for tapestry and by that I have continued to look at other tapestry especially in fashion. These images below are from top fashion house, but what they all have in common is their use of floral imagery. This has given me the determination to tapestry my own patterns hoping I could show I different type if new and old that does not have to include florals. 

Below is my sample of embroidery tapestry where I use the ideas of my circle on voile. I feel they have worked well and I love the contrast of thick stitching light fabrics. I realise these are not exactly circle but circles proved difficult to create exact however I feel this unperfect works well and reflects back to my first weeks thoughts.

Week Six

This week I have continued to create patterns with the cut out circles this is in order to created a base for my sample experimentation in which intend to start next week.