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I chose one half of the clam shape, photographed from above, shown here in greyscale.
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I drew it several times, refining the shape until I had something that pleased me.
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Outlines drawn over each other.
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Working on the original shape I gradually enlarged it inconsistently to see what would develop.
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Adding patterns helped to show the development of the shape.
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I looked at the top and bottom of the shape and worked through a series of variations until I got to the bottom right design. I found this one very pleasing.
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I cut the new shape out in the coloured kitchen towel I had saved from chapter 6. The graduated colouring of the paper works very well with the twists and curves of the shapes.
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I redrew the curving shapes then painted them, using colours from my colour scheme.
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I created a mount to focus on the centre of the design.
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Design in landscape.
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Looking at the shapes in greyscale.
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I enlarged the centre of the design and drew the shapes in pencil.
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I then mirrored the shape and stitched through layers of coloured papers.
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Pages 128 - 130 show variations in shapes and colours. The number of combinations is endless so I limited myself to 4!
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I separated the shapes, selected similar shapes and stitched over them. Next I reassembled the pieces together and mounted them onto black stitched paper.
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Quite by accident, a faced appeared, so I pleated the 'hair' and stitched rows of vertical lines down the paper. I think this is more effective in only one colour.
I found it quite hard to get started on Edges as Lines. The stick man was very effective but I eventually found a couple of shapes that I feel work well.
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I chose the shapes from the bottom left of page 131.
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Me, concentrating!
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Setting some of the variations together produced an interesting piece that could be developed further in stitch.
This chapter was quite challenging. However, I was amazed that by starting with the side view of a clam shell I would end up with the collage above!
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| Presentation board for Chapter 8 |
