PAP 4 Continued

Continuing the theme of protest, I decided to look at the meaning of the words 'Don't walk on the rocks' which made me look at feet and I started experimenting with design.

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The 'heel' now has a fishtail and the 'toes' are beginning to look like rocks/reef.

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I started to arrange the shapes to find a pleasing design.

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This is the design I have decided to develop further.

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The finished piece will be approximately 50cmm x 50cm. I drew it to scale so that I got a real idea of the size.

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This time I have moved away from my favourite colour scheme of blue/orange and am going to use crimson/orange/green for a change.

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Although the colours are not correct yet, it has given me an idea of how to use them.
 

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I started looking at how to make the rocks, that will surround the design. Acrylic paint on tyvek and tissue paper.

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Tyvek and tissue paper after heating. The tissue paper acts as a resist and prevents the tyvek over-shrinking.

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I then experimented with adding highlights on the ridges. I applied silver leaf first. It showed up but was not particularly effective.

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Gold transfer paper applied. Again not very effective.

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Red and orange oil pastels skimmed over ridges. More effective but did not dry out well, remained tacky.

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Xpanda paint applied. It cracked loose when manupulated. Stitch applied. Not very effective.

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Trapunto toes! I began looking at the 'reef'.

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Rows of pleated faux silk. Too big as a single item but the pleating may be effective when broken down into smaller pieces.

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More experiements with the surrounding rocks. Silver paintstik rubbed over the ridges, very effective and it dried well, some hand stitching applied but still not right.

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I decided to experiment with coloured backgrounds for the surrounding rocks

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The rocks look good against the background, which could be seawater flowing between them.

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Shown on a darker background, with FME 'veins' through the rocks. The fabric was backed onto white felt. I hadn't expected the fabric to ripple but liked the effect and decided to develop this feature.

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Faux silk painted and fixed with ironing, then rolled round a tube, concertina'ed and tied the string before being daubed randomly with paint.

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The effect looks like ripples of water.

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Rocks applied and stitched using FME with a contrasting peachy pink thread.

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Very pleased with the effect!

Distant Stitch Diploma, Module 6, Chapter 5 - Design Exercise

This is the quilted cover I made for one of my notebooks. 

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I  experimented with it in Photoshop Elements and like the mosaic effect very much.

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I looked back through the module and decided to take one design from each module, this being Module 3.

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This is from Module 4.

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Here the pieces are laid out and joined with cowrie shells, originally a form of currency.

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The colours blend well together and each circle can be developed further.

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Personally I think this grouping is more pleasing than the linear design.

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Digitally enhanced and full of promise. 

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Another interesting design.

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Interesting, but won't be my final choice.

Distant Stitch Diploma, Module 6, Chapter 4 - Design Pattern from an Ethnic Source

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The image shows pieces of barkcloth.  I chose the design in the middle on the right. The pattern has a ribbed effect through it.

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I drew in the 'ribbed' lines and coloured them in a diagonal pattern.

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I continued with the design, removing 2 of the colours but keeping the same diagonal design pattern.

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I then removed all the colours and some of the lines.

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I decided it was time to move on!

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Another piece of barkcloth with a geometric pattern, much more my thing!

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I adapted the pattern to fit on a teabag.

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This example is made from packing paper, black tissue paper and thick threads with 4 cream picot columns.

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Very free interpretation!

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Looking at the design in greater detail.

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Taking the design a stage further.

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Adding colour, using egg tempura - more practice needed!

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Using crumpled glossy magazine as a background, I tore the paper into strips and applied it to the brown paper background. I stitched the design from 41 over the picture and painted it with Brusho inks with egg tempura.

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Close up.