I had a play with fabric and paper over the weekend to make some surfaces for stitching with and playing with. I borrowed the book, Drawn to Stitch by Gwen Hedley, from the library and in the first section you are shown a variety of ways to make a bank of surfaces for drawing, stitching on - so I had a play.
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| From Drawn to Stitch - the how to |
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| From Drawn to Stitch |
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| From Drawn to Stitch |
I experimented with fabric first and realised that using fabrics with similar designs or colours was not as effective as the spot and gingham piece, where the contrasts were more obvious. I suppose it depends how the piece is used.
What I like is the way the pattern is disjointed in the weaving process.
I played around with maps and magazine ads.
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OS map of bit of London with family history
juxtaposed with an older map of the area |
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Weaving of an ancient map of London &
the underground map - new & old |
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There is something odd about the way
the model appears silenced by the snowy
scene woven into this piece.
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I must get an iron just for this purpose and stop trashing the family gadgets with my experiments....!
Oh and I had a go at trapping a skeleton of a leaf between tissue paper...good old bondaweb and a hot iron. I love this one...
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