tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48372991353515050752024-02-19T00:45:14.762-08:00Catherine's StitchingWork done for a Level 3 Certificate in Embroidery with Distant Stitch.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-18340053328437149992021-12-16T09:40:00.000-08:002021-12-16T09:40:00.742-08:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 12: Stitch Trial Samples - Using Extreme Contrasts<p> It's been hard to find time to do any work on Chapter 12 in recent months. My husband's health has deteriorated and caring for him is a 24 hour a day effort. In a way, this has given me the chance to step back from my Distant Stitch work for a bit and think about what I've done so far and where I want to go from here. The welcome help of carers who come to the house has given me short breaks when stitching is a relief from my cares, a little bit of mindfulness that leaves me refreshed and ready to carry on with my caring duties.</p><p>I thought again about the design I chose at first. I liked the fact that it looked like a spiritual symbol whose meaning was known only to me. I was seduced by this thought for a while, but realised that it had gone too far away from the basic theme of this module, which is texture in nature. Perhaps this is a theme I can return to at a future time.</p><p>I played around with patterned papers and came up with another design which, I think, gives much more the feeling of the landscape I experienced in walks and which inspired my original research.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDuNBHhFZOg8vF7oBA4N7p8_lmBiniLyowKCXwOXDy2rp19hvjBXhBOyl-tQ8_SPb7z6-mTyXEiKKZmn9UlFr8DVmL3ZL52jm-PHj2PZBJQh2wnm_89t9doyRoNayszwwHUhccwJgigBh_HE5tsWpD89QEyxz0xSnbqAaAtQi8v9GokgB6KEmSrr8d=s3750" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="3750" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDuNBHhFZOg8vF7oBA4N7p8_lmBiniLyowKCXwOXDy2rp19hvjBXhBOyl-tQ8_SPb7z6-mTyXEiKKZmn9UlFr8DVmL3ZL52jm-PHj2PZBJQh2wnm_89t9doyRoNayszwwHUhccwJgigBh_HE5tsWpD89QEyxz0xSnbqAaAtQi8v9GokgB6KEmSrr8d=w400-h294" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.12.1 New design</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I chose each decorated paper in turn and tried to interpret it in stitch, using a mixture of pure stitch and fabric manipulation. I intend to try several interpretations of each decorated paper, but have started just doing one small one that was immediately suggested to my mind as a way of interpret it in fabric and thread.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK-A9yneqdqzSusJaTmfGXGn79CcRVRrxBQdo25Ri_Y5T5ksvYCa_QxXu8iXukN9oXxU8OWiDqz7T-PBia9lwDzW3Wrg1TtjONccESFGQ6tYzZ78Zec_F7aEDgTOG7gqWULhnrts-pARcQ-28dd2MtkiDQSaDZI8-hTlvpTxOsIs0yfTxpyx10u9_A=s4000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK-A9yneqdqzSusJaTmfGXGn79CcRVRrxBQdo25Ri_Y5T5ksvYCa_QxXu8iXukN9oXxU8OWiDqz7T-PBia9lwDzW3Wrg1TtjONccESFGQ6tYzZ78Zec_F7aEDgTOG7gqWULhnrts-pARcQ-28dd2MtkiDQSaDZI8-hTlvpTxOsIs0yfTxpyx10u9_A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.12.2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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I think if I can continue this way of working, then, as well as working slowly through the chapter, I can enjoy a little me-time and a break from the stress of constant caring.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Next step</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I think from here, I can continue with the small samples, perhaps trying a looser, less literal interpretation of the patterned papers and trying to achieve more extreme contrasts until I have several stitched versions of each patterned paper. Then I will be ready to consider which and how they fit into my chosen composition.<br /><br /></div><br /></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-69325021512475930852021-09-20T01:00:00.001-07:002021-09-20T01:01:58.009-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 12: Stitch Trial Samples - Using Extreme Contrasts. Getting ready. <p> First Thoughts</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhvlIcK1KJiTEyw-WkIMfdmHyqlEUugVvtQ1qMJ2EZ_G0lp-yfQ7xM845sZ_47lSCUgLV5J6dtGbIf_g3h9ohp16RgWD409QXgc6u-9Oi8HAPQWGjNUKDNDRMcr5fahYODDbVFT7q4Xg/s2048/20210920_084552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhvlIcK1KJiTEyw-WkIMfdmHyqlEUugVvtQ1qMJ2EZ_G0lp-yfQ7xM845sZ_47lSCUgLV5J6dtGbIf_g3h9ohp16RgWD409QXgc6u-9Oi8HAPQWGjNUKDNDRMcr5fahYODDbVFT7q4Xg/s320/20210920_084552.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I decided on a design after playing around with various papers from chapter 11. I also gathered from my stash some threads and fabrics left over from a previous project which I thought would fit my colour scheme.</p><p>So, all ready to go. Looking forward to some quiet hand stitching as the darker nights and colder temperatures of autumn creep in.</p><p>PS The colours are not quite as bright as this in real life. However my other phone's camera makes the colours too dull and I'd prefer bright to dull.</p><p><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-69870112522224429402021-08-31T08:49:00.001-07:002021-08-31T09:05:06.683-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 11 Design From Landscape continuedI tried some more flat texture papers, this time on cartridge paper. For each paper, I did two layers, first randomly splashing on very diluted Quink ink. Once this was dry I used a variety of tools to make marks inspired by my original research into texture in nature. I used a stick, a dip pen, a needle pointed squeezy bottle, a sponge brush and an old credit card cut into a zigzag shape. It was fun but very messy, definitely a latex gloves and old clothes activity! Here they are:<div><br /></div> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfTJ_jfoSACmmG7O9Xdx15JQchnhj0M2TgVw8Qk8AZ7o8INkTQudAmRV2M6RhIr-bmlnGscxlRpDisKp0eH4FbAjPNkd7NfN-E8PwZpCdyuLkkuwaiRFqifGMURs5LB6KCkVe61_8uZQ/s2048/flat+sample+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfTJ_jfoSACmmG7O9Xdx15JQchnhj0M2TgVw8Qk8AZ7o8INkTQudAmRV2M6RhIr-bmlnGscxlRpDisKp0eH4FbAjPNkd7NfN-E8PwZpCdyuLkkuwaiRFqifGMURs5LB6KCkVe61_8uZQ/s320/flat+sample+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11. flat 1<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1060" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIu6PjGp1S_eV67-PddU-GIpPgvpiXMqrpVxZ5FG6_ckTnTM3SKe9R5o1pCx-MhyphenhyphenLM4ojjniS06Zu7lwMHFcyLSX4nJ1mo9WmxvuIxQaPoX9I-NTMm2nFf9NqIGy3MPK_AWIokFVA_pQ/s320/flat+sample+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.flat 3</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBym_t3oEmtkGVzb_2dZGr9oTCGiMSdm4IKyta-OtPg4j0GKFagMP-Jsl6aKqg_yl_YNtqCwbH4TlcafyI0UPJAgj7hdHCfSTN2N2X9BiFc3zvebJ8SnyZs_-Sjp2sgjaDPWtwq6vEIg/s1336/flat+sample+4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="2048" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFpg0yZKrCSrRI9F_xumzn821-I5VQLRxsNIBqLxIacLVAX5jYTUaIeBJBdrxz1Zg6xCPyAqQw_tfFdiy8qFlKADg6_tTcKV-fCz_k5dlUe8v3pW2JwDIrVAeVBDR5zEvhV2LVW-lou8/s320/flat+sample+7.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.flat 7</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhock7DDlxbjWH-vR330RBur0FmkL_ZGEotntrIqRAwHLzYZC0tVwk5BjnA2ZoFO9mzVOXbkkfdgeAW0MaStW6ZwByvXiu0nCT7n9ovKdYkRo0TRYlkxCsDVLjQbV-eMuAljzcNRbj_TZg/s2048/flat+sample+8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhock7DDlxbjWH-vR330RBur0FmkL_ZGEotntrIqRAwHLzYZC0tVwk5BjnA2ZoFO9mzVOXbkkfdgeAW0MaStW6ZwByvXiu0nCT7n9ovKdYkRo0TRYlkxCsDVLjQbV-eMuAljzcNRbj_TZg/s320/flat+sample+8.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.flat 8</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="2048" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YnXesuvQGkV5YKfz125LyZfpWao7lprAPaaSsyBNHJDEKvnIE6n52zUfYee3CWNOJCr6HUyA6QS4laLDiZT6UG8ixU3UrzBsfRM0-7Osq4u2GRbenzEmvF3XpNQgs9MbKYLk_cBadh8/s320/flat+sample+10.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.flat 10</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEeqGGSBZf34M8S9gvCT6JRnYTYZ0olIlnZZrpZdDkTrAj6oPbIM-SQicoOLAHazgn6RONhESLjtvTvIgtVBWyn4IpFN6u4XwBVbwzDlJ4rv1FXWU0zurj_-OsdBVZiI7H3_p83XLPqE/s2048/flat+sample+11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="2048" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEeqGGSBZf34M8S9gvCT6JRnYTYZ0olIlnZZrpZdDkTrAj6oPbIM-SQicoOLAHazgn6RONhESLjtvTvIgtVBWyn4IpFN6u4XwBVbwzDlJ4rv1FXWU0zurj_-OsdBVZiI7H3_p83XLPqE/s320/flat+sample+11.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.flat 11</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I then started trying to make some textured papers. I've put a caption on each one to say how I did it.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmCxFvm6vWOYcACcaWV0tZPPe1aJSkaH0cUxrKCv2r4iBpolPKZ1hZUgN_rEEGPWSrRorpMtSJIZoq9vrg9OHmy7LdSq3w8h2v8KzYIV8mgO2zHC-C7K4U6m5VVMingJytLL9AZLuKCI/s2048/textured+sample+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="2048" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmCxFvm6vWOYcACcaWV0tZPPe1aJSkaH0cUxrKCv2r4iBpolPKZ1hZUgN_rEEGPWSrRorpMtSJIZoq9vrg9OHmy7LdSq3w8h2v8KzYIV8mgO2zHC-C7K4U6m5VVMingJytLL9AZLuKCI/s320/textured+sample+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 1<br />In this sample I covered an A4 sheet of cartridge paper with gel medium and then scrunched up some white tissue and let it slide around until I was pleased with how it looked. Once the glue dried, I splashed on at random some diluted Quink ink.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1ZjKjo79Fg2gaY1jKGbd6e-NhNwJn6cM2UU-qC5cUfhb307ZLQUAP87uS_z6YGN7DgqRQtaVa5EVBUFK993ubp3yR38s5vemN8EV4bZf5T70_LQs41FHLsId2oLI7JwkdGIyDow0T1k/s1600/textured+sample+2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1ZjKjo79Fg2gaY1jKGbd6e-NhNwJn6cM2UU-qC5cUfhb307ZLQUAP87uS_z6YGN7DgqRQtaVa5EVBUFK993ubp3yR38s5vemN8EV4bZf5T70_LQs41FHLsId2oLI7JwkdGIyDow0T1k/s320/textured+sample+2a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 2<br />In this sample I used a hot melt glue gun to make streaks, then painted on some slightly diluted Quink ink.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWGuCtZO2yzzjL2tWA6Io2MmbGM5DiAF_OHR_6yz5NKzRkvU521uCBPwQimcITsJCp8BocLnoH_vnECl_v5lRHDOvNO5J9ssxHLTUAiddNWxIBtL8K2vepNT5Prtgg-N-V7pOHxPSjhQ/s1600/textured+sample+3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWGuCtZO2yzzjL2tWA6Io2MmbGM5DiAF_OHR_6yz5NKzRkvU521uCBPwQimcITsJCp8BocLnoH_vnECl_v5lRHDOvNO5J9ssxHLTUAiddNWxIBtL8K2vepNT5Prtgg-N-V7pOHxPSjhQ/s320/textured+sample+3a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 3<br />Here I first painted quite a concentrated solution of Quink ink onto cartridge paper then, once it was dry, used a hot glue gun to glue on a selection of buttons and mother of pearl discs. By a happy accident, when I lifted the glue gun, it lift a fine spider's web like thread behind. I liked this effect and was able to use it to cover the buttons with a web of fine threads of glue.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-26Nx_qlPsoiOW6IGHeLZQzFK00G0Weqzi7pRZ54yXbwRXq2XnuvWZc4kw4WmnOS343swTQjA8pyZVv6v-RKwno0vF1QSSv1RLiLr0vX9RhXV2kLTC71EgU83Z944vqQVvc9ZyzYed5o/s2048/textured+sample+4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="2048" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-26Nx_qlPsoiOW6IGHeLZQzFK00G0Weqzi7pRZ54yXbwRXq2XnuvWZc4kw4WmnOS343swTQjA8pyZVv6v-RKwno0vF1QSSv1RLiLr0vX9RhXV2kLTC71EgU83Z944vqQVvc9ZyzYed5o/s320/textured+sample+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 4<br />All the cartridge paper I'd used came from a spiral-bound sketch book. Sometimes I painted the paper before tearing it out and I was left with some painted trimmings with torn holes which gave an interesting texture. I glued it onto a pale background and, once dry, rubbed on some dark blue shoe polish to make the textures pieces stand out. I love the touches of amber-brown that are produced at random when the black ink is very dilute and splits into blue and brown in a very interesting way.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdU_RZUuDMh6z8cIeRcv3c0gzJVxVzz29aBi514BZHAXYaLZWaxk9dMHEX6u6StL5jELCxOWV2PmEGVfljtG2D36htafOtT9QcW4l140fjj6r7Jr5_GpsAL_jcJsLY6OF-ywMY1ARHzWk/s2048/textured+sample+5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdU_RZUuDMh6z8cIeRcv3c0gzJVxVzz29aBi514BZHAXYaLZWaxk9dMHEX6u6StL5jELCxOWV2PmEGVfljtG2D36htafOtT9QcW4l140fjj6r7Jr5_GpsAL_jcJsLY6OF-ywMY1ARHzWk/s320/textured+sample+5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 5<br />Slivers of coloured paper, narrow strips cut from a textile experiment that didn't work and some blue and grey threads glued onto a tinted background. The textile was too dark for the composition and so I dabbed on some white acrylic paint afterwards.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0DsRjGtXTUycFa77pOqb3o6T8wPRT3svLKYQuu_V9beZRtUf9xX0G63iadI0DdcXPfIi_eemPI3wBIz2YXI5lKqyZPMxUOf_sl0FOc9bdfvmthRNSHpF3xPJ5J7f59PEiiLrTpcnpBc/s2048/textured+sample+6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="2048" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0DsRjGtXTUycFa77pOqb3o6T8wPRT3svLKYQuu_V9beZRtUf9xX0G63iadI0DdcXPfIi_eemPI3wBIz2YXI5lKqyZPMxUOf_sl0FOc9bdfvmthRNSHpF3xPJ5J7f59PEiiLrTpcnpBc/s320/textured+sample+6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 6<br />A hot glue gun again with clear glue on a tinted background, this time, making deliberate blobs at random intervals. Dark blue shoe polish rubbed on afterwards to highlight the texture. I like how it marked the spaces between the lines of blobs too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQY2T3W31l2wQD6oWxiofaTCizBonjtgP6234hWP1FXgO82DetaxsAtVWzCTXiiqVCVpsbAjnqeowvotK2EdHUmIkkPK38bY9j5JV6onInlFNjpRZi9r-wyfFPK4KIel2fJNy7BshQCw/s2048/textured+sample+8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="2048" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQY2T3W31l2wQD6oWxiofaTCizBonjtgP6234hWP1FXgO82DetaxsAtVWzCTXiiqVCVpsbAjnqeowvotK2EdHUmIkkPK38bY9j5JV6onInlFNjpRZi9r-wyfFPK4KIel2fJNy7BshQCw/s320/textured+sample+8.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">511.tex 8 (this was meant to be after tex 7 but Blogger is determined it should be before and I'm too tired to argue!)<br />This piece was pure serendipity. I'd bought some new socks for my husband but they proved to have a narrow band of a very tight elastic thread at the top and were digging in uncomfortably to his ankles. I had unpicked this narrow band and the unravelled elastic threads were sitting in a pile, looking beautifully textured and coloured blue, cream and brown. I glued them to a piece of cartridge paper, dabbed on some diluted ink and then, when dry, applied a little white gesso with an almost dry brush just to catch the top of the texture.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAUDusx-5VxVwtOuA4wGwcUH0-H3-qDW0Eq_z3Q9ohqw28ufjOH0cY5zVcYL9BNqPEspY2fEmwXS0Za7KZvruNN5ZSa6oT8rW8fVEb0Cu0D8g-WCTyIlhw-2AwIIm_HjJBNJ7gMj0His/s2048/textured+sample+7a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2048" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAUDusx-5VxVwtOuA4wGwcUH0-H3-qDW0Eq_z3Q9ohqw28ufjOH0cY5zVcYL9BNqPEspY2fEmwXS0Za7KZvruNN5ZSa6oT8rW8fVEb0Cu0D8g-WCTyIlhw-2AwIIm_HjJBNJ7gMj0His/s320/textured+sample+7a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 7<br />Texture paste spread thickly like butter on cartridge paper and then, while still wet, the end of a paintbrush dragged through to make lines and grooves. Lengths of knotted string pressed into the paste. Once dry, painted with Quink ink. The result was too dark and so finally a thin layer of white gesso was applied.<br /><br /><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-5AcjechTgPelbd56bsbHJTj7oPwuYQdpgzBj0IpVoUA-oZn178bTUlfIDHRbi7Q-lN-15TpaaHg-cLEGrNxQ2SeK8jBrJWvsLRb1VpSIPUtXs52AXDIe0pvDuNTuGUOTSsT0VjomSI/s2743/textured+sample+9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2743" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-5AcjechTgPelbd56bsbHJTj7oPwuYQdpgzBj0IpVoUA-oZn178bTUlfIDHRbi7Q-lN-15TpaaHg-cLEGrNxQ2SeK8jBrJWvsLRb1VpSIPUtXs52AXDIe0pvDuNTuGUOTSsT0VjomSI/s320/textured+sample+9.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 9<br />Maggie Grey had a wonderful idea in her book "Long Diaries, Tall Tales" to make textured paper by tearing pieces of water-soluble paper into small pieces and putting them into a rubber stamp or texture plate, adding some water, and manipulating them so as to make a paper pulp. I had a texture plate and so tried it, using diluted ink instead of water so that I obtained coloured textured paper. I was really pleased with the design and would like to experiment some more with more organic plates. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzeqJj4e_M2SgWhUa-U-rxoAIFSwDEIlmj22ceISw9P-7grNLFNbGys_FynqpG3xmp2wXo2yao4023wogQIjt6ng_eeLo8s1UPtb-DccDDmWGH2gJ9GZ7G7uw6RblpEz4epc6Ozv1HKY/s2048/textured+sample+10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="2048" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzeqJj4e_M2SgWhUa-U-rxoAIFSwDEIlmj22ceISw9P-7grNLFNbGys_FynqpG3xmp2wXo2yao4023wogQIjt6ng_eeLo8s1UPtb-DccDDmWGH2gJ9GZ7G7uw6RblpEz4epc6Ozv1HKY/s320/textured+sample+10.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.tex 10<br />Very simple: string randomly glued onto cartridge paper, tissue paper glued on top and finally blue shoe polish rubbed on all over.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I so enjoyed doing these textured papers. While I was working on them dishes were left unwashed and meals were late as I was busy having fun!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Finally, in this chapter, we were asked to refer to our original source images to look for simple divisions to create shapes. We were asked to start by making drawings, then choose one of our flat textured papers to cut up and apply to a contrasting background, leaving spaces in between the shapes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are some of the drawings I did:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIx89Gj_T56slJ47iT8-mvESwlErymOx7yaObCeNQ66wfNWTmVJFnDJnVOTWysd7FYSho2yUz6n25OkzGnENvBRPXykNddgMiqUKdgOWInZsOpgTWY-TBwLCxukNTWvHo_VaBxjVCxVM/s2048/design+small+sketches+page+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIx89Gj_T56slJ47iT8-mvESwlErymOx7yaObCeNQ66wfNWTmVJFnDJnVOTWysd7FYSho2yUz6n25OkzGnENvBRPXykNddgMiqUKdgOWInZsOpgTWY-TBwLCxukNTWvHo_VaBxjVCxVM/s320/design+small+sketches+page+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuwmfYKrABarxZTZ7AvKUSjKtm3BRbiur2IMEGwzfTifuBTeTI92Rzyr9er5zSFi19Bg08h2bxrs-xhsiqArlfmW_la6EEbG_3GwzhTd-f86iUgyCtOz1lgkZ0_Dq1yMgE8nGD2RamPk/s2048/design+small+sketches+page+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuwmfYKrABarxZTZ7AvKUSjKtm3BRbiur2IMEGwzfTifuBTeTI92Rzyr9er5zSFi19Bg08h2bxrs-xhsiqArlfmW_la6EEbG_3GwzhTd-f86iUgyCtOz1lgkZ0_Dq1yMgE8nGD2RamPk/s320/design+small+sketches+page+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> And here are some of the collages that I tried:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQn223sOS0518eG-gaCIYujV-S0cClUtEmYHODPCVukEwntI93fnyDn32MS0-INsv-PicuIC3t_-KVuBONEFlOnomVAtfZTGuGJPZiMGnVsjNfmuJNpfhDzXEOt5dSCznW-RA71b3f5qw/s2048/design+2+source.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1260" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQn223sOS0518eG-gaCIYujV-S0cClUtEmYHODPCVukEwntI93fnyDn32MS0-INsv-PicuIC3t_-KVuBONEFlOnomVAtfZTGuGJPZiMGnVsjNfmuJNpfhDzXEOt5dSCznW-RA71b3f5qw/s320/design+2+source.jpg" width="197" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Design source 1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02KxvgfgElXFCyKxkY0WRpi6hDFdwh771A56ZRepYXOCKd3pypWvAEklt0Vjv8hc7XwG55XaidF0gjldva4W1Lpyd9yRRs8dJdaT2Wp1JbuI2ofTnIWu9nQ2KKjZxPbA-s-X2Df02J5w/s2048/design+2a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2048" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02KxvgfgElXFCyKxkY0WRpi6hDFdwh771A56ZRepYXOCKd3pypWvAEklt0Vjv8hc7XwG55XaidF0gjldva4W1Lpyd9yRRs8dJdaT2Wp1JbuI2ofTnIWu9nQ2KKjZxPbA-s-X2Df02J5w/s320/design+2a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 1a</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjsb05f66i-jZyxPlAOCEb9xlXGLjS25dwuv-dGa7kdVTCONAWNPOeGSNN20zaj8nSB6BL27-FfDGi12NZnAF2U062bxnGWeJoi38Y7kY8-5zO9FgNrTSj-LNyrGTkBX52fdmoKaWWZY/s2048/design+2b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="2048" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjsb05f66i-jZyxPlAOCEb9xlXGLjS25dwuv-dGa7kdVTCONAWNPOeGSNN20zaj8nSB6BL27-FfDGi12NZnAF2U062bxnGWeJoi38Y7kY8-5zO9FgNrTSj-LNyrGTkBX52fdmoKaWWZY/s320/design+2b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 1b</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_5k7tONOlJKMfmZfly5BhCuOMxta5No5pg7ps3BdGKggeprU0p6qRsb1PPEBaHSQs7CPtOIkTveiJL927hh8-eFUnIJqefcLKRGgBD2lJ6xoemubgiPsxqJsTcjsmel5OC9zHPDJLV8/s2048/design+2c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="2048" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_5k7tONOlJKMfmZfly5BhCuOMxta5No5pg7ps3BdGKggeprU0p6qRsb1PPEBaHSQs7CPtOIkTveiJL927hh8-eFUnIJqefcLKRGgBD2lJ6xoemubgiPsxqJsTcjsmel5OC9zHPDJLV8/s320/design+2c.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 1c<br />I cut three pieces in different ways</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1H2s2igJN-ZKioWiAR9gqUc7wmUUOhS6UV4Rh82ZDxaDSGZ2MEPlNj2Y6i0m8jpHJDlWCi_e4KgCMLZJtL0JlTgxBfrZ_7MNR3KofM5L4mxt8nOl55dWC20xfhZatdaAcAeBswHM0XQk/s2048/design+3+source.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1928" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1H2s2igJN-ZKioWiAR9gqUc7wmUUOhS6UV4Rh82ZDxaDSGZ2MEPlNj2Y6i0m8jpHJDlWCi_e4KgCMLZJtL0JlTgxBfrZ_7MNR3KofM5L4mxt8nOl55dWC20xfhZatdaAcAeBswHM0XQk/s320/design+3+source.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">design source 2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivg03tx0bhhiR5l8YXakawMFJC0q7d3mfrkLIk9ilhqLOYK_tGDAZguqRRYnzGEsjsV68tlcFJiPmVEvaAfNacAs-DysxkHPw3YG0V3kjs9XaOhDhhnNPfSfwTckMylcHWNeL_qLVFgr0/s2048/design+3a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="2048" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivg03tx0bhhiR5l8YXakawMFJC0q7d3mfrkLIk9ilhqLOYK_tGDAZguqRRYnzGEsjsV68tlcFJiPmVEvaAfNacAs-DysxkHPw3YG0V3kjs9XaOhDhhnNPfSfwTckMylcHWNeL_qLVFgr0/s320/design+3a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 2a</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH_xhjUgZy_m5r4hSYmkuJQfIi2VcQb8I9F0Tgit2SPebCXoxlcrpDHgffOPbUaWKUKzPelfBrHuzeIg-MVlLN96SazV5lTC8zFvZCE1fFv-5rh-7sZNm3a_ZGULKEuLzL8YFeGSy29c/s2048/design+3b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="2048" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH_xhjUgZy_m5r4hSYmkuJQfIi2VcQb8I9F0Tgit2SPebCXoxlcrpDHgffOPbUaWKUKzPelfBrHuzeIg-MVlLN96SazV5lTC8zFvZCE1fFv-5rh-7sZNm3a_ZGULKEuLzL8YFeGSy29c/s320/design+3b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 2b</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajdCPiNLo6oOO61LssPCKsXxaMdBfPSyL_wk3ZuHVViBTKM3dwItP2xcRN9aIN2JQZfHATwnP4Ij4MCaF9S4MTAegnYTaaLb6WahfkcqkKZ486L3G8UImDznHL_nmqotfrMq_z6B11gI/s2048/design+3c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="2048" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajdCPiNLo6oOO61LssPCKsXxaMdBfPSyL_wk3ZuHVViBTKM3dwItP2xcRN9aIN2JQZfHATwnP4Ij4MCaF9S4MTAegnYTaaLb6WahfkcqkKZ486L3G8UImDznHL_nmqotfrMq_z6B11gI/s320/design+3c.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 2c</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOimolLFH8g4ySXHpvbJkASCn8Pv_BS2TTzWP1txNhwf4mSrACWIaoyto4VwVF-mtjAFIwZLc-PVzVDjOGYyekppnA9ZfdBsp_ohzhKz5kZ3SIQFVGL6x4ERoH_ONutiRZ_2jgdYFp-Q/s2048/design+3d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOimolLFH8g4ySXHpvbJkASCn8Pv_BS2TTzWP1txNhwf4mSrACWIaoyto4VwVF-mtjAFIwZLc-PVzVDjOGYyekppnA9ZfdBsp_ohzhKz5kZ3SIQFVGL6x4ERoH_ONutiRZ_2jgdYFp-Q/s320/design+3d.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 2d<br />Of the four designs for example 2, I like design 2b and 2c best, but I can't decide whether the balanced, more symmetrical design in c is better, or the asymmetric b.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmx6OD3qaZtmLAnZNkYTEInP2TqlozcUINGdWuFGPGNh1_QIxz7gbJv0U23Dbqc60wRRvtaZSIChbfeYr_dLkrcLj68hwoOl3St2W63jVvYeP6_ieeegonZpe6FFvIvv3e-UZ6Xghb4k/s2048/20210830_172741.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmx6OD3qaZtmLAnZNkYTEInP2TqlozcUINGdWuFGPGNh1_QIxz7gbJv0U23Dbqc60wRRvtaZSIChbfeYr_dLkrcLj68hwoOl3St2W63jVvYeP6_ieeegonZpe6FFvIvv3e-UZ6Xghb4k/s320/20210830_172741.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Design source 3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSPgXnL4NK-eBbtxuXaUevEc8W46IaqKHe88MJ1aSyXpTGofQavvDt2BZjICpvcKEK9-hV4D3KM22mgKygEBf8d5ZweOPv0uiq2FSR16xoyyaDMe22PrxY6J3ODXPXnGFTJuJJqywCp0/s2048/design+4a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSPgXnL4NK-eBbtxuXaUevEc8W46IaqKHe88MJ1aSyXpTGofQavvDt2BZjICpvcKEK9-hV4D3KM22mgKygEBf8d5ZweOPv0uiq2FSR16xoyyaDMe22PrxY6J3ODXPXnGFTJuJJqywCp0/s320/design+4a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 3a</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5hCNEJ4fGDEetKn8Mxsb8D7hpuiu1ECzRDPfre7zyn_AsD5vc2R02GIsUStG5mLDAHLfAahfY-h0L5aLUp__hbX7xMDl-T7JtAbuH4ml-4kzlcyx6QELf5QUwMTWVs0hUHgsJfrE2U0/s2048/design+4b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5hCNEJ4fGDEetKn8Mxsb8D7hpuiu1ECzRDPfre7zyn_AsD5vc2R02GIsUStG5mLDAHLfAahfY-h0L5aLUp__hbX7xMDl-T7JtAbuH4ml-4kzlcyx6QELf5QUwMTWVs0hUHgsJfrE2U0/s320/design+4b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 3b</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhwtn2k1mJhw3Fc-TiE5_KzF9p1Q-ggbLh8_Ef79Yg2O7hVr7M4Ah0Z3h8x8dDqqzyrx5eK7PBAZwqfimwDMMOMRqFvoB3fBTVxF-SGMq77VrEdwHeO0Ei2_Ecwolu2AJAO1CmfC3S7c/s2048/design+4c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhwtn2k1mJhw3Fc-TiE5_KzF9p1Q-ggbLh8_Ef79Yg2O7hVr7M4Ah0Z3h8x8dDqqzyrx5eK7PBAZwqfimwDMMOMRqFvoB3fBTVxF-SGMq77VrEdwHeO0Ei2_Ecwolu2AJAO1CmfC3S7c/s320/design+4c.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.design 3c</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I promised myself I would post on my blog before the end of August and so this is all I've had time to do. I haven't as yet found a design that I feel is really the one and so I intend to go on experimenting with designs until I find one that appeals. I have made the mistake in the past of rushing on to the final assessment piece of a module not properly prepared and so I am determined not to make that mistake again, but to take time to let the design process unfold naturally.</div><div><br /></div><div>I almost forgot to add the section on abstract shapes. We could use shapes that were not present visually in our source images. This was fun. Here are the results of my experiments:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgZbAn9VgURUGmSl3OVdgQm5kzVOrShImJwx2qEo43JJWFdRGn5SaYITcJBbAyBo0ORkMbgBIjwJ0ggvnBhLwhLPgfJTacFvV8T-ftZzio2lkXAzrh9M6BuIViLrst0EWOOEsVTyt7No/s2048/abtract+design+1+amorphous+shapes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="2048" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgZbAn9VgURUGmSl3OVdgQm5kzVOrShImJwx2qEo43JJWFdRGn5SaYITcJBbAyBo0ORkMbgBIjwJ0ggvnBhLwhLPgfJTacFvV8T-ftZzio2lkXAzrh9M6BuIViLrst0EWOOEsVTyt7No/s320/abtract+design+1+amorphous+shapes.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.abstract 1: amorphous shapes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXQwWQ5EqF5KvRaghVHOvVTXMyY655hMtiYqvBySJu79MZrKXmyn8papwRBddeGdRjpbT_g2Ln15tYpSA9qB9Uumo9y3XoyupJ3k0YVG-ZdkkuEKPlpkWWAJ2XyTxj3nrhpyfowyVZLg/s2048/abstract+design+2+circles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXQwWQ5EqF5KvRaghVHOvVTXMyY655hMtiYqvBySJu79MZrKXmyn8papwRBddeGdRjpbT_g2Ln15tYpSA9qB9Uumo9y3XoyupJ3k0YVG-ZdkkuEKPlpkWWAJ2XyTxj3nrhpyfowyVZLg/s320/abstract+design+2+circles.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.abstract 2: circles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvguysZvD2MDK9CXfcJO-WSmu4gvu_zsfYkeCqDQfEMBGXYDffXU6ADzfnus_49WbW-9y_fvQw3JpZ63jHNF5r_N6PA6BRS5ac9DcTP9k9oueYH0pThFF03qTrXMT1mvxnNTcsWEel6m4/s2048/ABSTRA%257E2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2048" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvguysZvD2MDK9CXfcJO-WSmu4gvu_zsfYkeCqDQfEMBGXYDffXU6ADzfnus_49WbW-9y_fvQw3JpZ63jHNF5r_N6PA6BRS5ac9DcTP9k9oueYH0pThFF03qTrXMT1mvxnNTcsWEel6m4/s320/ABSTRA%257E2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.abstract 3: negative shapes from various source images but randomly arranged</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-17906463847926258112021-08-10T08:31:00.001-07:002021-08-10T08:38:23.077-07:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 11: Design from Landscape<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhM06zmMN0RaaCFLijflB7w9_sECK-qEOQdL0F9bSpZSAgErhAYxJ4zLKYWjrCj84gffIobFM0wsR5wHvMS8e7z0z_B6S2CnSxU-idosaeRYkgecyizmX1RT4FkRIVevtJwskmQII_ZI/s2048/20210810_155447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="2048" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhM06zmMN0RaaCFLijflB7w9_sECK-qEOQdL0F9bSpZSAgErhAYxJ4zLKYWjrCj84gffIobFM0wsR5wHvMS8e7z0z_B6S2CnSxU-idosaeRYkgecyizmX1RT4FkRIVevtJwskmQII_ZI/w400-h248/20210810_155447.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.11.1<br /><br />Flat textures on paper</td></tr></tbody></table> The first task ( and a most enjoyable one) was to decorate some papers, first with some flat textures, using ink, bleach, paint, crayons and rubbings. After using only black and white all through the module so far, we were now free to choose one main colour for this chapter. I felt that I should choose a colour from my original source material, so brown or green from the trees and bushes that were my main design source. However, I had worked before with very dilute Quink black ink and was very drawn to the result as the black separates into mostly pale blue with occasional patches of an Amber brown. </p><p>In my personal life, I have used the quiet time at home during lockdown to take charge of my own life and jettison the oughts and shoulds that for some time have dominated my life. So, I decided to trust my instincts and go with the Quink.</p><p>I did lots of rubbings onto thin copy paper using white and pearlised oil bars. I then washed over with very dilute Quink ink, using a pipette to add splashes of ink or water. On some, I added some marks with pen, either a dip pen with diluted ink or a white gel pen and with the end of a paintbrush dipped in white acrylic paint. I cut out small rectangles and glued them onto an A3 piece of cartridge paper to see how they looked together.</p><p>One of the most interesting group of results was when I made a stack of some papers that had turned out a bit dull, laid them on a piece of polythene and saturated the whole pile with water and ink.</p><p>In the past I've got stuck with my Distant Stitch work, mostly because I haven't had the time or the impetus to continue. I think I might get stuck for a bit on this chapter because it's so much fun I want to carry on doing it!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-86939993045505602092021-07-28T06:16:00.002-07:002021-07-28T06:16:30.905-07:00Certificate Module 5, chapter 10: last two samples<p> Thundery showers all day gave me time to have a go at the two samples from last time that I wanted to improve.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTMMuIiT1TtmFNcAT5e-jMfrMtqzZfow0LGUYeEy5QvPMODh9nL3Ea0vL_Hivl0UvjIjMm9xRrbGbEzsTpMehOkWLgjlfutZaKkNGmTZDyar0UJlGl_22nWpjx0_mz8gKUu19rP2E_D0/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTMMuIiT1TtmFNcAT5e-jMfrMtqzZfow0LGUYeEy5QvPMODh9nL3Ea0vL_Hivl0UvjIjMm9xRrbGbEzsTpMehOkWLgjlfutZaKkNGmTZDyar0UJlGl_22nWpjx0_mz8gKUu19rP2E_D0/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.3 - first try</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQxp6a5-F5a0oamQyWUrvZljxPLer8swql-47V6Cy6_vvJDVf3Rhy93Xv6NzZn0Itg8VTZZKxdD9BJxOyIjqXEN3O_dDuije-0JQLQ52Giskb7VyLbLOqWTVk57zox36ZKMLCVmXjNVo/s2048/20210728_133212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1706" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQxp6a5-F5a0oamQyWUrvZljxPLer8swql-47V6Cy6_vvJDVf3Rhy93Xv6NzZn0Itg8VTZZKxdD9BJxOyIjqXEN3O_dDuije-0JQLQ52Giskb7VyLbLOqWTVk57zox36ZKMLCVmXjNVo/w334-h400/20210728_133212.jpg" width="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.19.3A<br />I added a few layers of fly stitch varying the scale and the thread used: fluffy yarn, a knitted yarn, strips of chiffon and strips cut from a polythene bag.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNyICBbymCiX7HTuNbJf8ZgQs30LUlDrALXvo5E4Y-_Or8gyVqji31xgmzfQPkybnwxAwLaGt1TA0qsKJaQi7gIAomKEK92H2VF0xVzbj402YiHyuexymYFgBjVpUtJXLDRC2R4awUMQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="180" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNyICBbymCiX7HTuNbJf8ZgQs30LUlDrALXvo5E4Y-_Or8gyVqji31xgmzfQPkybnwxAwLaGt1TA0qsKJaQi7gIAomKEK92H2VF0xVzbj402YiHyuexymYFgBjVpUtJXLDRC2R4awUMQ/w225-h400/image.png" width="225" /></a></div>Original rubbing for 5.10.7<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_esl24m4Z2UWz2msK8ycB0O9qu8LGjAqDoaAf1E8sG241osIn2ZmoKCTZnDDWknnjgxpRSNDo4e9bx4RH7FNQQWxfpey8-puInfIhSNszIdc4XT3h2KNwM3_c0cf_luCLL3a3vlPmZ4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VpHcXIETVPqTvw8gGJKaMPIf5ickyomegwwEuTwCp7J7Yu1AQ3PzD86tvlHxRRvmMBVMSUeQjpBewnkOS4tJdbcnRmKPj5xdRcOOTGRxvvrXEFwrAJ2ZOd2ZsjgiTDL8cWbRFyAfp6k/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="309" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VpHcXIETVPqTvw8gGJKaMPIf5ickyomegwwEuTwCp7J7Yu1AQ3PzD86tvlHxRRvmMBVMSUeQjpBewnkOS4tJdbcnRmKPj5xdRcOOTGRxvvrXEFwrAJ2ZOd2ZsjgiTDL8cWbRFyAfp6k/w308-h400/image.png" width="308" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.7: first try</td></tr></tbody></table></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_esl24m4Z2UWz2msK8ycB0O9qu8LGjAqDoaAf1E8sG241osIn2ZmoKCTZnDDWknnjgxpRSNDo4e9bx4RH7FNQQWxfpey8-puInfIhSNszIdc4XT3h2KNwM3_c0cf_luCLL3a3vlPmZ4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNNp0SkNsWJrPulJMp3CDCSbVqg7P7wG-_yUQkfXtyC6DBCKZyVUonoiPavvlNUqoevEOxpqInAJBocN3_xCDlGYJta4ohzPw2BFlxIu_sdpJKPdSdnjHDFI9ttmZvTRNQRQhN6A8bFE/s2048/20210728_133241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1977" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNNp0SkNsWJrPulJMp3CDCSbVqg7P7wG-_yUQkfXtyC6DBCKZyVUonoiPavvlNUqoevEOxpqInAJBocN3_xCDlGYJta4ohzPw2BFlxIu_sdpJKPdSdnjHDFI9ttmZvTRNQRQhN6A8bFE/w386-h400/20210728_133241.jpg" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.7A<br />Some more layers of stitch using white, grey and lilac printed chiffon, irridescent metallic chiffon and strips from a plastic bag.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-9391424114229284472021-07-26T07:41:00.000-07:002021-07-26T07:41:47.575-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 11: "Stitch to Translate" <p>I am enjoying this chapter and feel that I've learned a lot (mostly from my mistakes!!). I had gone off on the wrong track, trying to translate the pattern into stitch rather than the texture. It gave me a feeling of freedom to break loose and think only of texture, although I am drawn to pattern and found it quite hard too.</p><p>A Zoom tutorial with Sian was just what I needed to get me inspired and on the right track.</p><p>I've got a bit muddled up with my labelling system and keep having to look back at previous posts and so I have drawn together all work on this chapter and kept the labelling consistent. This is making it easier to see (hopefully) some progression in my work.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sample 1</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6II0lKmSp9UH00e3pEVmJDCx04WTLNYnFn1qvATprwYRoT3-H6LpyzCDuWEWTTKjyma8-glJxulG2Y13hLX3GWSVA9VY4Bd1z5Yoyx7zzbxqmH_cyr2zCBfPKPR7440lorbuW1GZa3YA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6II0lKmSp9UH00e3pEVmJDCx04WTLNYnFn1qvATprwYRoT3-H6LpyzCDuWEWTTKjyma8-glJxulG2Y13hLX3GWSVA9VY4Bd1z5Yoyx7zzbxqmH_cyr2zCBfPKPR7440lorbuW1GZa3YA/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">5.10.1</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">What interested me here was the leaf shapes that went off at random from a series of broken lines. I used a zigzag stitch for the broken lines and stitched a diamond stitch for the shapes.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSieUGzusl53sxIoKH7asQei4H60uzUx_cVhQnPOE2gsTD8AdjJqF_8urxQelVDW_-z9-MdUN6CkvT_9H0DRb4AgmUcgGZ0JUNBlHuiltcNXtratm5ApIbN0-WlI6Fd9AVprYc4UcRtIQ/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSieUGzusl53sxIoKH7asQei4H60uzUx_cVhQnPOE2gsTD8AdjJqF_8urxQelVDW_-z9-MdUN6CkvT_9H0DRb4AgmUcgGZ0JUNBlHuiltcNXtratm5ApIbN0-WlI6Fd9AVprYc4UcRtIQ/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.1A<br />For my second attempt I stitched a large stitch using strips of chiffon to fill each diamond shape. I also threaded fine thread loosely through the lines of stitching, pulling out loops in places and letting the ends dangle.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></b><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sample 2</b></span></p></blockquote><p></p></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PK66SOXhKtIGdmIZLVnvvFcrD66snbkQWaDltz8-Ip0J6t6K3ofuFWArAGPwXKnde7vUw0eTS8nn-WWU5s9Uf-LJFkhkIg8c2BDMFCTDg9QmB_Uw7PHVeo4aEw2XQASz80Cx589ltso/s2048/20210404_170528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PK66SOXhKtIGdmIZLVnvvFcrD66snbkQWaDltz8-Ip0J6t6K3ofuFWArAGPwXKnde7vUw0eTS8nn-WWU5s9Uf-LJFkhkIg8c2BDMFCTDg9QmB_Uw7PHVeo4aEw2XQASz80Cx589ltso/w400-h300/20210404_170528.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.2<br />What interested me most here was the mixture of short lines and dots. However I got so carried away with the pattern made by the lines and dots, that I quite lost sight of the textures the rubbing had achieved.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwGVWC7HBQxsu5yE3k8fzgP1yeYJdUfN8goQQJa5mXHGcGMOkOw6_-wynyQwqP3KtVo-KxJFriYIBdehXrZob48dMlilnaamvXoP5wRTuVkd_Ev_P8jpENJbsvG8VY74zllR-YWQOWPQ/s2048/20210615_170754.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwGVWC7HBQxsu5yE3k8fzgP1yeYJdUfN8goQQJa5mXHGcGMOkOw6_-wynyQwqP3KtVo-KxJFriYIBdehXrZob48dMlilnaamvXoP5wRTuVkd_Ev_P8jpENJbsvG8VY74zllR-YWQOWPQ/w400-h225/20210615_170754.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.2A<br />After some feedback from Sian, in which she had suggested that I try to portray the "noise" around each rubbing, I tried to do this by working tiny stitches at random from the back of the work using fine thread. I was disappointed as I felt it still did not work.<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRpzgTFYIABcfAPUY7JPSXNH-pN6_NQxQ_6lJhve22-mlnAMwZCRCNrZJt0iJIUYbxKUXyk-2EwhaSyCuI1T2DvlMhFKFuNPA9JZMnXTMlErklDxP2-W1jCfwWBArBY4m3hCn4FMa0T4/s2048/20210713_164856+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="2048" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRpzgTFYIABcfAPUY7JPSXNH-pN6_NQxQ_6lJhve22-mlnAMwZCRCNrZJt0iJIUYbxKUXyk-2EwhaSyCuI1T2DvlMhFKFuNPA9JZMnXTMlErklDxP2-W1jCfwWBArBY4m3hCn4FMa0T4/w400-h363/20210713_164856+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.2B</td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><p>At Sian's suggestion, I added some stitches using strips of chiffon. I used the needle to fray out some of the edges of the chiffon and wound a few very fine threads around and under the stitches. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sample 3</span></b></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOK1TCXhMaWq3lr8oR5UXh_NgXnKNEHNpxGh-VdAkAk2sBfHxD0jDV6S2KDUn4tdTLU229o7GQ6Oi6gSyKGWpTGZtHOZTjK8WjtxxrESXxMLG76umPbB2T7J0w_6WX6uksKPuKHPpORCA/s2048/20210404_170824.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOK1TCXhMaWq3lr8oR5UXh_NgXnKNEHNpxGh-VdAkAk2sBfHxD0jDV6S2KDUn4tdTLU229o7GQ6Oi6gSyKGWpTGZtHOZTjK8WjtxxrESXxMLG76umPbB2T7J0w_6WX6uksKPuKHPpORCA/w400-h300/20210404_170824.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.3<br />Here again I see that I have made the same mistake of getting hooked up on pattern rather than texture and haven't really thought of how to portray it. I haven't yet tried to improve this sample as I mislaid it for a while and have only just found it again. I'll have another try at this later.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sample 4</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAu-FqxCAAxS_x7bULBAD2yyzmyUEKnypThcTCg5_C4FYLhexEwz6Ab0BcflNopVdB7OZ81KdHvNACySJbjRkJGbuISe1J4wHbiGbi89iKsE2FRhv3E7QPvPTUBCRu0TG9bqSJhmRifd8/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAu-FqxCAAxS_x7bULBAD2yyzmyUEKnypThcTCg5_C4FYLhexEwz6Ab0BcflNopVdB7OZ81KdHvNACySJbjRkJGbuISe1J4wHbiGbi89iKsE2FRhv3E7QPvPTUBCRu0TG9bqSJhmRifd8/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.4<br />This was my original attempt to translate the rubbing on the left. I hadn't had time to finish this sample, but wanted to post something since I hadn't done so for some time. What interested me most was the lines interrupted by a blob. The image was fuzzy because of the chalk on the wavy surface and I tried to portray this by using a fluffy yarn. I couched it down leaving a loop where I wanted a blob to be. In the next line I couched some string, knotting it for each blob. In the third line, I tried to show the broken quality of the line by doing small stitches at right angles to the line, piling them up for each blob<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QGy3IMp2maSgRuwizQg0x1rHUpRfNi9CqDYJLjj0RjyqBV0y3Rmv22f1PRpfHSw8G3hy2KIbwAa1X11EfuuKTa8lawAYl7X5QkiPakMtRuEPJi4eWd4VMqRC3UnZZtLiOZWdAFefaTs/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QGy3IMp2maSgRuwizQg0x1rHUpRfNi9CqDYJLjj0RjyqBV0y3Rmv22f1PRpfHSw8G3hy2KIbwAa1X11EfuuKTa8lawAYl7X5QkiPakMtRuEPJi4eWd4VMqRC3UnZZtLiOZWdAFefaTs/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.4A<br />At my second attempt I added some more lines of stitch. For the fourth line of stitches I used a thick fluffy knitting yarn again, wrapping it with string and letting it loose at intervals for the blobs. For the next two lines, I used various knotted yarns.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXI5vlCWjxI-bfjdB68Wach9fjGQursTFYEPbu8xKmCCtW00GkZL4Tf5NUodifS7GIINgUhwr9fLggc8wVUW1ZTyheAunOCzh_IKsUnqLhZr5d-R8m9y5Ger2Ge0IfRANM2sXHhfVdEDo/s2048/20210713_164847+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1915" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXI5vlCWjxI-bfjdB68Wach9fjGQursTFYEPbu8xKmCCtW00GkZL4Tf5NUodifS7GIINgUhwr9fLggc8wVUW1ZTyheAunOCzh_IKsUnqLhZr5d-R8m9y5Ger2Ge0IfRANM2sXHhfVdEDo/w374-h400/20210713_164847+%25282%2529.jpg" width="374" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.4B<br />Sian and I both felt I hadn't quite succeeded in showing the "noise" which was such an interesting part of the original rubbing and so she suggested adding some more stitching and wrapping some threads already in place. I had fun with this one, particularly in the bottom line, where I tried various methods of making an interruption to the line. I feel I might enjoy starting this sample again and experimenting with "interruptions". It could lead to a large body of work.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sample 5</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgq2ycgJ5aZcufE9XJt28nvxXcXdTeIcgwe8uYAAxPjmWtthMGmCVhApnsAoVc8BfMdlUkQqbFV1OkwQ4xmIMVWl1IuT-eSoCumhjdNa82rgKxO3SCmx5LyQp_B-CHxwsWKZFNVagdos/s2048/20210407_072806+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgq2ycgJ5aZcufE9XJt28nvxXcXdTeIcgwe8uYAAxPjmWtthMGmCVhApnsAoVc8BfMdlUkQqbFV1OkwQ4xmIMVWl1IuT-eSoCumhjdNa82rgKxO3SCmx5LyQp_B-CHxwsWKZFNVagdos/s320/20210407_072806+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>5.10.5<br />The usual story - translated the pattern but not the texture.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi3qpHxUzwmWhaQnhx5FWgriFQfQ7c7KHpn0ea2pNwuRO_XFoSeIL54tH_afgCk3iky3_AQ5WVVCeoLPtozbN_krNvizmlb3CJW7wUqcLZM2yKNg4WqoikraCYDl6N8ViWqsp96QeVCs/s2048/20210615_154536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIi3qpHxUzwmWhaQnhx5FWgriFQfQ7c7KHpn0ea2pNwuRO_XFoSeIL54tH_afgCk3iky3_AQ5WVVCeoLPtozbN_krNvizmlb3CJW7wUqcLZM2yKNg4WqoikraCYDl6N8ViWqsp96QeVCs/w400-h225/20210615_154536.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />5.10.5A<br />I cheated a bit with this as not all the noise is stitch. I used Bondaweb to bond fluffy bits picked from fuzzy yarn and thread snips onto the background and couched fluffy yarn over the lines of stitches.<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Sample 6</b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WkrfDdYBnQoFqrYLsS6jxBuHWc1-4RiQR3qZ1SFi-5-2aVut4NLupbkFG0MZb597emQtLGkAxMqUmVlhR_IIPcX3UGUqVc7V8ljsnbsTwxotPIuFjhLg263umO646KqBuQiiVOoypBk/s2048/20210404_170755.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WkrfDdYBnQoFqrYLsS6jxBuHWc1-4RiQR3qZ1SFi-5-2aVut4NLupbkFG0MZb597emQtLGkAxMqUmVlhR_IIPcX3UGUqVc7V8ljsnbsTwxotPIuFjhLg263umO646KqBuQiiVOoypBk/w400-h300/20210404_170755.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.6<br />Here the fuzzy yarn portrayed the fuzzy texture around each blobby line, but there were large spaces between that didn't show the "noise" at all.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjnyjIf7DvW4CWv1fqoMXoa-Dq129X86FL0l7CUraBntpv6BghiH_VA5NR2UZVJi829iTXPTyLq1154UGA-8uB3f_eARyNECyWCxDGHSHnRJD4_nk8jgSklZZA-w6twvLJNerftpGCs0/s2048/20210713_164836+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjnyjIf7DvW4CWv1fqoMXoa-Dq129X86FL0l7CUraBntpv6BghiH_VA5NR2UZVJi829iTXPTyLq1154UGA-8uB3f_eARyNECyWCxDGHSHnRJD4_nk8jgSklZZA-w6twvLJNerftpGCs0/w356-h400/20210713_164836+%25282%2529.jpg" width="356" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.6A<br />Sian's suggestion to add some herringbone stitch certainly added plenty of noise!</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sample 7</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8tgOaXJsYamajC4G-8lvznPUC3hpwpdd7QrW7rloiGm07yp5gykWY3UHKfe5LTaOchUkTypdYmpnk0HJmDeqrur3DhiRxcpvEbTBGnqObUCT0qkdS1lEbc7muZUpq72WTJ3S91OYMXo/s2048/20210726_145544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8tgOaXJsYamajC4G-8lvznPUC3hpwpdd7QrW7rloiGm07yp5gykWY3UHKfe5LTaOchUkTypdYmpnk0HJmDeqrur3DhiRxcpvEbTBGnqObUCT0qkdS1lEbc7muZUpq72WTJ3S91OYMXo/s320/20210726_145544.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXXLmlFbEzM5K7uoDHyNCQXjW3uFmUH0TNfKMaYjJq8ebD2rRtqd7c5tbfvl0cQXxf1h7Z8z6qIOSsHRBHoo5-Q-Qgr5k4tsMoECFnHpjbFusEkv9y_5xCrHD_uXT3koIRrWfCQJEfrI/s2048/20210722_173721+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXXLmlFbEzM5K7uoDHyNCQXjW3uFmUH0TNfKMaYjJq8ebD2rRtqd7c5tbfvl0cQXxf1h7Z8z6qIOSsHRBHoo5-Q-Qgr5k4tsMoECFnHpjbFusEkv9y_5xCrHD_uXT3koIRrWfCQJEfrI/w309-h400/20210722_173721+%25282%2529.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.7<br />I thought rather than trying to rescue a sample I'd done before, I'd try to start one from scratch, this time thinking about texture foremost. I liked the translucence of the horizontal lines contrasted with the harder edge zigzag vertical ones and a few amorphous blobs here and there. I used long stitches with slightly frayed out chiffon to try to capture the soft translucence and a kinky thinner thread for the zigzags, all in straight stitches. The amorphous blobs are little bundles of fluffy yarn secured by straight stitches radiating from the centre of each blob. I still don't think I've quite captured the textures. Perhaps if I can find an even more transparent sheer fabric to add to it it might improve it.<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For another creative project I'd been doing I was exploring connections and various ways of connecting pieces of fabric together. One I'd tried was joining two pieces of fabric using thorns from our berberis shrub as pins to join them. Sian suggested it might be fun to combine both projects and join my samples in that way. I tried but the thorns now are all new growth and too soft and tender to pierce fabric. However I was intrigued by the seed heads from the aquilegia in the garden, so used a stiletto to pierce holes and threaded through the seed heads to join some of the samples together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9drYf3uITOMTYwWZHJiKptKpPceDhjOcWua1Z2HCFypTgkC0SgcvEJkbi7o-9D8GHZFWJouq_X9bGtjOR194xC_3kYBHZs9qvDx8VKOdz_dGaVBm9rePqkDegBjdkOZ-HCjklnU9rg8/s2978/20210714_102725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="1056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9drYf3uITOMTYwWZHJiKptKpPceDhjOcWua1Z2HCFypTgkC0SgcvEJkbi7o-9D8GHZFWJouq_X9bGtjOR194xC_3kYBHZs9qvDx8VKOdz_dGaVBm9rePqkDegBjdkOZ-HCjklnU9rg8/w226-h640/20210714_102725.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samples joined with aquilegia seed heads</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, still to do:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Improve sample 3, possibly by just adding more stitching and not sticking so rigidly to the pattern</li><li style="text-align: left;">Add some more stitching to sample 7.</li></ul><div style="text-align: left;">At Sian's suggestion, I gave myself a deadline of the end of July to complete this chapter. I am constantly fighting the clock, but I'm pretty sure that I can add some stitching to these two samples and post it before the end of the month. I have 5 days which should be plenty as long as I stay focused.</div></div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-49079338304882703582021-06-15T09:57:00.002-07:002021-06-15T09:57:43.558-07:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 10 "Stitch to Translate", continued<p> Sian's feedback that I try to depict the fuzzy quality of the texture rubbings echoed what I felt I should be trying to do, but couldn't think of how to do it. Sian's suggestions were very helpful and I had fun trying them out, using different ways of portraying the "noise" around the main marks.</p><p>I've re-posted the original samples alongside the rubbing and have put beside it the new version. I temporarily mislaid sample 3 and didn't realise until I gathered the samples together to photograph, so I'll try to improve it and post it in a later post.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WUeI3sUQaryh54d2A92HS7-Id2Bm8dj1DK2QalrvTgFTk4YZ3Ua1cja6SpEXzFiqat-zol7fLy-GhHZe7I-tpSRTqSrWj14MkfjojGjmNMSwe44CdutITKAARmU6e2zsCphnlzKWNFg/s2048/20210404_170452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WUeI3sUQaryh54d2A92HS7-Id2Bm8dj1DK2QalrvTgFTk4YZ3Ua1cja6SpEXzFiqat-zol7fLy-GhHZe7I-tpSRTqSrWj14MkfjojGjmNMSwe44CdutITKAARmU6e2zsCphnlzKWNFg/s320/20210404_170452.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tj23vUYMk5HpiuyhQgQT5tTet4i26jaatIB5N8cEdQwK1GKfTKpldzm8b-8iyUNkKZFINdfEBQC3eWWlhlMuiiGBCRMeLK0wRcqvosnn7w5h0GHY9W89IbEj_wSXwVINof-p9iUHm5s/s960/20210615_152215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tj23vUYMk5HpiuyhQgQT5tTet4i26jaatIB5N8cEdQwK1GKfTKpldzm8b-8iyUNkKZFINdfEBQC3eWWlhlMuiiGBCRMeLK0wRcqvosnn7w5h0GHY9W89IbEj_wSXwVINof-p9iUHm5s/s320/20210615_152215.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.1a</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In sample 1a I've tried to show the background "noise" by stitching in the leaf shapes using strips of fabric. I've also threaded threads loosely through the lines of stitching and let them dangle freely. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3_5_SSYOBhT11sCxz3GjYsRf6JlqCN-9xmJIvBxuk3v5ip9C4l04jxzw3cuBXpapebbHMMwFKO8GBJPL-gnY_UbSCdDA75iP49p6hGGizdb7b_CFkBeNvkw-IFf4Nq9LcedHxP75Gno/s2048/20210404_170528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3_5_SSYOBhT11sCxz3GjYsRf6JlqCN-9xmJIvBxuk3v5ip9C4l04jxzw3cuBXpapebbHMMwFKO8GBJPL-gnY_UbSCdDA75iP49p6hGGizdb7b_CFkBeNvkw-IFf4Nq9LcedHxP75Gno/s320/20210404_170528.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyU2vIyUEhCxkmAKKpDCEKo_hIoQLRfpsNWz3RTeZcnyjiVBAomb4FYeZQkMyc_nAHUXwvAN56uPH3ua6Ky1l3BaICs8eTuS6Z_tq3LduucnTw_1M2cFPdfeq68taTtvXixIQkZ1hKXI/s2048/20210615_170754%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyU2vIyUEhCxkmAKKpDCEKo_hIoQLRfpsNWz3RTeZcnyjiVBAomb4FYeZQkMyc_nAHUXwvAN56uPH3ua6Ky1l3BaICs8eTuS6Z_tq3LduucnTw_1M2cFPdfeq68taTtvXixIQkZ1hKXI/w225-h400/20210615_170754%255B1%255D.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.2a<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>In sample 2a I tried to create the background "noise" by adding tiny stitches around the main marks. I stitched from the back with very fine thread, picking up only one or two strands of the fabric. (Sorry, I tried to turn it around so that it was the same orientation as the original, but whenever I posted it, it was the wrong way round.)<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3J_pI74Dj1XbjM52Ht2yoeZ5wwVbV6axNu4U5kQFs0iw2Run88qznumETJ3G0BBMnWSvhqHvoHN7KAgcEWAunIHR5V66WoHeBAwZky4rQmKyVjub5uM0VNpzFDODFzAsz7_G_VLS5eA/s2048/20210404_170841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3J_pI74Dj1XbjM52Ht2yoeZ5wwVbV6axNu4U5kQFs0iw2Run88qznumETJ3G0BBMnWSvhqHvoHN7KAgcEWAunIHR5V66WoHeBAwZky4rQmKyVjub5uM0VNpzFDODFzAsz7_G_VLS5eA/w400-h300/20210404_170841.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9EkTXfUatthspgaotdvSkYDWEWxxzwW2Xr4Qj0Ox_pBqOibUmJPbNs8kQNC2Cs7G1LVfidDacMz8O1wM4J_7lr9tThDOHkkHGJcpLQGEtxjgXOgjymi9V6IUAR1agOkUlZgojaHUPwM/s960/20210615_152237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9EkTXfUatthspgaotdvSkYDWEWxxzwW2Xr4Qj0Ox_pBqOibUmJPbNs8kQNC2Cs7G1LVfidDacMz8O1wM4J_7lr9tThDOHkkHGJcpLQGEtxjgXOgjymi9V6IUAR1agOkUlZgojaHUPwM/w400-h300/20210615_152237.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.4b</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>In sample 4b from top to bottom the lines of stitches are</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>fuzzy yarn couched down with a finer thread with loops portraying the bumps in the rubbing</li><li>cord knotted at intervals and couched down</li><li>lines of hand cable stitch with stitches piled on top of each other for the bumps</li><li>fuzzy yarn bound at intervals with masking tape and couched down</li><li>stem stitch with knots worked every so often (sorry I can't remember which knotted stitch it was, I think just French knots with the thread wound round multiple times</li><li>the same technique as the line above but with a thicker slightly fuzzy yarn</li></ul><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1SPLJ5-6wFjeyvJ-caR21wEt8kNTu_PkKriMO5zWMp1kD0OD2p4vCeCzhK84VQrJzcwfL6iC5J0MBS_Wb0nNJ7lNetAm4Qo3Rty0GhkmtnCKMLDSyNqj6m3xWZL1GuRfx9GBHaSaEUU/s2048/20210615_154530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1SPLJ5-6wFjeyvJ-caR21wEt8kNTu_PkKriMO5zWMp1kD0OD2p4vCeCzhK84VQrJzcwfL6iC5J0MBS_Wb0nNJ7lNetAm4Qo3Rty0GhkmtnCKMLDSyNqj6m3xWZL1GuRfx9GBHaSaEUU/w400-h225/20210615_154530.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.5a</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOoIi3mmZZvxVcICEIyxz6c5-Ic5_rr5SMumVGE753WssFwIbS2i7Mjs9nFYS4n2xn5M0GNDa8-MxIWEejMSowBVBHIDpil2paiL7KYntWWXwS8tGeoUboWVHXL9bQBG1P1TgyKqveus/s2048/20210615_154536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOoIi3mmZZvxVcICEIyxz6c5-Ic5_rr5SMumVGE753WssFwIbS2i7Mjs9nFYS4n2xn5M0GNDa8-MxIWEejMSowBVBHIDpil2paiL7KYntWWXwS8tGeoUboWVHXL9bQBG1P1TgyKqveus/w400-h225/20210615_154536.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.5b</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>5a and 5b are two different versions from the same rubbing. (I did two versions because I forgot I had done one and did another before I realised.) In 5a I did a rubbing on the fabric first and then worked long vertical stitches with thin thread to portray the lines in the rubbing. I couched down a thick thread formed from multiple thin strands of silk. The yarn was not twisted and so the threads escaped from the couching stitches to give a pleasing fuzzy effect. (It reminded me of my hair when it's just been washed. Maybe I should try using that!)</div><div><br /></div><div>In 5b, I couched down two pieces of a fluffy yarn to give the main lines and worked long straight stitches for the vertical lines. It still lacked a certain fuzziness and so I tried trapping some picked fuzz from the yarn along with bits of thread under a layer of Bondaweb. The ironing flattened the thick fuzzy lines and the centre of them was a bit too solid and so I broke it up in the thicker line with some random straight stitches with black thread.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6lRL8t7ySDMNcrWbz9XzKcSJ0iZhxV14QpIEPpkWMPiu72315GR70DzZCHVLq85n81cxOzfBzButMXNbLqYzmAqNuRFHwnEvbbttOFm3wwiMOj7-Zv_q94W0N8Azn0d9oZwhQ4lbmsw/s2048/20210615_154606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6lRL8t7ySDMNcrWbz9XzKcSJ0iZhxV14QpIEPpkWMPiu72315GR70DzZCHVLq85n81cxOzfBzButMXNbLqYzmAqNuRFHwnEvbbttOFm3wwiMOj7-Zv_q94W0N8Azn0d9oZwhQ4lbmsw/w640-h360/20210615_154606.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>For sample 6, I simply couched down a thin, fuzzy yarn. The fuzziness spread over the fabric sufficiently to break the sharpness of the lines. For the bumps, I rolled the yarn around a few times and couched the circle down.</div><div><br /></div><div>It has been interesting and fun to revisit work I thought was done with, and I am glad that I was able to (I think) improve on my first efforts. It was at what was a busy time in my life and the small samples could be picked up and worked on whenever I had a few spare minutes. I found it also a useful stress reliever when I was my husband's full-time carer. My husband now has a care plan in place, I have more free time as his main carer and I am really enjoying having time to go for walks and find inspiration in nature as well as time to be creative. These little samples have helped me through a taxing time.</div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /> </p></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-2290001561060132262021-04-04T12:02:00.000-07:002021-04-04T12:02:00.329-07:00<p> Certificate Module 5, chapter 10: Stitch to Translate</p><p>Well it's a year and a half since I last posted any work on my Distant Stitch Certificate Post. My husband's vascular dementia diagnosis and then Covid somehow put me in a dark place where I couldn't seem to concentrate on anything creative. </p><p>However, lockdown gave me space and solitude to accept and adjust to my altered circumstances. An undemanding but very supportive Facebook art group gave me encouragement, support and online friendship as well as the "kick in the creatives" to start doing creative things, art, poetry and stitching. I found it helped me and gave me a time to myself, to concentrate solely on what I was creating. Eventually, I started to feel the first stirrings of the excitement I used to find in textile work and realised I was ready to pick up once more my Distant Stitch work.</p><p>In chapter 10, we were asked to make some rubbings from our earlier textural work and then to translate these rubbings into stitch. This was a fun way to pick up the module. </p><p>I had done just a few samples when my husband took ill with an infection which led to rigor, an NHS 24 phone call in the middle of the night and a long recovery time. He was left quite weak and wobbly and needed help to wash and dress which I couldn't manage alone. This meant lots of time contacting Social Services to set up a care programme for him. This was very successful, Social Services being very helpful, quick to respond and giving the help we both needed.</p><p>This has meant I haven't got much more than a few samples but I thought I'd just post what I've done so far just to get started. So here they are so far, photographed with the rubbings that inspired them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjjgQUEuEQimkq-FOzstkR1m9IAQzjRoY-UtHnLpKLfWw9HR1zCgZ4rGgLrap4Qkt0RZejhkCWlDPVpPvPhpLpUza7Jsu0kNfqrOJKM8MrC7JPsiNvj8hLNj29AQLuCYyfWOwdri63SQ/s2048/20210404_170452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjjgQUEuEQimkq-FOzstkR1m9IAQzjRoY-UtHnLpKLfWw9HR1zCgZ4rGgLrap4Qkt0RZejhkCWlDPVpPvPhpLpUza7Jsu0kNfqrOJKM8MrC7JPsiNvj8hLNj29AQLuCYyfWOwdri63SQ/w400-h300/20210404_170452.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlvVCmp34XsYFlo6K2AD8wYqMRaTrxJQBawMA3BfcEsRo3mc5tYQeDTLdzb3lT2Vqwl0ppYJ9oRh-o5-BQ2sTw5tMDw8pHvSfMbJEXleSqq6h8mQLxiqg-r5mvLg3BBdLqsPsJW_EzIw/s2048/20210404_170528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlvVCmp34XsYFlo6K2AD8wYqMRaTrxJQBawMA3BfcEsRo3mc5tYQeDTLdzb3lT2Vqwl0ppYJ9oRh-o5-BQ2sTw5tMDw8pHvSfMbJEXleSqq6h8mQLxiqg-r5mvLg3BBdLqsPsJW_EzIw/w400-h300/20210404_170528.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT__mkTGuNcSxWaP_y9bRNqJYsTOxuMEVyeFivWGtFeS84yUTGf-uMYmF3A_l5_t_gmWEBpKQ8jwulhLxnWI_Fc8_9FXozT6dV1i3yTMRJaD-LS8a2Xf61Ea-0OHnH9XXpkh3RgYies-Y/s2048/20210404_170824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT__mkTGuNcSxWaP_y9bRNqJYsTOxuMEVyeFivWGtFeS84yUTGf-uMYmF3A_l5_t_gmWEBpKQ8jwulhLxnWI_Fc8_9FXozT6dV1i3yTMRJaD-LS8a2Xf61Ea-0OHnH9XXpkh3RgYies-Y/w400-h300/20210404_170824.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1ctleXmjvOTexx5FRxAuvOuvQWIvjsMUo9NRUFIzWPXcVYnV-QVj0t81hwPn-hMVBsS0bR_3gbwtlAYD8NHbDhbL_-VqUNcqAn6q9QHHySFMo90dYhdv05SNDONViJ8WPWzBjil1JVg/s2048/20210404_170841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1ctleXmjvOTexx5FRxAuvOuvQWIvjsMUo9NRUFIzWPXcVYnV-QVj0t81hwPn-hMVBsS0bR_3gbwtlAYD8NHbDhbL_-VqUNcqAn6q9QHHySFMo90dYhdv05SNDONViJ8WPWzBjil1JVg/w400-h300/20210404_170841.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.10.4 (only part done - experimenting with different ways of expressing the rubbing)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-6762853708932078372019-09-27T09:10:00.000-07:002019-09-27T09:10:32.856-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 9 Threads and Stitchery<b><span style="font-size: large;">Stitches and Stitching</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this section, we were asked to learn some new stitches as well as re-acquaint ourselves with some old favourites. This was a fun exercise which I enjoyed. I arranged the stitches in a circle, giving a slice of the pie to each of four categories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Section 1 consists of flat stitches. Reading from the outside they are as follows:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">running stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">stem stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">back stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">herringbone stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">thorn stitch *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">two-sided plaited Spanish stitch *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">cross stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">satin stitch</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(* means a stitch that was new to me)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Section 2 is looped and chained stitches. From the outside they are:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">chain stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">braid stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">open Cretan stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">fly stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">single feather stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">buttonhole stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">wheatear stitch *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">split stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">double fly stitch</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Section 3 is knotted stitches:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">bullion knots</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">scroll stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Portuguese knotted stem stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">knotted cable stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">colonial knots*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">coral stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">scroll stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">palestrina stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">knotted chain stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">French knots</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Section 4 consists of composite stitches:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">laced double running stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Pekinese stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">threaded herringbone stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">whipped running stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">herringbone ladder filling stitch*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">threaded back stitch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">threaded chain stitch*</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found that some of the simplest stitches to work gave the best effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The challenge here was to choose just one stitch and explore different ways of working it to give a whole range of effects, either in a formal rhythm or an informal one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was so enjoyable. I deliberately chose a stitch which I thought would make it quite hard to achieve a range of effects. (I was just in the mood for a challenge.) I chose a long tailed daisy stitch and started by working it in three straight lines, putting alternate stitches upright and upside down.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.9.Stitch Effects 1</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was intrigued when the effect looked a bit like hieroglyphics!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next I tried a bit of variation while keeping a formal rhythm. I worked stitches graduating in size and thickness of thread, starting with large stitches and 6 strands of stranded cotton, reducing the number of strands every 4 stitches. I quite liked the effect it gave of perspective.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.9. Stitch Effects 3</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the third sample I tried grouping the stitches in groups of 4 with spaces between, in a checkerboard pattern. Again, I turned alternate stitches upside down.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.9.Stitch Effects 4</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stitch Effects 4 had stitches radiating out from a central point, with thread alternating between matte thick thread and thinner shinier thread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For number 5 I tried distorting the stitch slightly while maintaining a formal pattern. I worked the tail of each stitch at an angle in the inside circle and the loop at an angle in the outside circle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For number 6 I worked three large stitches with thick yarn and then used smaller stitches in thinner yarn to couch down the loop part of the larger stitches. I used the loop part of the small stitches to trap the thicker thread and the tail to stick out giving a thorny effect. I think this was my favourite sample.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Couching was the theme of sample 7 also, using medium thickness thread to couch down three rows of thick, fluffy yarn. (I regretted this later as the fluff got everywhere and proved almost impossible to remove from the rest of the black fabric.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like sample 2, number 8 had stitches radiating out from a central point, but worked all in the same thin yarn, varying in length of the tail and worked in a circular shape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I now tried to work the stitches in a less formal way. Number 9 is similar to sample 1, but the lines now meander. The orientation of the stitches between upright and upside down varies in a random way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had fun with number 10. Again I used smaller stitches to couch a larger, thicker stitch, but worked them at random, some catching the thicker thread, some catching another thinner stitch and some not catching anything at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to formal arrangements in number 11. I realised I hadn't tried working the stitches dovetailed together and so tried this while also experimenting with the ratio of loop to tail and trying the same thing with the loop and tail bent at an angle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More couching for sample 12, this time a strip of twisted silk fabric with the stitches worked in different threads and sizes, some covering the fabric completely and others just catching in an edge. one or two small stitches worked on top of the fabric catching in all layers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sample 13 is related to sample 2, but, although the size varies in a regular way, the thickness of the thread changes at random.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I liked the effect of the stitch worked with an angle between the loop part and the tail and so worked that in a simple way in 14 (a). Then I noticed that because of the angle, one of the loops slipped down the tail slightly. and so I tried working a few false loops into each tail at different angles in (b).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sample 15 is simply lots of stitches, in two different threads, worked on top of each other in as close to random a fashion as I could manage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, in sample 17 three stitches, worked large and in thick thread, were wrapped (the loop part only) with another thread. The wrapping distorted the shape of the loop which gave an interesting effect. It would be interesting to explore whether a non-twisted thread for the big, wrapped stitches would give a different effect as the thread I used had a fairly tight twist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All in all, an interesting and enjoyable chapter and one that could be easily fitted into what has proved to be a very busy time in terms of family activities.</span></div>
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Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-32878306630587565012019-07-01T15:21:00.000-07:002019-07-01T15:21:39.110-07:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 8 concludedThis has been a most enjoyable chapter of work and my regained enthusiasm and energy are continuing.<br />
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For my third pair of samples, I chose a photograph of some branches coming out of a tree at right angles to the trees in the background. The change of scale and tone as well as angle made an interesting contrast. To represent the faint tree trunks in the background, I pleated white tissue paper and glued it down onto black paper. While the glue was still wet and the tissue fragile, I used a palette knife to scrape away the tissue to indicate the strong branches in the foreground. In my first fabric sample, I used the same technique, pleating white muslin and ironing on Bondaweb to one side. I then cut out the negative (white) shapes, peeled off the paper backing and placed them on black cotton fabric before ironing them down. For the second fabric sample I sandwiched wadding between two layers of cotton fabric and machine stitched around the shapes of the tree branches in the foreground. I then worked parellel lines of close zigzag stitch to represent the lines of the pleated tissue in the collage. Close up photographs of the two fabric samples are shown below in 5.8.3a and 5.8.3b.<br />
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For my fourth pair of samples, I chose a picture of a plant which had stems and flowers that made a strong and interesting pattern as seen below in 5.8.4<br />
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In the paper collage, I simplified the design. For the stems I rolled and then flattened some tissue paper. I cut the leaf shapes out of stiffer paper and glued them all down. In the first fabric sample I used shadow quilting for some of the stems to indicate that they were behind the others. For the stems in the foreground I machine couched string on top. When looking through my stash of fabric for something with which to make the leaf shapes, I found a scrap of brown silk very close in tone and colour to the natural colour of the string. Although this exercise was meant to be monotone, I couldn't resist this little touch of colour! I sandwiched two layers of this brown silk with wadding in between and stitched satin stitch around the edge of the leaf shapes with a sewing machine before cutting them out and stitching them on. I stitched them only at the base so that the leaves would stick out slightly and give an interesting texture both visually and to feel. In the second fabric sample I tried to get a completely different look and feel. I used a base of pelmet vilene onto which I stuck the shapes of the plants which I had cut out of self adhesive fab foam. I then laid a layer of habotai silk on top and hand stitched around the raised shapes. The flat shapes and smoothness of the silk gives a completely different look and feel from the first sample. Close ups of each sample are shown below in 5.8.4a and 5.8.4b.</div>
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When I had used Photoshop to convert my colour photo to black and white and had played around with the contrast and tone, I found there were some interesting abstract shapes that had appeared and I tried to show these in my textured paper collage. However, for these fabric samples, I was interested only in the conifer branches. The branches with their needles came out at different angles and overlapped each other. I tried to show this in the paper collage by overlapping cut out strips of tracing paper. In the first fabric sample I was interested in the angles of the needles as they grew from the branches. I used a technique which I had read about in "Stitch and Structure" by Jean Draper, where she worked hand-stitched whip stitch to raise fabric into a ridge. I used this on cotton calico using a fairly thin thread. For the second sample I tried to capture the confusion of overlapping needles in the various layer. The ridges in the first sample were fairly hard and so, as a contrast, in the second sample, I used a soft string which was composed of several strands. I stitched short lengths of the string at right angles onto longer pieces of string and then untwisted and unravelled the short lengths. Close up pictures of both fabric samples are below in 5.8.5a and 5.8.5b.</div>
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Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-45225965447073375712019-06-19T14:33:00.000-07:002019-06-19T14:33:02.650-07:00Certificate Module 5, chapter 8: Paper Relief into Fabric ReliefSomeone wiser than I once said something about best laid plans - well mine certainly went agley! Despite my best intentions of working and posting regularly, life kind of got in the way, with a lot of family business to deal with.<br />
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I have been working away little and often since the spring, whenever family duties allowed. I was doing a lot of time-consuming, labour-intensive hand stitching - most enjoyable and relaxing but painfully slow, so that it has taken a long time to have something finished to post.<br />
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Despite not posting since October, I am still enjoying this module and this chapter is fun and challenges my ingenuity to try to interpret in fabric the textured paper collages based on my original photos of texture in nature.<br />
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In this chapter we had to select five of our textured paper reliefs from chapter 3 and use fabric manipulation to interpret each of the five in two different ways.<br />
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While I haven't yet finished the chapter, I have completed two of the paper reliefs in two different ways.<br />
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In 5.8.1 I have chosen the image of thin branches hanging from a tree with little buds or shoots at intervals. In the paper relief, I have used twisted and knotted paper to represent these knobbly buds. I used tracing paper on a black paper background, pushing it around while the glue was wet to represent the foliage in the background. For my first sample, I have used Bondaweb to fasten thin strips of chiffon onto a calico background to represent the background foliage. This has been a bit disappointing since it doesn't show up clearly enough. To represent the knobbly branches, I used twisted strips of muslin couched down, pushing the fabric up to make bumps to represent the knobbly buds. For the second sample, I again used Bondaweb onto stiff-ish silk dupion, I laid habotai silk over this, pushing it around to make creases and folds. On top of this I stitched down knotted strips of silk dupion. Below, in 5.8.1a and 5.8.1b, I show the samples in close up.<div>
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For my next image, 5.8.2 above, I chose a picture of a small stream, with a gravel bank in the foreground and a rocky bank at the far side. I turned the picture upside down so I could concentrate on just the textures. In the paper relief, I had interpreted the rocks with pieces of tissue paper, coated with glue and then rolled into rock shapes. For the waves in the stream, I again used tissue paper, manipulated into folds and pleats while the glue was still wet. To depict the gravel I used an acrylic medium dabbed on to give the effect. In the first fabric sample, I used trapunto to depict the rocks, with two layers of cotton fabric. To depict the waves, I hand stitched little random pleats in the cotton fabric. To try to capture the texture of the gravel, I used the technique which Colette Wolff calls "furrowing" in her book, "The Art of Manipulating Fabric" (Krause Publications, 1996), The fabric to be gathered is cut to twice the size of the base fabric. It is then stitched down around the edges and then secured at random places with tacks to gather the fabric. I made these stitches very close together to get the texture of gravel. This took a long time to do, but I was pleased with the final result. For the second sample, I decided to take a freer approach to the rocks and used Suffolk Puffs of various sizes. While fiddly to stitch, especially the smaller ones, I love these little shapes and was delighted to be able to use them again. For the waves in this sample, I used random kantha stitching at right angles to the waves and pulled it tightly enough to gather the fabric slightly. I tried a bit of a step into the unknown with the depiction of the gravel for this second sample. I remembered that years ago I had bought some heat shrink fabric which I had put away and never used. I thought that I could use the principle of "furrowing" in a less laborious way if I laid a piece of it onto a piece of cotton the same size, stitched them together with random free machining and then ironed the whole thing, that the heat shrink fabric would shrink and produce the furrowed effect. That was my theory anyway! The first piece of good luck was that I actually managed to find the heat shrink fabric. The next piece of good luck was that it worked beautifully! The two samples are shown in more detail below in 5.8.2a and 5.8.2b.</div>
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Having felt tired and run down for so long, I am starting to feel much better and am getting my old energy back enough to really enjoy this challenge. I have three more images to choose and interpret in fabric and I am really looking forward to it.</div>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-9610097634588497362018-10-07T14:25:00.004-07:002018-10-07T14:25:34.838-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 7 continuedIt was hard work trying to post every day in September, but it helped to get me working more steadily and consistently. I think trying to do a little work most days and posting once a week will be sustainable.<br />
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I have managed to work on four more squares for my textile contrasts sampler and here they are.<br />
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I liked this technique in 5.7.4 above, but found it shrank and distorted the fabric more than I expected. I might try it again, either starting with a larger piece of fabric, or by working each point separately and then applying it to a new piece of fabric. It also took me a few attempts to secure the stitching adequately and one or two of the points are already unravelling. A work in progress ...<br />
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I had fun with 5.7.5, trying to devise different ways to form circles. In the first, I bound a pipe cleaner with strips of fabric and then coiled it into a spiral, securing it with stitching. Another was a ring of thin threads wound around about half a dozen times and then covered with detached buttonhole stitch. Third was a small Suffolk puff. Fourth was a ring of thickish shiny thread wound around as before and then couched down. Lastly was some tee shirt fabric gathered in a circle, stuffed with polyester stuffing and then slip stitched down.<br />
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5.7.6 was made of recycled cast offs. There was quite a bit of fabric left over from sample 5.7.1 and also the narrow hem that I'd cut off the recycled charity shop sheet which I'm using for these samples. I cut strips of the sample and wove them with the hem strips, securing each intersection with a French knot (one of my favourite stitches) worked in a thickish shiny thread.<br />
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I enjoyed working the whip stitch tightly by hand and hadn't realised that such a simple stitch could give such interesting textural results. It was described and beautifully illustrated in Jean Draper's book "Stitch and Structure". I think it would be interesting to experiment further with this stitch, trying it on thicker fabric and with a variety of thickness of threads, also working it in contrasting directions. I look forward to experimenting further. Jean Draper's book has been a constant source of inspiration and instruction for this chapter.</div>
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(Sorry, I photographed this on a plastic tablecloth on my worktable and I didn't realise that the faint pattern on the tablecloth would be so distracting. I'll find a plainer background next time.)</div>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-83498595108897147652018-09-30T13:32:00.001-07:002018-09-30T13:32:23.971-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 7: Tactile Contrasts. Self-imposed challenge of posting every day, day 30, made it!Well, in truth I must confess I missed four days through lack of time, but the principle remained a good one, in that it made me work and post regularly. That's something I'd like to continue - but not every day! I've found it rather stressful, particularly when there have been days that family and other commitments have meant I am busy all day. I have at times been burning the midnight oil! However, perhaps trying to do a little work every day and posting once a week might be a sustainable plan.<br />
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Here is my sample for today. I again used the technique Colette Wolff calls "furrowing" in her book "The Art of Manipulating Fabric". I cut a square of cotton about 3 inches square and another twice the width and length. I ran a gathering stitch along each side of the larger square and gathered it up to fit the smaller square. I then caught up the loose fabric with random stitches, only this time I secured each stitch with a bead.<br />
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My first thought on reading the student notes for this chapter was "Oh no, not <i>more</i> samples!" I often find that at this stage in a module, I feel overwhelmed and besieged by the sheer amount of work on seemingly endless little samples. Knowing that I usually hit this low point helps me to get through it, because in previous modules, when looking at my final assessment piece, I can see that it would not have been possible had it not been for all the samples, which themselves kick off and generate ideas. So on starting Chapter 7 I just gritted my teeth and decided to keep going. However, to my surprise, I find I am enjoying it enormously. Its challenge to make each patch contrast with its neighbour, and the freedom to explore many different ways to manipulate fabric give it more interest than more directed sampling. I enjoy having my ingenuity tested and I'll enjoy exploring ideas here, particularly now I don't have to post every day and can take a more leisurely approach.<div>
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I shall endeavour to post each Sunday from now on with the work I have done (much or little) that week.</div>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-747568897155453962018-09-28T14:44:00.000-07:002018-09-28T14:44:03.982-07:00Certificate, Module 5, Chapter 7: Tactile Contrasts. Day 29I've got a particularly busy day in store tomorrow and some of my favourite programmes are on television in the evening, so I know it's not likely that I'll be able to post, so thought I'd do it a bit early.<br />
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I'm not sure if I've done enough samples for Chapters 5 and 6, but I feel the need for a change and a new chapter, so thought I'd just get going with Chapter 7. I made two small parts for the sampler.<br />
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In the first sample (5.7.1 above) I stacked six squares of polycotton from a charity shop old sheet on top of a square of calico and stitched parallel lines of stitching diagonally, using the presser foot as a guide. I then cut through between the rows of stitching, down to the base layer. The different colour of the calico made it easy to know where to stop cutting. I then distressed the surface with a brush. This is low, soft and fluffy to the touch.<br />
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Sample 5.7.2 consists of torn strips of the same white polycotton tied in knots and laid diagonally on a square of white polycotton. I didn't have time to stitch them down but will do so another day. What it has in common with 5.7.1 is that it is fairly soft. The contrast is that it is higher and bumpy to the touch.<br />
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Working a small amount every day makes it simpler for me to make a series of small squares and then join them together for the sampler at the end. I like the idea of using the same fabric for all the samples.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-2408798624355618362018-09-28T08:04:00.000-07:002018-09-28T08:04:16.708-07:00Certificate, Module 5, Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 28Celebrating three family birthdays in one week, shopping for presents, baking birthday cakes and visiting, have filled the last few days with so much hectic and enjoyable activity that there has been no time to work on samples or post on this blog. So today, a quiet day at home, I'm playing catch-up.<br />
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I have now completed the sample 5.6.13. It has been getting me down somewhat, and so I'll be glad to move on to another chapter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3.6.13(g) A pintuck formed by working a row of looped edge stitching with detached buttonhole stitch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5.6.13 (i) A tuck stitched with blanket stitch with detached buttonhole stitch worked in the loops at the edge with a contrasting thread.</td></tr>
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-31367288127124677842018-09-24T07:56:00.001-07:002018-09-24T07:56:39.629-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 24I'm finding the (self imposed) pressure on me to post every day, and to finish a sample everyday, is too stressful and so I'm just timetabling an hour a day.<div>
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I didn't get much done in today's hour. Hand stitching is too time consuming. However I did get a bit more of sample 5.6.13 done.</div>
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This was a bit boring I thought but I might add to it later to make a bit more interest, perhaps a pintuck at each edge or some sort of interesting edge.</div>
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In 13(c), I slashed a tuck at regular intervals and then put a brown and a white pipe cleaner in and out through alternative slashes. It looks a bit like a succession of caterpillars.</div>
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The red arrow in 13(d) above shows a pintuck - yes one solitary one. I hope to have time to add more later.</div>
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I worked part of the pintuck with, instead of back stitch, then an edging stitch consisting of loops covered with buttonhole stitch. I only had time to complete 4 but I'll extend it tomorrow.</div>
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Because of the random nature of the creases left by the dampening and binding of the cloth, they lent themselves very readily to short tucks at odd angles as in 13 (f) above. There is also a deeper tuck with several rows of stitching.</div>
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That's all I had time for today. I haven't had an evening to relax since the beginning of September because posting every day, as well as a daily drawing challenge, has meant that I am working late into the evening. So today, my day has been timetabled and life should get a whole lot more relaxed.</div>
Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-27741249179896032652018-09-23T12:54:00.001-07:002018-09-23T12:54:24.136-07:00Certificate, Module 5, Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, day 23Referring back to day 20 when I tried dampening fabric then scrunching it before letting it dry, the second sample of that didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Still it did retain some creasing which I was able to use as a basis for some hand-stitched tucks. I didn't get finished but will continue tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-35692304228898751792018-09-22T14:37:00.001-07:002018-09-22T14:37:09.958-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 22<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Image 5.6.12 above shows the first stage of my experiment with tucks. Keeping it nice and simple, straight tucks at regular intervals each the width of the presser foot. As I sewed the needle kept catching in the fabric and pulling it slightly. I don't know whether it was the synthetic fabric or if I needed to change the needle in my sewing machine, but I quite liked the effect so just carried on.<br />
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In 12(b) above I added some random tucks at an angle to the first tucks.<br />
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In 12(c) I continued adding lines of tucks at random angles until the apparently fragile but actually very tough and springy man-made fabric (piece of an old sheer curtain) became hard to sew through. <br />
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I didn't manage to start on today's sample until 9.30 this evening and it is now past my bedtime, so I'll leave it there, but I'd like to do some more to this if I can - perhaps another day.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-56982992149585616882018-09-21T10:23:00.002-07:002018-09-21T10:26:25.808-07:00Certificate, Module 5, Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers. Day 21The hessian sample from yesterday worked beautifully. There was enough dressing in the hessian that, when dampened and pressed into ridges, it set in that shape when dry.<br />
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It seemed to me that it was just calling out for random smocking stitches to scrawl their way across the ridges.<br />
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I have tried to avoid using colour for this module, as suggested in the student notes, but in this case I couldn't resist this thread, (a gift from a friend) of hand dyed cotton with the merest blush of faint colour, shading from pink through cream to green. With the warmer coloured thread appearing to advance and the cooler green appearing to recede it seems to add another dimension to this simple piece. I like this one very much.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-68501596725360075902018-09-20T12:09:00.000-07:002018-09-20T12:09:37.086-07:00Certificate, Module 5, Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 20No time consuming smocking today - that will have to wait till another time. I had a very busy day today with boring, but necessary domestic admin tasks filling the morning, a quick bite of lunch before off to a regular walking group in the afternoon. So something quick and easy for my sample today. I had a look at Jean Littlejohn's book "Fabrics for Embroidery" and found a technique that seemed quick and easy, but interesting. It consisted of gathering and stuffing little circles on a stretchy fabric. It was very effective, and I could see that Jean's suggestion of combining them with other textures would be even more so. (All the same, there was a disquieting feeling that there was something a bit rude-looking about the resulting shapes - or was that just my mind?)<br />
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I found two more ideas that were interesting, both of which involved manipulating damp fabric and leaving it to dry and so I prepared the samples and left them to dry. In 3.6.10, below the top sample shows pleated damp fabric wrapped around a stick and tied at regular intervals. This will take possibly a few days to dry. The lower sample is some hessian fabric dampened and then moulded into ridges and left to dry. I'm not sure whether or not that particular fabric has the necessary dressing to enable it to retain the ridges thus formed, but I'll find out fairly soon. If it doesn't work then I can try saturating the fabric in PVA or cellulose paste.<br />
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-56216051060919080452018-09-19T13:37:00.001-07:002018-09-19T13:37:37.748-07:00Certificate Module 5, Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 19I'm in love with smocking! It is time consuming, even tedious at times and it is so hard to get the stitches even, particularly on the silk fabric I chose to use (I don't know why except I liked the feel of it). All the same I loved it. Unpicking the original gathering stitches at the end and discovering the elastic qualities of the resulting fabric was like opening your presents at Christmas. I can see some mistakes in my stitching and it could be neater, but I am pleased with the results nevertheless and keen to practise more so I can do better.<div>
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I particularly enjoyed the chevron honeycomb stitch (see close-up below). It was quite hard to get the hang of it, but then suddenly it clicked and there was a very pleasing rhythm to the stitch.<div>
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Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-80715214365259256142018-09-18T10:38:00.001-07:002018-09-18T10:38:45.974-07:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 6 Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 18<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This little, part-finished smocking sample is all I have to show for half a day's work. Not having access to a pleating machine in my far-flung corner of the UK, if I wanted to try smocking (which I did) and if I was reluctant to spend over £200 on a machine that I would hardly ever use (which I was), the only solution was to do the initial gathering by hand. I followed the instructions step by step, from measuring out a grid on the wrong side of the fabric, putting pencil dots at all the grid intersections, through seemingly endless stitching to finally gathering up with several attempts to get the gathers to sit evenly.<br />
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At last I arrived at the stage where, my book told me, "You have now completed the preparation." Soul destroying. I tried a few smocking stitches, with as much unpicking as stitching (It's awfully hard to get it even!) before I finally ran out of time and overdue domestic chores were beckoning (not least some bread rising). However I am not daunted and I will get it finished. I want to try the conventional approach to smocking first so that I know it well before I try experimenting with it. I think it will be fun so worth all the effort. (I hope!) I have new respect now for the lovely smocked dresses that Auntie Jeannie made for my sister and me when we were bairns!Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-38440492242501227602018-09-17T07:17:00.001-07:002018-09-17T07:17:17.143-07:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 17Today I had fun with making yoyos, otherwise known as Suffolk Puffs. I love these! Circles of fabric are gathered around the circumference, pulled up tight and then flattened. They can be joined at their edges to make an open cloth, or, as in this case, applied to a ground fabric.<br />
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This was doubly enjoyable for me as it brought back some lovely childhood memories. I had a much-loved maiden aunt with whom my sister and I would often stay. The bed in the spare room was huge, high and blissfully soft with a feather mattress and a honey-coloured bedspread made of silky Suffolk Puffs joined together and showing a contrasting cover underneath the spaces. Auntie Dodie would light a fire in the grate and I would drift blissfully off to sleep with the flickering fire casting pictures on the wall. I had often thought that I might some day make a similar bedspread myself, but in view of how long it took to do those 5 little samples, I think I've changed my mind!Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-50738938633743259652018-09-16T07:07:00.002-07:002018-09-16T07:09:31.694-07:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 16For today's sample, I combined the furrowing technique with shirring.<br />
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In 5.6.5, I worked a central panel in furrowing technique with a border of plain shirring on either side. I worked the furrowing stitches further apart than I did in 5.6.2 so as to give a looser furrowing appearance. I found that, although there is a certain randomness to the furrowing process, it is to some extent controllable. Perhaps a topic for further exploration.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4837299135351505075.post-72680410402035997342018-09-15T07:14:00.003-07:002018-09-15T07:14:56.392-07:00Certificate Module 5 Chapter 6: Tucks, Pleats and Gathers, Day 15Today's sample shows a narrow strip of shirring, where the two long sides opposite each other are each gathered and pulled up. The strip is then stitched between two plain strips.<br />
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I thought this sample reminded me of a tree trunk and could be used to depict this.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821793445625955012noreply@blogger.com2