Professional Project - Done!

Apologies the blog has gone pretty much the same direction as normal home life, limited cooking, no cleaning and just loads of hand stitiching.  In summary this is about teeth, bones and isotopes!

 

 

 

3D Fabrics

I've decided as part of my hand in for the Innovations project that I will include some fabric manipulation and stitched items.  So far I've concentrated on the 3D spheres made from siminay which has been screen printed, but I feel I have to be true to my own interests and include pieces that I would be happy to present, representing my preferred textile techniques.  I stitched together some little pillows from the 'The Art of Manipulating Fabric', which I found to be quite challenging ensuring that they were truly circular (and in some cases there are just not as round as I would have liked!).  Before I stuffed the pillows I decided to experiment with the shapes creating a very satisfactory, if very temporary, tower.  Once the pillows were stuffed, I tried out some further pebble arrangements to see how I could potentially use the pillows for possible future projects.  In all honesty I think I prefer the outcomes of the experiments than the final planned piece - I guess sometimes the journey is better than the end result!