I think its really difficult to update my blog whilst I'm experimenting with ideas, as much of this process is recorded in my sketch book and difficult to repeat and reflect upon digitally. So, in summary the project is progressing well, and as intended I've continued with my sinamay spheres and used them as a central point of my main sample. I've also been playing with scale and created much smaller versions of the half spheres using different embroidery techniques as well as applying Canadian Smocking to some of the pieces, which creates great manipulated Elizabethan style fabrics. Colour is distinctly orange so I do need to include some more yellows, reds and blues in the final samples. I've included more screen prints than intended, and in particular I've used the screen to pre-print the fabric prior to smocking with pigments, and adhesive for flocking and foiling. We've now reached the end of term and after this weeks crit I think some of my ideas may have been a little overworked and over the Christmas holiday I need to incorporate some simpler fabric designs into the overall collection. Part of the process is to visualise the final fabrics using PhotoShop. Here I've taken a small hand stitched sample and repeated it into a pattern form to demonstrate what the piece would look like en masse.
