With the images and drawing I have in my sketchbook, it was
agreed that I work mainly in embroidery and knitwear, designing for sampling,
since these are my strongest subject areas. However I plan to knit out plain
swatch samples for the printers in my group to work into.
At the start of this week I planned out some simple knits to
work with, using the dubied machines for this, inlaying and selected knitting
in places to create the shapes and look I wanted. This didn’t go entirely to
plan, as I was unable to achieve the right shape for the design I wanted,
however in the long term this has helped me develop and to move on from my
initial ideas for processing them, discovering new ways by which to adapt my
designs, using different yarn and materials, to attempt it at a different
angle.
Also I have been hand embroidering alongside using
embroidery machines to manipulate the fabric and create shape in an organic way
to reflect the drawing in my sketchbook onto the fabrics.
For me my next step is to create more drawing and design
ideas for sampling, developing, modifying and adapting new methods and approaches
to take to the practical side of making samples.
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