Machine Stitch.

I haven't blogged in a while that's because my work has been full of accidents; i haven't managed to produce some inspirational or successful work which has made me really unmotivated which i hate in itself! Friday 27thApril - i experimented with sewing into different materials such as tissue paper, codatrace, acetate, fabric and bin liner. This sounds like alot of experimenting-but the outcomes were not so great!

This is just free machine embroidery onto fabric, the tension isn't great on it as you can see the bobbin thread coming up which in turn dies create a nice texture adding contrasting lines.

I then applied a sheet of bin liner on the top, then a piece of acetate and finally a last piece of bin liner to mould it together. This was quite succesful as i managed to create layers (feathers and bird connotations) and trap the embroidery stitching within it, making it slightly waterproof as the acetate lay dominant on top!

You can't really see from this image,as it looks basically the same as before; you can just make out where the plastic is due to the little holes it has naturally created around the stitching. This was quite an interesting experiment working with materials and stitch and i would like to have a go using hydrochromic dyes on it.... (note to self).

The reverse to this piece was also quite interesting due to the impression it left from when it was in the heat press. The detail has been captured perfectly right down to the indivdual stitches and texture. It is very different from the front of the fabric due to it being white on white with just the pattern to characterise it! But i prefer it; it's simple and neat and very delicate looking.

I also managed to squeeze in a little observational drawing in oil pastel with some left over paper that had leftover dye on, i thought this added colour and character to it.

I used 3 different oil pastel colours to capture movement and so it is easily portrayed. I mimiced the scale in a photoshop picture so as she got closer she also got bigger! I quite like this where all the drawings come together as one!