it's been an odd week, snow, snow and more snow
now cold
shoveling upended most of my creative plans but I did get the drawing in circles page finished
all the marks were inspired by lines, patterns and/or textures in the objects shown a few posts back
from the top, left to right:
driftwood lines
beaded detail of the bracelet
bracket punctuation from newspaper clipping
florets from Queen Anne's lace flower
opening in key handle
leaves of Queen Anne's Lace flower
"crackle" design of hat pin
marks on the silver oval bracelet clasp
gold nugget on large napkin ring
circles traced with liqueur glass
curlicue from etching on wine glass
outline of silver Mexican medal
I've made a start on the coloured version but not enough to show yet
in the meanwhile, there has been some progress on the wildflower investigations
finally a couple of decent photos to work with
when I took the photos for the last post I noticed some interesting fold lines in the grey silk - one of you noticed their potential too
this week after a discussion in the Zoom meeting with my classmates in Karen Ruane's Alchemy class I started making samples of them - a lot of ideas were generated in that discussion but I haven't made it past the first one
I've done four versions of it though!
using a fine sewing thread and lightweight linen fabric, a crease is formed and then stitched one fabric thread down from the fold
and this one on the grey silk, trying out incomplete lines
I like them very much
and here are the four pieces laid out together
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the sample in the upper left has two pin-tucks that are raised (top and bottom) and the one in the middle goes the other way
I like that effect too
next is try a no-sew method suggested by one of my classmates
and tomorrow explorations with the flowers begin
it does feel good to finally be back to work
5 comments:
Frederick Franck said "You have not seen what you have not drawn". How relevant that quote becomes when I look at your circles. This is microscopic observation beautifully presented.
I am excited to see how your 'creasing' investigations turned out. They look amazing! A beautiful form of mark making to add to your repertoire. I can see so much potential here. Individually they each make a statement... put together they become a whole possibility!
Hi Jillayne:
I'm intrigued to see how your project progresses. It looks so interesting, and you know me with needlework and nature. Enjoy the journey, my friend.
xoxo
Donna
The stitched folds look very interesting indeed. I'm intrigued to see where they lead you!
your 'drawing in circles' is outstanding!
I can 'see' the circles interpreted in stitch. I'm happy you went with the creases in the fabric and made them even better with stitch. Another case of being aware and going with what wouldn't be obvious to most of us who have perfectionism as a middle name and who would have hauled out the iron.
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