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I made a full-sized paper mock up to help me work out sizes and ideas.
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I explored some ‘standard’ shapes (cube, prism etc) in my sketchbook but they didn’t excite me. Instead I’d decided to explore some more irregular shapes.
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The last one amuses me – it’s like a fat alien hand. It was fun to just sew shapes and see what happened.
I also made a few paper shapes but this one was my favourite:
I can see this shape as being some kind of bowl. Or several of them to create a sculptural piece.
Image 1 - The resolved sample is based on the final sample from Chapter 10 and a staggered paper design:
Image 2 - Resolved sample (click on the image to enlarge):
Image 3 - First section where only the white squares were sliced and staggered, leaving the darker squares intact:
Image 4 - Second section where the fabric is sliced up further and re-sewn (staggered):
Image 5 - Final section with more slicing and staggered placement :
Sample 1
Image 1 - I used the 'stack and whack' method of cutting using two contrasting pieces of fabric:
Image 2 - Unfortunately I got carried away and started sewing the pieces in the wrong order and ended up with an entirely different pattern [left] to that which I was expecting [right]!:
Image 3 - The reverse of the sample:
Sample 2
Image 1 - I started with three pieces of hand-decorated fabric which each had machine stitching added:
Image 2 - Close up of one decorated fabric:
Image 3 - Close up of one decorated fabric:
Image 4 - Close up of one decorated fabric:
Image 5 - The finished sample including forward and backwards seams and inserted triangular pieces between three panels (click to enlarge image):
Image 6 - The sample is based on the design on the right:
Image 7 - Close up of part of the sample showing part of the insertions [left side], a forward-facing seam and a 'normal' seam:
Sample 3
Image 1 - Sample 3 is based on ideas on these pages:
Image 2 - Strips of fabric were sewn together and then cut into triangles. I rearranged the triangles until I was happy with the pattern:
Image 3 - Finished sample with two types of seam insert - frayed and looped (click for a larger image):
Image 4 - Sample shown at an angle to try and display the seam inserts more clearly:
Image 1- From dark to light [top] and contrasting tone [bottom]:
Image 2 - Staged toning:
Image 3 - Black and grey:
Image 4 - Contrasts using lines:
Image 5 - Using the 'stack and whack' method of cutting:
Image 6 - Using the 'stack and whack' method of cutting (paper for this design was cut at the same time as Image 5):
Image 7 - More 'stack and whack' method using only two different patterned papers:
Image 8 - Another 'stack and whack' but this time trying more fluid shapes:
Image 9 - 'Stack and whack' making the cutting slightly more complex:
Image 10 - 'Stack and Whack' again but this time some papers were placed face down in the cutting pile to provide symmetry:
Image 11 - 'Stack and whack' using multiple papers. The pieces are exploded on the left page:
Image 12 - Paper strips were glued together, cut into squares or triangles and manipulated to see what patterns appear:
