Stitch and a Blob
Stitch and Squiggle
Stitch and Round Backwards and Forwards
Page 81 - 84
Very enjoyable activity using all my favourite shapes and movements. I enjoyed using all the colours suggested, particularly the purple and silver.
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| Drawn blobs, squiggles and rounds |
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| Stitched blobs, squiggles and rounds |
Page 84
I'm afraid I ran out of ideas for this. Strange but true. I'm not much of a doodler so found it difficult to not think about what I was drawing which defeats the idea of doodling I think. Also having drawn the above exercise with all the loops and circles etc. I found that these are the shapes I would naturally draw anyway. However, I did have a go but the results are not very exciting. I wouldn't choose to add any of these to the resolved sample, although I think some of the shapes could be used in other things. The orange, red and yellow star explosion shape is the most exciting and I quite like the yellow, red and orange blobs on stalks at the left of the piece of felt. This came from looking at my tea mug which had an Orla Keily design on it.
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| Doodle and stitch |
Page 85 - 86
Had a go at drawing some shapes from photographs I'd taken. I love the Rennie Macintosh shapes on page 85. I looked at some William Morris designs but they are a bit too fussy.
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| Idea for a wall hanging or similar from the twisted tree trunk below |
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  Patrick Caulfield's 'Pottery' Page 86 (Sorry, about the alingment here (I don't know what's going on))! I found a copy of the 'Pottery' painting on the Tate Gallery website where they had a lovely downloadable 'educators pack' for the artist. I'm not sure if the colours are 'true'. I think there about 10 basic shapes all with curved lines. The colours that are represented from my printout show, browny orange and oranges, greens, blues, yellows and violet or purple. The colours are strong and vivid. The arrangement of colours helps to make each pot stand out - as an individual from the others yet completely linked to the other pots. There is a quote from Caulfield on the Tate Gallery's educators pack which says "One's always been taught in art school that all relationships and colours should blend, affected by one light. But that can make for a very dull painting. Does nature blend?" Here is the my design and stitching for the final resolved piece in Chapter Ten   Materials used are black felt with stabiliser, purple/pink, orange, green, yellow and blue Gutterman and Madeira rayon 40 thread. I have mixed feelings about this piece of work. I kept leaving it and going back to it, thinking I might just start again but then thinking I don't know what's wrong with it. I like the design on paper, but when it came to stitching I realised that the spaces I wanted to fill were not wide enough so it wasn't easy to sew. I decided to stay with the suggested size but would have liked it to have been much bigger. I had a lot of 'skill' issues with my free machine embroidery, particularly going over the black bobbing thread on the front. I probably rushed doing this part in order to get on with the stitching. I know I could have done a better job. I like the colours I have chosen and I think the best bits are the pink and orange colours with the circular stitches. I think I have achieved a balance with the design of the shapes, colours and stitches. I have now reached the end of Module One which I have enjoyed very much. I have also learnt a great deal. Not just about colour and design but my skills which have improved a lot. I have also learnt a lot about myself and how I approach different tasks which will definitely help when I embark on the next exciting part of the journey in Module Two. |
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