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I am in the process of machining a large scale fingerprint which will form part of my latest Women's' Suffrage project.
This measures 6 inches by 5 inches and is on a calico base.
I prefer not to hoop up my fabric, but in this case it was necessary as the circular stitching would have distorted the fabric rather too much.
Was home sick from work all day, and still feeling lousy. The upside is I built some more buildings and additional stuff for the layout.
This isn't a "final scene", I just got bored and wanted to test an idea.
The amount of chiffon burnt away can be controlled to some extent. The density of stitching and the number of layers of chiffon have an effect, as does the length of time the heat gun stays in one place.
You can change the appearance of the background by layering different colours of chiffon over one another, or you can leave a large portion intact, as in this case where I left parts of the blue chiffon over the yellow crochet, which leaves me with an overall impression of green.
If the stitch is dense, and a contrasting colour to the background, this can give an interesting illusion of colour too.
I burn sections at a time, and I do it by an open door because of the fumes.
The whole piece will smell of smoke for quite a while.
Work in progress.
Collaboration with ceramicist Trevor Lillistone for Arts Council funded 'Two Make' project with Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen. The project developed into a touring exhibition to Corinnium Muesum, Cirencester, Museum in hte Park, Stroud, Walford Mill, Dorset.
Porcelain, neon acrylic
I had my sewing machine out this morning so I doodled some Christmas designs on to a piece of old blanket using brown paper, wrapping paper, newspaper and stitch.
Burnt using a soldering iron.
These are work in progress as I will be adding trims before putting them on cards
After tacking two sides together with 50/50 solder a bead of 60/40 is run over it to smooth it. 60/40 is 60% tin, 40% lead, it flows easier and takes longer to set up giving time to create an even bead. 50/50 is not as easy to work into a nice bead.
Collaboration with ceramicist Trevor Lillistone for Arts Council funded 'Two Make' project with Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen. The project developed into a touring exhibition to Corinnium Muesum, Cirencester, Museum in hte Park, Stroud, Walford Mill, Dorset.
porcelain, neon acrylic
I have been experimenting today with making chains out of a variety of materials.
Some were formed from ripped fabric and finger crocheted, some were made out of wool and crocheted with a hook, and others were knitted in a loose manner.
The textured background is building up nicely.
Work in progress for some ATC cards. Do you remember all the rules about table manners? Yeah me neither. I'll post the finished products later.
Entirely needle felted from wool fiber, non-functional.
These photos are casual shots of components that will become a large installation piece for Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial 2012: High Fiber Diet