Sketchbook Development & Sampling

From my tutorial I decided that the idea of patchwork wouldn't be successful and effective as it wasn't possible to display my skills and techniques to the best of my ability, the materials that I had chosen wasn't a clear translation from my drawing media as I had used acetate and tracing paper to draw onto and layer up to make further patterns, surfaces and textures. With that in mind I referred back to my sketchbook and with the previous research from Nancy Straughan and Robert Kelly I decided to combine the two techniques together using inspiration from mixed media artist Jill Ricci, her work allowed me to combine pattern and texture and refine my colour pallet more.

To allow the translation of stitch to come easier to me, and to help decide which stitching techniques to use I related back to the ''Kaleido Lens" App. Then using my patterns I combined the two together and composed a drawing with the influence of Jill Ricci. 

I developed these patterns into prints that covered a whole surface. In the upcoming weeks I want to embroider these with my most skillful techniques onto my new sheer materials and layer them up with different compostions to create texture, new tonal ranges, and to distort imagery.

Again by layering drawings and creating collages that contain various compositions, line, tone and colour, I have produced further patterns to work from thoughout the sampling weeks.

Samples:

Using "Metallic Silk Orkney" and couching with fine metallic threads, then layering over drawings to create new patterns.

Sewing over silk, couching, chain stich in different ways to disort and pull the material & then layering with drawings.

Using reverse applique and a cotton organza to layer materials creating textures.