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Oil pastel drawing of elements of crested bird figure.
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IMAGE 3 ( 8 INCH HOOP)Worked sample of crested bird figure common in Gujarat
, Kutch.
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IMAGE 4Revised collage in darker colours
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Revised metallic hot cold colour sample.
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Samples of made purl. From tip --wire covered in copper irridescent thread
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Revised metallic hot cold colour sample.
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Samples of made purl. From tip --wire covered in copper irridescent thread
,wire covered in gold thread, coiled red wire, fine ribbed silver metal coiled round knitting needle, heavier guage wire with copper thread covering ,fine gold strand coiled tightly and loosely, washing line (core removed by making small incision and hooked out by fine crochet hook) then coiled with gold and silver roccoco spirals.
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IMAGE 7 (A4 SHEET)Markal paint sticks and wax metallic crayons rubbed over a variety of metal mesh and cocktail sticks on heavy black paper
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IMAGE 8 (A4 SHEET)Markal paint sticks and metallic wax crayons rubbed over different sizes of metal mesh on black silk georgette.
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IMAGE 9 ( 6INCH SQUARE) Embossing powder covering stitch on dyed blue fabric then heated.
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IMAGE 10 ( 8 INCH SQUARE)Markal paint sticks rubbed on the edge of a plastic stencil and spread on black silk georgette.
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IMAGE 11 ( 8INCHES BY 6 INCHES_)Fabric spread with patterns in PVA and covered with three colours of embossing powder, heated.
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Bottom row (left to right) 1.Sweet paper bonded on to green velvet and stitched with metallic thread 2.Acrylic felt coated with gold acrylic paint then heated and the edges distressed before being overstitched by hand in copper thread. 3 Square of drink can with punched holes and copper staples, overstitched with copper thread. 4. Chocolate paper stitched without thread in veining pattern.
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Bottom row (left to right) 1.Sweet paper bonded on to green velvet and stitched with metallic thread 2.Acrylic felt coated with gold acrylic paint then heated and the edges distressed before being overstitched by hand in copper thread. 3 Square of drink can with punched holes and copper staples, overstitched with copper thread. 4. Chocolate paper stitched without thread in veining pattern.Top row
IMAGE 15( A4 SIZE)Gold coated pastic film, chocolate and sweet papers punch stitched and sewn into a spiral shape on cream silk ribbed fabric. Papers are off cuts of leaf shapes used in image 16 below.
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(left to right) 1.Rubberised shelf matting covered with acrylic gold paint and then painted with procion dyes to replicate verdigris. 2. Chain of crochet stitched on to fabric in a leaf shape and coated with PVA and gold embossing powder.
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IMAGE 13 (A4 SHEET)Left -fine copper shim moulded over bottle tops. Middle top Tomato puree tube scrunched and folded. Middle bottom Tomato puree tube hammered over with upholstery hammer.
Right gold coated plastic film stitched in automatic patterns of fans.
CHAPTER 10
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Offcuts of metallic threads and shim placed on silk dupion and secured by vermicelli stitching.
IMAGE 15( A4 SIZE)Gold coated pastic film, chocolate and sweet papers punch stitched and sewn into a spiral shape on cream silk ribbed fabric. Papers are off cuts of leaf shapes used in image 16 below.
IMAGE 16 ( A4 SHEET)Fabric covered in leaf shapes of multicolour transfoil and then overlaid by sweet and chocolate papers.Finally overlaid in fine silver wire and secured with leaf automatic stitch pattern.
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IMAGE 17 ( 8 INCHES BY 9 INCHES)Strips of black ribbon stitched together by gold metallic thread and overlaid by copper and brass punched shim with drink can segments.
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IMAGE 18(8 INCHES BY 5 INCHES)Green fabric with leaf pattern covered with multicolour transfoil left from the transfoil leaves used in image 16. The left hand leaf edges are outlined with the punched circles from metal tubes and the right hand edges by a long and short machine stitch.
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IMAGE 19 (8INCHES BY 6 INCHES)Sections of gold fabric previously made joined with gold twisted braid and strips of punched brass and metallic shim with gold fringing.
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Blue silk dupion fabric stamped with gold embossing powder . The two applied shapes were made from wadding covered by fine net and then covered with copper leaf.
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Blue silk dupion fabric stamped with gold embossing powder . The two applied shapes were made from wadding covered by fine net and then covered with copper leaf.
IMAGE 21(A5 SHEET)Fish starch paper on left translated into stitch on right.
Plain blue cotton was placed over a length of broderie anglaise and rubbed over by blue Markal paint stick.
The coloured fabric was then covered with light blue organza and wave shaped pintucks were made along its length. Fish shapes were then stitched in a variegated thread. The sample was then overlaid by fish netting made from crocheted chains of clear filament and blue rayon thread.
IMAGE 22 ( A5 SHEET)Starch paper on left translated into stitch on right. The stitched sample consists of the reverse of buttonholes worked in a variety of metallic and rayon threads.
.The buttonholes are placed in alternate horizontal and vertical blocks.
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IMAGE 23 ( A5 SHEET)Gold green and copper starch paper on left translated into a textile sample. An oblong of fabric was covered in dyed frayed ribbon in matching green and copper colours. the ribbon was applied in diagonal lines by zig zag stiching in gold thread. Gold thread circles were then made on soluble fabric and stitched on the sample. These were surrounded by spirals of gold and copper novelty thread and the whole overstiched by gold thread.
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IMAGE 24 (A5 SHEET)Starch paper of birds on bottom translated to stitch on top. A copper metallic fabric was placed over copper coloured cotton and attached to fine vilene. The design was then drawn on to the backing vilene. The front of the sample was then covered in lavender organza and the design was then stitched from the back through all the layers. Once the design was stitched the surplus organza was then burnt off round the edges with a fine tipped soldering iron. The heated tip was also used to make slashes in the copper fabric. The slashes and the features of the birds were then worked in free machine embroidery.
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IMAGE 25 (A5 SHEET)Bottom starch paper translated into the top textile. Random pieces of silk and silver metallic fabric were stiched together in crazy patchwork fashion. The finished piece of coloured silk was then ruched onto a backing fabric one third its size. The sample was then overworked by a circular eyelet stitch. Using a machine tacking stitch and gold thread a diagonal pattern was then worked across the sample. Toning beads were then attached.
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IMAGE 26 ( A5 SHEET) The copper and gold starch paper on the bottom was translated into the top textile sample. A rectangle of stiff cotton fabric was covered in copper leaf transfoil. This was then covered in arches of gold thread, hand couched. Metallic and silk fabrics were placed under some of the arches in silver and blue.
( Samples of patinated metals to follow once effects are apparent)
TIMINGS
( Samples of patinated metals to follow once effects are apparent)
TIMINGSDrawing 3 hours
Machine stiched textile samples (14) average of 3 hours each . 42 hours
Hand stitched samples 8 hours
Photography and phot editing 4hours
Blog entry/typing 3hours.
Exhibitions attended.
Textiles in Focus .Cottenham Village College Cambridgeshire
Health and Safety.
Safe operation and storage of heating tools.
Masks for embossing powders and heating operations.
Gloves and other protective clothing for painting, manipulating/heating metals.
Costings
Metallic foils/shim £10.
