Hello,
Today's blog post is about the second semester of my first year at university. During this semester we were introduced to weave, as well as also learning more in depth about print and knit. Instead of having the same theme for each area of textiles like we did in the first semester with Barbara Hepworth being the theme for both print and knit. We instead had 3 separate projects/themes to fit each area of textiles.
Print:
My first rotation of the semester was print, where the theme was city patterns. Based on our Christmas project, where we had to go out and explore all the different architecture and patterns that we could find around towns and cities. I chose to go around the local towns in Shropshire where I would take pictures of the buildings and patterns that I found. We were meant to do the drawings whilst we were out but, as it was a Christmas project I thought it would be too cold to sit on the floor or a bench, when I could take pictures then go inside. We had to use a variety of different drawing techniques for this project including: continuous lines, thick and thin lines and colour blocking brushstrokes in the background. Using my city patterns drawings, I then had to create six samples as well as designing a flat bodice. During this rotation we were taught how to dye fabric samples as well as discharge printing (which is where the discharge paste eats away the chemicals within the dyed fabric to leave the screen printed pattern where the paste was applied). Which can be found below.
Knit:
Once the first four weeks were up, I then moved on to the knit rotation, where our theme was to explore a different country/culture. After thinking about where I had been on holiday I settled on Ibiza, because for one of our drawing classes we had to bring in items from different cultures and I had the most souvenirs from this place. I know what you're thinking Ibiza holiday, but it wasn't the typical Ibiza holiday that you are thinking of, as I was probably about 10 when we went. I also chose Ibiza as I fell in love with the beachy colours used on the lizard pot that I had, and Ibiza is known for its beautiful beaches. After I discovered my theme and colour pallet, we were then introduced to the punch card side of textiles, which lead us to learning about fair-isle and tuck patterns. With learning these new techniques we had to then create six samples as well as create a knitted product, which you can see below.
Weave:
For the last rotation we were introduced to weave, where we learnt how to use an 8 shaft loom. We started off by learning basic weaving patterns such as plain, twill, honeycomb, herringbone, hearts ect... So that we could get use to the loom and learn how it works. During the four weeks we had a day trip out to visit the Leeds Armouries museum, as our theme for this rotation was to base our inspiration on one of the collections that they had. For this project we got to spend the day going around the museum making quick drawings of anything that caught our eye, as well as taking notes of any colours, materials and patterns that we found inspirational. After this day we then had to finish off the four week rotation by creating six A4 sized samples, inspired by a collection within the Leeds armoury museum, which can be seen below.
Summary:
Overall I found this semester harder than the first semester, mainly because I preferred having one theme for all subjects. As I struggled to find time to delve deep into the last two themes, since there wasn't a dedicated time period to explore that topic, like we had with the Christmas project. However I really enjoyed going out and exploring to aid my drawings. I found myself looking at the places I visited differently; I started to notice all the small details and patterns that I could find, which I hadn't noticed before. I had never been to a museum and drawn before, so I loved the freedom that I had to just walk around at my own pace and stop to draw when i wanted to. I also really enjoyed learning how to weave, similar to knit it is something that I had never done before but I fell in love with it, I enjoyed experimenting with a variety of different yarns and materials to create a piece of fabric
Thank you so much for reading.
Love Karmann Jean
Today's blog post is about the second semester of my first year at university. During this semester we were introduced to weave, as well as also learning more in depth about print and knit. Instead of having the same theme for each area of textiles like we did in the first semester with Barbara Hepworth being the theme for both print and knit. We instead had 3 separate projects/themes to fit each area of textiles.
Print:
My first rotation of the semester was print, where the theme was city patterns. Based on our Christmas project, where we had to go out and explore all the different architecture and patterns that we could find around towns and cities. I chose to go around the local towns in Shropshire where I would take pictures of the buildings and patterns that I found. We were meant to do the drawings whilst we were out but, as it was a Christmas project I thought it would be too cold to sit on the floor or a bench, when I could take pictures then go inside. We had to use a variety of different drawing techniques for this project including: continuous lines, thick and thin lines and colour blocking brushstrokes in the background. Using my city patterns drawings, I then had to create six samples as well as designing a flat bodice. During this rotation we were taught how to dye fabric samples as well as discharge printing (which is where the discharge paste eats away the chemicals within the dyed fabric to leave the screen printed pattern where the paste was applied). Which can be found below.
View of Bridgnorth.
ST. Leonards church.
Cliff Railway.
Band stand in the castle ruins park with ST. Mary's church in the background.
Thick and thin line drawing of part of ST. Leonards church.
Chalk drawing of a basement grid.
Continuous line drawings of a door at ST. Leonards church
My negatives ready for my screen, using some images from my sketchbook.
Discharge printing.
Discharge print with screen printing on top.
Discharge print with texi-foil on top.
Sample 1: brushstrokes.
Sample 2: bricks.
Sample 3: fencing with screen printing on top.
Sample 4: brick work with back stitch embroidery details (it was my first time learning embroidery, so it is definitely not the best).
Sample 5: basement grid
Sample 6: full screen.
Bodice: peplum styled top with a 60's collar.
Bodice: close up of peplum pattern.
Knit:
Once the first four weeks were up, I then moved on to the knit rotation, where our theme was to explore a different country/culture. After thinking about where I had been on holiday I settled on Ibiza, because for one of our drawing classes we had to bring in items from different cultures and I had the most souvenirs from this place. I know what you're thinking Ibiza holiday, but it wasn't the typical Ibiza holiday that you are thinking of, as I was probably about 10 when we went. I also chose Ibiza as I fell in love with the beachy colours used on the lizard pot that I had, and Ibiza is known for its beautiful beaches. After I discovered my theme and colour pallet, we were then introduced to the punch card side of textiles, which lead us to learning about fair-isle and tuck patterns. With learning these new techniques we had to then create six samples as well as create a knitted product, which you can see below.
Ornament of a typical Ibiza building.
Lizard pot (which was my initial colour pallet inspiration).
Pattern on an Ibiza sarong.
Colour pallet inspiration (blue, green, yellow, cream)
Ibiza mood board.
First attempt at a fair-isle pattern.
Learning how to e-wrap.
Sample 1: tuck stitch and hooking up.
Sample 2: tuck stitch and e-wrapping.
Sample 3: tuck stitch and fair-isle.
Sample 4: fair-isle stripes by changing the fore and background colours around.
Sample 5: tuck stitch and 2 forms of e-wrap.
Sample 6: reverse side of fair-isle and e-wraps.
My flute sleeve design.
Close up of my sleeve (fair-isle and e-wraps).
Weave:
For the last rotation we were introduced to weave, where we learnt how to use an 8 shaft loom. We started off by learning basic weaving patterns such as plain, twill, honeycomb, herringbone, hearts ect... So that we could get use to the loom and learn how it works. During the four weeks we had a day trip out to visit the Leeds Armouries museum, as our theme for this rotation was to base our inspiration on one of the collections that they had. For this project we got to spend the day going around the museum making quick drawings of anything that caught our eye, as well as taking notes of any colours, materials and patterns that we found inspirational. After this day we then had to finish off the four week rotation by creating six A4 sized samples, inspired by a collection within the Leeds armoury museum, which can be seen below.
Quick drawing of a sword handle.
Continuous drawing of elephant armour.
Drawing from armour.
Drawing of armour.
Mood board of Leeds Armouries Museum.
Learning how to weave.
Learning how to weave.
Sample 1.
Sample 2.
Sample 3.
Sample 4.
Sample 5.
Sample 6.
Summary:
Overall I found this semester harder than the first semester, mainly because I preferred having one theme for all subjects. As I struggled to find time to delve deep into the last two themes, since there wasn't a dedicated time period to explore that topic, like we had with the Christmas project. However I really enjoyed going out and exploring to aid my drawings. I found myself looking at the places I visited differently; I started to notice all the small details and patterns that I could find, which I hadn't noticed before. I had never been to a museum and drawn before, so I loved the freedom that I had to just walk around at my own pace and stop to draw when i wanted to. I also really enjoyed learning how to weave, similar to knit it is something that I had never done before but I fell in love with it, I enjoyed experimenting with a variety of different yarns and materials to create a piece of fabric
Thank you so much for reading.
Love Karmann Jean
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