Chapter 12:
Study of three artists:
Cas Holmes:
She is a very famous artist. She works with different materials. She uses objects, which were recycled by her. I met her at a workshop in Irsee. She gave a course for recycling paper. It was fantastic to see the results after one week workshop. Her collections are exhibited in famous galleries and she has published a lot of articles about her art.
Lois Walpole:
She is also a very famous mixed media artist and she works also with waste materials. She is an artist making functional objects especially baskets in many kinds of forms and dispositions.
The surfaces are very decorative and colorfull. On the following link: "LoisWalpole.com" you can have a look on her work.
Her work has been discussed in many books and articles.
My artist is Tracy Bautista:
I like her combination of fabric and paper using sketching, doodeling, painting, printing, spraying to create richful surfaces. In her book "Collage Unleased" she shows also different binding technics.
All these three artists have a relationship to module 4.
To beware the cfopyright of the artists I did not use pictures on my blog.
By searching for artists I found an interesting website about "Carving Books into Art Sculpture Techniques".
Evaluation:
The completed embroidered assessment for module four is a booklet from origami envelopes-signatures- with cover based on the design of pictures 57 and 58.
How do I feel about the resulting conclusion?
I am content with the result. It was not so easy, because the techniques paper making and binding books was a very new experience for me.
Is it fit for purpose- give reasons?
I think it is o.K. because I hope I fullfilled the asked duties.
If I am asked to make it again, what changes would I make to the way I designed it and the way I made it?
I used Procion for dying my fabrics. I am not content with the result of dying. It is too dark or washed-out. This problem I have not solved, I have no solution till now. The design increased during the work chapter by chapter.
The download of module was at the end of march 2013, I started with the work in October 2013, and now (025.02.2014) I have finished it.
The working time was 90 hours (without the time I needed for reading, preparing the fabrics, withdrawing the threads, making papers, to do the uploading on my blog and to make pictures.
To keep my work save I put all the stitchery works in tissue paper in a big paper box.
I observed the rules for health and safety carefully. I have always worn rubber gloves, masks and if it was possible or necessary I did the work outside the house in the fresh air.
Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2014
Sonntag, 2. Februar 2014
Chapter 10, book, structures
Constructing books is new foreign profession for me. Last summer I did some book binding with friends. It shows that it is a big help for me now.
Picture 59:
This is a foto, which shows all my hand made different books.
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Picture 60:
My first book is a simple book binding. The bags are kept together with a simple seam. It is made from bread bags.
Picture 61:
This is a folded accordeon. Between two folds is one page added. The edges are stitched with different kind of embroidery.
Picture 62 and 63:
This is a folded accordeon with pocketts and it has an open spin and can be closed with a cord. The front and the back site are made from cranched parcel paper. Painted with deluded procion. The folds are stitched even so the edges from the pocket with straight stitches.
Picture 64 and 65:
It is a flag book. The cover was made from egg boxes painted with green spray. Stemped with the letters "A" for the front and a "Z" for the back. The flags are made from transparent paper and are stemped with the "ABC..." and so on.
Picture 66:
This is a folded one sheet book. The folds are stitched with zigzag stitches to get pockets.
Picture 67:
This picture is a a folded tea bag book.
After all these different examples I have decided something to do for my special book structure related to media, which is characterized by zigzag, to and fro.
Picture 68, 69, 70 and 71:
These are the beginning for the origami envelopes. I have taken non-woven wallcoverings. This paper is crumpled. Then I ironed the paper with iron transfer paints. Therefore I painted several copy paper with these paints.
I cut this paper to the desired measure and folded it in envelopes and stitched it with seed stitches by hand.
Pictures 72:
The paper to make my pulp for the cover sheet and my tool for rubbing with oil paint sticks. After rubbing I wash it with deluded paint. This proceedure I repeated several times very carefully, until I was content with the result.
Picture 73:
This is the result folded in the correct size and ready for stitching related to my previous examples.
Picture 74:
If I consider, than I draw the stitches on a sheet of transparent paper and place this on my work. So I get an impression how it could be.
Constructing books is new foreign profession for me. Last summer I did some book binding with friends. It shows that it is a big help for me now.
Picture 59:
This is a foto, which shows all my hand made different books.
.
Picture 60:
My first book is a simple book binding. The bags are kept together with a simple seam. It is made from bread bags.
Picture 61:
This is a folded accordeon. Between two folds is one page added. The edges are stitched with different kind of embroidery.
Picture 62 and 63:
This is a folded accordeon with pocketts and it has an open spin and can be closed with a cord. The front and the back site are made from cranched parcel paper. Painted with deluded procion. The folds are stitched even so the edges from the pocket with straight stitches.
Picture 64 and 65:
It is a flag book. The cover was made from egg boxes painted with green spray. Stemped with the letters "A" for the front and a "Z" for the back. The flags are made from transparent paper and are stemped with the "ABC..." and so on.
Picture 66:
This is a folded one sheet book. The folds are stitched with zigzag stitches to get pockets.
Picture 67:
This picture is a a folded tea bag book.
After all these different examples I have decided something to do for my special book structure related to media, which is characterized by zigzag, to and fro.
Picture 68, 69, 70 and 71:
These are the beginning for the origami envelopes. I have taken non-woven wallcoverings. This paper is crumpled. Then I ironed the paper with iron transfer paints. Therefore I painted several copy paper with these paints.
I cut this paper to the desired measure and folded it in envelopes and stitched it with seed stitches by hand.
Pictures 72:
The paper to make my pulp for the cover sheet and my tool for rubbing with oil paint sticks. After rubbing I wash it with deluded paint. This proceedure I repeated several times very carefully, until I was content with the result.
Picture 73:
This is the result folded in the correct size and ready for stitching related to my previous examples.
Picture 74:
If I consider, than I draw the stitches on a sheet of transparent paper and place this on my work. So I get an impression how it could be.
Picture 75:
Work in process.
Picture 76, 77, 78 and 79:
These fotos show my result of module four.
This is my video for more presentation and also for the authenticity of my work.
Picture 80:
This is the presentations picture for completing my assesment piece. The most yarns are from Anne Lange and some from Steff Francis. You can see all the things for the portfolio book construction. The cover was made from waste paper bags. It makes a very soft and fine paper. The relief was done by rubbing tool, oil paint sticks, colorwash, iron and this act was repeated several times.
Freitag, 31. Januar 2014
Chapter 7:
Picture 42:
To apply paper pulp to a woven fabric grid
Groups of threads have been withdrawn and than the pulp is applied not overall covered.
Picture 43:
Gauze is distort with fingers to make the holes and the pulp was applied in different parts.
This method embeds a withdrawn fabric onto the surface of a piece of paper. The pulp was positioned only on the top and on the bottom. Afterwords it was stitched with cords made from withdrawn threads.
Chapter 8:
In this chapter I used embedded grids from chapter 7. Each sample is attached on a background from a fabric or handmade paper. My stitchery is deviated from previous samples. (beginning of module 4)
Picture 50:
This sample shows the letter ypsilon in different sizes using thin and thick yarn. The same procedure was done with the word "shape" in picture 9.
Picture 51:
This sample is hand and machine stitched. The stitch is derived from picture 52.
Picture 53:
In this sample I was inspirated from the zigzag pattern as seen in picture 13.
Picture 54:
In this sample I tried to spill the word "shape" on to a grid with paper pulp. After drying I stitched with hand and machine.
Picture 55 and 56 (detail):
In this sample I was inspired by picture 52. The most stitching part was done by machine (freehand) and a little bit running stitch by hand.
Chapter 9:
Stitched edges
Picture 57 and 58:
These two fotos show samples from different possibilities to make stitched edges.
Picture 42:
To apply paper pulp to a woven fabric grid
Groups of threads have been withdrawn and than the pulp is applied not overall covered.
Picture 43:
Gauze is distort with fingers to make the holes and the pulp was applied in different parts.
Picture 44:
A distort nylon fruit bag was lied down on a sheet handmade paper and partially covered with pulp.
Picture 45:
The yarn was wrapped on a wire frame. Fancy yarn was covered with a thin layer of pulp.
Picture 46 and 47:
These two pictures show the same sample from the front and from the back side. I used a nylon net fruit bag. The net was stretched in a wire frame. The back side has an interesting pattern in the pulp.
Picture 48:
Three samples:
The withdrawn fabrics were lied dawn on a sheet of hand made paper. The pulp was positioned on the edges.
Picture 49:This method embeds a withdrawn fabric onto the surface of a piece of paper. The pulp was positioned only on the top and on the bottom. Afterwords it was stitched with cords made from withdrawn threads.
Chapter 8:
In this chapter I used embedded grids from chapter 7. Each sample is attached on a background from a fabric or handmade paper. My stitchery is deviated from previous samples. (beginning of module 4)
Picture 50:
This sample shows the letter ypsilon in different sizes using thin and thick yarn. The same procedure was done with the word "shape" in picture 9.
This sample is hand and machine stitched. The stitch is derived from picture 52.
Picture 53:
In this sample I was inspirated from the zigzag pattern as seen in picture 13.
Picture 54:
In this sample I tried to spill the word "shape" on to a grid with paper pulp. After drying I stitched with hand and machine.
Picture 55 and 56 (detail):
In this sample I was inspired by picture 52. The most stitching part was done by machine (freehand) and a little bit running stitch by hand.
Chapter 9:
Stitched edges
Picture 57 and 58:
These two fotos show samples from different possibilities to make stitched edges.
Dienstag, 31. Dezember 2013
Chapter 5
Picture 26
I have chosen for a color combination of red and green. I dyed the most fabrics with Protion and only a few fabrics with Dye-Na-Flow.
The colors I used are similar to the colors of the stemps. Perhaps I will use a little bit of black and golden colors seen in the stemps.
Picture 26
I have chosen for a color combination of red and green. I dyed the most fabrics with Protion and only a few fabrics with Dye-Na-Flow.
The colors I used are similar to the colors of the stemps. Perhaps I will use a little bit of black and golden colors seen in the stemps.
First exercise:
Pictures 27, 28 and 29
The following four examples show different patterns formed by withdrawing threads.
Second exercise:
Picture 30
Weave threads were pulled sideways to the left and right edges. Caused by this pulling the central dark area was dissolved in horizontal lines.
In the lower part of this fabric the weavethreads were pulled inwards to the center. The threads make loops.
Picture 31
In this exercise groups of threads withdrawn from one end and then re- threaded and stitched back into the fabric in different directions.
Picture 32
Groups of withdrawn threads are re-woven in different directions and ways. After re-waving I did a little bit handstitching with withdrawn threads.
Chapter 6
Picture 33 (sampler)
Stitchery ideas to decorate the drawn fabric
Different rows of stitching, waving, wrapping, threads drawn together
Picture 34
A sampler of diagonal stitching on the bars and diagonal stitching on the cross overs. In this sampler I used machine and hand stitching. The withdrawn threads are manipulated around the edges.
Picture 35
Machine zig-zag stitching. The zig-zag stitching is only vertical. Hand stitching is done in both directions. I have used withdrawn threads from other exercises and yarns.
Picture 36 and 37
Tucks:
The threads are withdrawn in one direction and folded to tucks and sewed down by zig-zag (machine).
The next exercise is done in both directions.
Picture 38
In this exercise I pulled nearly all threads out. They are sewed together by machine satin stitches in stepped blocks. So I produced holes.
Picture 39
In this exercise the threads were snipped in the center and withdrawn from the center outwards. The start and the end of the diagonal line are done in zig-zag machine stitches and they held down the bundles of withdrawn threads.
Picture 40
Combine hand and machine stitching
For this exercise I decided for a jute because the withdrawing of threads makes me very nervous and rises my bloodpressure. This sampler has areas with withdrawn threads and areas were threads were pulled together. In both areas I used hand and machine stitching. I have made cords for waving through the bars.
Picture 41
Withdrawn threads from the center outwards in both directions to make different wide holes. Machine zig-zag over the bars in continous lines. Afterwards I made needle waving by hand over the machine stitched bars. I used different yarns and stripes of sari silk. Around the stitched area the withdrawn bundle threads were sthed down in different ways.
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