Wednesday 30 June 2010

Chapter 2 - A Tonal Column in Stitchery


ADDITIONAL IMAGES ABOVE SHOW HANDSTITCHED BLACKWORK SAMPLES FROM THE BACK. FROM REVERSE, THESE PANELS ALSO SHOW TONAL EFFECTS.

Graduation of tone using cross stitch and only black and white threads of varying thicknesses.
TONAL EFFECTS USING THE TECHNIQUE OF BLACKWORK
A simple design showing how lines and detail can be added to make the pattern appear darker.
BLACKWORK TONAL COLUMNS
Pattern development to create darker/lighter tone. Worked from pattern created on graph paper in previous exercise.

Spacing between stitches used to control the tone. The first few rows are overlapped.

Different thicknesses of threads used to create darker/lighter tone.

This is an example of blackwork that I created in a previous course, showing a combination of methods to control tone.

Sunday 13 June 2010

12th June 2010 - Amanda Clayton

Sutton Coldfield Creative Stitchers were very fortunate on Saturday to have a visit from Amanda Clayton. Her workshop was called CELEBRATION OF CLOTH IN A NEUTRAL PALETTE. We were not sure what to expect, as the list of materials needed was a little bizarre and included rice, pebbles, herbs and glass!
We had an amazing day, Amanda took us on an incredible 'learning journey' where we were all encouraged to create transparent hangings appliqued with shapes sketched from objects in her collection. Amanda encouraged us to think about methods of applying shape, division of space, joining and fastening and to consider edges, hems and boundaries of our work.
It most definately gave us a lot to think about!


Tuesday 8 June 2010

Saturday 5th June - Sue Rangeley

Oh, dear! Bought another book on Saturday! I went to Wolverhampton EG with a couple of friends, to a lecture by Sue Rangeley. What an amazing lady! Her machine embroidered lace panels inspired by her sketches of frosty plants were exquisite, and her silk organza skirts, jackets and bodices, appliqued with flowers made me eager to get home and try out some of her techniques! Alas, I have my priorities, so that will have to wait for another day (perhaps a workshop next year......?)

Wednesday 2 June 2010

Chapter 1 - The Study of Tone

MAKING TONAL COLUMNS

from the top:
ink applied with a brush
ink applied with the edge of a piece of card
ink applied with scrunched up paper
ink applied with rubber stamp (from module 1)
ink splattered from a pipette

ink from stamp pad applied with simple 'circles' stamp
ink from stamp pad applied with intricate 'dragonfly' stamp
chalk on black paper
charcoal on white paper
felt tipped pen

felt tipped pen
small pieces of ripped newspaper
small cut shapes of patterned paper
circles from hole punch
wax crayon rubbing from supermarket fruit netting
MIXED MEDIA TONAL COLUMNS

ink / marker pen / charcoal / pencil on white paper
ink splodges / charcoal / hole punched circles on white paper
charcoal / rubber stamp / torn newspaper on white paper
marker pen / ink applied with scrunched paper / wax rubbing on white paper
chalk / stamp with white acrylic paint / patterned paper on black paper
The exercise forces you to explore the options and possibilities for indicating graduating tone - which are seemingly endless. I enjoyed the challenge of trying to find methods additional to those suggested in the workbook. The rubber stamp I made in Module 1 was very useful.