Category: Textiles

Stitch as a Wall Piece

After stitching for a couple of days I have taken a break to step back and think about whether this is the right path for my work. I took my work out of the embroidery hoop and hung it on the wall, to judge the impact and to see if I really want to move forward with this. I think this can become really impact-full as the black line gets bolder, it becomes easier to read from a distance. It has taken me a few days to get this far but as I’m working my stitch time is getting faster and better.

When working on a focused area its easy to get caught up in the small scale, so its important to take a step back and look at the wide area of the work. To see how this work lives in different areas, and to see how it can be improved upon.

One thought that is running in the back of my head is layering, and using different fabrics and stitch to build up a multilayered wall piece of fabric.

Stitch on a Larger Scale

After speaking with Maggie the Textiles Technician, she allowed me to use 1m of calico to explore stitch on a larger scale. I am taking my Photoshop design once again but this time I am going to fill in the darker areas with more concentrated ares of stitch to highlight the darker shadows of the piece. As I am working with a meter of fabric I think it will look really impact-full as a wall hanging so I plan to stitch maybe three of my large designs on the fabric.

I have just been using a simple back stitch and a black cotton thread, I think the use of black and cream is really bold and is readable from a distance as well as close up. I think this is just the start of a really interesting side piece.

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My finished stitch on calico.

Turing Line into Stitch

 

After working in Photoshop I decided to look into turning my line work into something graphic and bold using textile. I got a few off cuts of material and started experimenting with the small.

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My stitch work on sheer synthetic fabric.

The above stitch is taken from line work within my sketchbook, but I also worked with my Photoshop work. I really like the way the line work translates from the 2D into the 3D, and I think this will become a really interesting conversation between my making and thinking as the project moves forward.

I have used a wide selection of fabrics when stitching, from a simple white cotton, calico, a shiny material, and a silk. I really like the different stitch styles I have used to create each but I think the best one is the white cotton with a tight back stitch.

I think moving forward in my making I might start exploring larger prints as the one’s I have been working on are of an A5 size, and I think the bold graphic nature will really translate well into larger prints.

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White cotton with a tight back stitch.