Saturday 25 August 2012

Chapter 10 Piecing. A method of cutting and seaming

This designing method is based on the traditional Seminole patchwork method.

I have developed tonal columns using paper and then fabric, these have become more fragmented as  I have worked.

Paper samples first with working sheet below

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Fabric sample 1 [front and back views]

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Fabric sample 2 Creating a mosaic pattern

The process of cutting and seaming repeatedly [see working sheet above]. So glad I photographed as I worked as it would have been impossible to appreciate the nature of the changes. Photos show front and back views.

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Paving in Lisbon

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What did this remind me of?

My black and white monoprinting in module 2!

The way in which the stones had been laid created a fascinating optical illusion