Archive collection - week 5

My colour swatch
from Royal Armouries museum.

This week, I had a group tutorial, where I got the suggestions of dividing the unit invention project into two parts (Indian archive collection and royal armouries), but I have used paisley pattern in the first part of the project and also, I found the use of paisley patterns in the archive collection of the Royal Armouries museum as well. Therefore I decided to take my visual research of paisley pattern in the second part of the project as well, but I will keep it a separate collection by using a different colour pallet which is shown on the left side of the screen;

Also, I am leaving my background of the samples off-white and white to make it look of simple.

This week, I also had the workshop with Karina Thompson, where I have learned the slashing technique. Her samples were beautiful, but this is not something that I want to practice n this project. I did try to make one sample, by using a variety of fabric. it was fun doing it. I think, for a beautiful outcome I need to get some specific fabrics which are woven and which contrast with each other in colour. An example of my slashing sample is down below;

My slashing sample.

In addition, I have also had an induction of Devore print technique with Teresa. This technique was really interesting and really good to show one layer of fabric. I wanted to develop this technique with silk viscose velvet, to show the light and heavyweight of my drawings into the fabric. An example is shown at the left side of the screen;

In addition, this week I also had the induction on the Jukie machine and I loved that machine because of its fast satin to a zig-zag stitch. I just loved the way it allows me to make petals. It is also good for going over a stitch many times, which allowed me to make my stitches look thicker and poped-out.  I think I learned using this really quickly. I have used this machine in many of my samples. An example is down below;

My sample with Jukie freehand machine embroidery. 

My drawing

Moreover, this week on Monday drawings, I have done some still life drawings (shown at the left side of the screen) as well by looking into different proportions and composition of different objects. To collaborate my Monday drawings with my current project, I have started to use the same colour pallet which I am using for archive collection from the Royal Armouries museum. For me, Monday drawing sessions were fun because it's nice to have still life drawing environment once a week. This helped me to stay in the flow of creating drawings by getting inspired from different things rather than drawing what I like most.

Also, I have started to overlap my drawings from Armories museum and Monday drawings as well to experiment how I can use different objects with my drawings (shown down below.)

My drawing