My work is progressing well however I feel I have struggled with a more
condensed development period. As we only had two weeks in order to weave I feel
this effected the natural development and progression in my sketchbook. As
stated in blog post one I was limited to only selecting eight yarns. With the
process of selecting theses yarns some problems arose. One main problem was as I
used wool for my warp I wanted to continue working with wool or other yarns of
a similar thickness, the problems occurred when trying to select wool in a
bright colour with enough wool on the cone. Unfortunately with a low availability
on bright wool I had to source the wool from a local supplier. Once I had
selected my eight yarns I focused mainly on patterns, texture and the layout of
my samples.
(My eight yarns)
In order to find applicable patterns I drew inspiration from tropical fish
and there markings again looking at images in the book FishFace. I then
progressed and applied various patterns together exploring what worked well
together. I scanned some of my patterns and applied them over images of the
tropical fish in the book. I found this helped to get strong designs. As we
where able to us Scotweave to design our patterns and download them to our
loom, I became more encouraged to produce more complex patterns and designs.
(Photograph from FishFace with my patterns over the top)
I have paid a lot of focus towards the layout creating weft wrappings to
explore proportion in my test samples. Another way I’ve exploring layout is I scanned
and printed my samples and used collage in order to explore potential
combinations. This made my visualisations for what my final samples would
consist of a lot clearer. Although by doing this it is hard to get a true feel
of the textures and surfaces created by the different patterns.
(weft wrappings and collages)
I also visited
Whitby
for primary research and gathered some interesting pictures of crab baskets
that have inspired my patterns. I also feel like the surrounding and
Whitby’s strong fishing
link inspired my and help generate ideas for my project.
It was highlighted in my tutorial that although I have
produced a large amount of samples they still look too much like test and that it
is now important for me to analyse my samples and choose key strong sections in
order to further develop and reach my potential. Another point highlighted in
my tutorial was more drawing in my sketchbook would also help push my work
forward and make natural progression and help with the selection. My aim now
after tutorial is to scan all of my samples into Photoshop and analyse the strong
areas manipulating them to explore there potential. I feel I still have room to
push my project forward and more risk taking in my development is important in
order to produce a solid product.
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