Thursday 25 October 2012

Visual Research and embroidery, exploring the baroque and gothic trend.

I'm looking into Catholicism for my embroidery project, the idea sparked from developing the 'family trees' brief title I was given initially. I love the current gothic and baroque trends and have used fashion as inspiration combined with surface pattern/ texture and embroidery samples.




Scarf Layout

I wanted my scarf to be square and have a central motif consisting of various illustrations, textures and pattern. I tested a few layout possibilities on the same scale as what my scarf will be.



And here is the final design: complete with a baroque border that will add another element when the scarf is draped around somebody. The design has no particular orientation and is balanced. I love the contrast between the crowded motif and the space surrounding it between the border. I can't wait to print it onto my fabric- I really hope I manage to achieve a floaty and subtle effect.

Tie dying

I decided to explore some tie dying techniques as I was intrigued by the beautiful effects you can achieve! I used a light weight silk habotai for my samples, I love the transparent and floaty effect. I chose complimentary blues, pinks and purples and also experimented with some dip dye techniques, which I loved!



This isn't really relevant to my current degree work but I was just desperate to try it as i love the 'reworking' trend and definitely want to try this on some oversized white t shirts!