Saturday 20 December 2008

Designs for fabric screens

Having the studio to ourselves now that the BA students have gone home for Christmas has given me time to experiment with designs for fabrics that could be stretched onto a frame for a fabric screen . I used linen ,silk organza and silk noile all overdyed and then discharged using paper stencils with bold tree designs . I also redyed a piece of silk viscose and discharged this at the same time .The fabrics work well when overlaid .I now have to get a frame made.


Thursday 18 December 2008

New designs for lampshades

Having made the decision to scale down my lamp to a table top version the question then arises whether the original design will work at a smaller scale and if no then new designs need to be developed .This design was developed from a selection taken from a series of photographs taken on the lane outside my house at dusk of plants growing along the top of the "hedge".I have created a cut and repeated it then laser cut from cartridge paper and tested it on the base that Andy made for me .I still need to put in supporting rings top and bottom but am pleased with the result and have bought water colour paper to test on as the cartrige is too flimsy .



The original design actually works well too at this scale .

Wednesday 10 December 2008

Digital print




Having experimented with overprint on other fabrics I tried discharge printing onto the Gulls and Daisies /Hydrangea and Map digital print using a blue and then a print . I like the way the bild pring works over the more detailed digital and the way the two designs work together . Had I been satisfied with the original print I would not have tried this for fear of "spoiling "them .How these would work when applied to a product and what that product might be remains to be seen .Any comments and suggestions would be welcomed .