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| After receiving my design photos for Pics to Picks from Meg, I started having a play around, happily selecting from my new big box of prisma pencils grabbed at an Eckersley’s sale. They’ re so beautiful to use, I can feel the pencils gliding over the paper inside my heart. That sounds funny, but it’s the same feeling I get when weaving or even touching some textiles.I guess the design process is easier when the images I’ve received are so luscious. A mix of colour, form, and perpective. I’ve made a few initial, and obvious, observations on the images. |
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| I love coffee ….and cake, but it’s the mix of rich, maybe Moroccan feel of the colours which make this image. |
The distinctive and leafless branches remind me of lace or needleweaving possibilities. Or ways of using an inlay weave or brocade to create the shapes. |
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| Movement, children, colours blurred and not quite tangable. Ikat blurring? |
A three dimensional form, with subtlety built in one hue. |
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Bamboo….my favourite plant for humans besides the coconut tree. It can be used for everything including yarn for weaving/knitting. Behind the bamboo is perhaps someone working or cooking…..doing…. The bamboo could be represented as striping on cloth or somesort of double weave base.Just some cursory ideas on the photos. I’m going to work in a scribble book first then may use photoshop…..not sure…very undecided really. I found this most interesting site though through Alice Schlein. The textile blog reviewed the textile designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.I like seeing design work in progess or unfinished. It looks untidy and sort of possible and gives me some confidence that I may be on the right track with my playing…
Note: Mackintosh used different grids as a basis for his geometical designs, Pattern Design by Lewis F Day is a good place to start for this.
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I’m relieved you like the pictures. I wasn’t sure what to pick as I had about 20 candidates! Thank you for the link to the Textile blog, too; I love Mackintosh, and I got to see a few architectural photos (not the real deal) while we were in Glasgow in 2003.
Hello Kaz! I got your wonderful package in them ail today. I was so excited. It was a welcome distraction from the mess I have going on in our remodel. Thank so much for the wonderful goodies. I especially love the wool yarn and tencel you sent me! thank you again and lookng forward to more on the challenge!
Kindly:
Dana Jones
Hi Karen,
There is this thing going around called Kreativ Blogger award. I have nominated you for one. You can pick up the award and read the rules on my blog. I don’t know who started this-one of those “spread the love” kind of things.
Laverne