Embroidery - Developing samples [week 2]

During week 2 we looked at using the Tailor Tacking foot and the zipper foot, after using the general straight, zig-zag and pre-set pattern stitches in week one. Most of my samples this week consist of straight lines, responding to striped fabric so that I can learn to understand the stitches and what the machine is capable of. I also took some inspiration of various artists, images and drawings I had found whilst researching. One artist’s image that caught my eye is Emma McNally who’s graphite drawing (centre image) represented some of the stitched marks I started to create.

One thing I would like to change and develop from this weeks work is the overall design and composition of my samples, I feel like I need to remove my self from the straight lines now and start creating some samples which reflect my drawings

Embroidery - visual recording [week 1]

Continuing on the theme of data I started to look at different means of visual recording, exploring the different ways that various forms of data can be represented aesthetically. I looked at things such as finger prints, lines I drew in response to sound (speech and music) and the movement of light captured with slow shutter speed photography.

The images of the moving light captured a certain energy and direction I found inspiring, which is why this is the idea I have decided to carry forward and develop. Using the original images, I decided to play around in Photoshop, because I found the original images were a little difficult to translate into machine stitch samples.