I'm really struggling to get along with this module- not at the beginning but since summer school. I had another week's holiday almost immediately, my brother came to stay for two weeks, my daughter for a week, my son for a long weekend. There was my exhibition to prepare for, hang and take down a month later, then a week in Wales with my lace tutor and a week in London visiting my son and daughter. And then a cot quilt to be made for my first grandson, due at Christmas.
All very enjoyable but not at all conducive to getting any kind of prolonged (or even regular) work done on my course. And in the midst of all this social interaction I've lost touch with my initial enthusiasm and ideas.
I have however managed to complete my resolved sample (see fig.1 below). The background is the photoshopped spiral made from the primula in my garden printed onto cotton fabric. The second layer is a representation of a tornado cut from black cotton fabric with painted bondaweb attached. The final layer is a series of thread wrapped bangles, one with a needle woven centre, and Dorset buttons. I've attached a simple mat board frame and allowed the bangles and buttons to come out of the picture and overlap the frame slightly to give a more 3-dimensional feel to the piece.
Fig.1
I had decided to make a neck piece as my final piece for the module so searched online for some images that might inspire me.
Fig.2
I liked the wrap-around one on the left and felt that this might be a design that I could emulate so set about brainstorming some ideas (Fig. 3). I still feel drawn to the lizard from module 2 and felt that this shape could link back to his coiled tail (Fig.4).
Fig. 3
Fig.4
I'm thinking twisted cords, painted background fabric, metallic threads, beads and Yorkshire buttons and continuous spiralling stitching as in chapter 4, sample 3.
Fig.5
I have managed to cut out a template that actually fits around my neck and hangs correctly - after several false starts.
