As part of a tutorial we decided to place my drawings with my woven fabrics to decide how the project is progressing. I have been exploring corrosion and developing this inspiration into woven fabrics. Through decay I have been investigating the relationship between light and fabric, how the light can pass through certain areas and not others. Alongside this i have been using yarns and dying to develop colours and textures based on rust. The fabrics have been designed for use in interiors.
Some of the work has taken on more of an artform, the long floats make certain pieces impractical for interior furnishings, this is due to the experimental approach I have taken. The piece made of long red floats works well, the way it hangs is interesting, the floats have no structure so create a feeling of movement. The middle piece containing the copper is exciting although was designed with sheer window fabric in ming, it does not work. The light needs to come from the front of the peece in order to see it’s full potential.
Placing my drawings alongside my woven fabrics allows me to evaluate what I have been doing. It is working well in all, however I feel the colours are not quite right and I need to incorporate more texture into the weaves.
