Experimental Work

I like to experiment with textiles, photography, digital imaging, and even drawing, sometimes all together.

I will add more examples soon.
 
I love manipulating form, stitching, and messing about with digital manipulations and combinations of all three.
May 20, 2017
I experimented with these forms with Lutradur, wire, darts and gathers when I was working on spirals, what seems ages ago.  Recently I have been adding interest by decorating the surfaces mainly with hand stitches.  Because the fabric is transparent, it means that both the front and the back of the stitch can be seen.   These are really ‘work in progress images rather than finished work.  They remind me of paper nautilus shells with white on-white and spiral shapes.

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Just gathered

Small spiral with stitch

White-on-white

Looking into a larger spiral form

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Tumblers

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January 07, 2013
When considering spiral forms, I worked a lot with paper at the design stage. The manipulated forms were fascinating, and often I liked them as they were, without translating them into stitches.

I photographed them, and I just like the digital images in their own right!

Paper form, photograph and digital manipulation, which accentuates the form in the image.
Sometimes they were developed into textiles, often using wire and man-made materials which can be formed and retain their shape.
More to follow.

Paper spiral form

Almost not there! a shadow spiral

Paper spiral version 2

Paper spiral inverted

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Stitched spiral experiments

May 01, 2018
These experimental pieces were worked on some time ago.  I have several more in Lutradur and other fabrics – to be added.

COLOURED and STITCHED LUTRADUR

Kaiteriteri shells New Zealand

January 07, 2013
I photograph or scan some of my experimental textile pieces and then have fun with the images in Photoshop.  I like to play with layers, masks, blending modes and options to create interesting effects.

Drawing and stitched work

Pintuck, pulled thread and stitch on muslin

Joined felt and scrim pintucked and scanned end on

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June 12, 2015
The torn corrugated card really makes me think of patterns in the sand, and I have had fun tearing the card and exposing layers to reveal the corrugations.  I went on to add some stitches to the card, sometimes to combine with loosely woven fabrics and also to ‘change’ on the computer.  I love some of these changes, and to my eyes, they become pleasing images in their own right.  I know that not everyone will approve!  They do actually take some thought and some skill to achieve the desired effects, although sometimes the results are happy accidents.
I have combined some of the corrugations with my photographs of the edge of the sea.
More images to be added

Torn corrugated card with stitch before any distortions

Just torn corrugated card

This distortion in photoshop of the corrugations and stitch  really reminds me of patterns in the sand

This is the same piece of corrugated card combined with a photograph

Just layers of torn corrugated card

Corrugated card and pulled, tea-dyed scrim

An experiment with scrim and torn corrugated card and a photograph

Photograph, corrugated card and scrim blended together

Scan, more stitch, pintucked fabric, sand pattern photograph, and liquify

Pintucked fabric and stitched corrugated card

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