Practice - Week 13

I crocheted with unconventional yarns, combining monofilament with lurex, which created interesting braids and developed my crochet skills further. However, I didn't think it was appropriate to this project, so I focused my attention to only weaving.

My photograph & my expressive ink drawing

Instead of wasting my white warp, I wanted to utilise its maximum potential, so I focused on how to incorporate multiple colours into my weaving. I used monofilament as weft, allowing me to dye the cotton segments of the warp, without dying the floats. This kept the structure and resembled frosted glass: a successful link to my inspiration. I used an ink dispersing method to apply ink to my weave, similar to how I produced my expressive drawings.

My weaving (ink & foiling)

To further accentuate the frosted impression created by the layers of lights and condensation in my photographs, I decided to apply iridescent foiling to my weave. Due to the unpredictability of the ink and foiling process, it resulted in effective areas and areas that were unsuccessful. I also noticed improvement of my foiling technique since my first attempt. I aim to refine and develop this technique further with my other samples.

My drawing (pencil) and my weaving (mohair & glittery yarn)

I revisited my peacock image, because I wanted to explore its beautiful glimmers of colour and glittery texture. I used mohair and glittery yarn to capture the wispy essence of the lines. I obtained successful samples with my simplistic alternation of yarns. I became interested in how I could pixelate the way the light hit the glitter with my photography.

My cord weaving & abstract charcoal drawing

I also wanted to abstract and develop the simplistic lines of weave. I experimented with mohair, paper yarns and cord. I think the most successful result was obtained with cord, because it created a bold, structured sample, which resembled a piece of armour.