For each piece we make for C&G we have to write an action plan, keep a diary, show the design process and write an evaluation. Of course I could just shove all that in plastic pockets in a ring binder but where's the fun in that?Some people work directly into a sketch book but I can't draw and my writing is illegible - so I have developed the habit of making my own books to put everything in.
This is the book for the Kandinsky wall hanging. The cover is yet another left-over [I dyed a lot more fabric and thread than I needed]. I spray mounted it to pelmet Vilene and then machine embroidered and lined it. I have used card in the past but you can't sew into it, so you have to lace the fabric over the covers which is lumpier and more work.
I inserted the pages and bound them all together with a sort of Japanese stab stitch in embroidery thread [more left overs].
This is a page from the book, showing some of my design ideas for the different pieces of the wall hanging and a section from the diary.
You struck a chord with me Celia. I can't draw, and unlike you I can't even paint, so I like to turn everything I do into a book of some kind and try to express myself that way. Thank goodness for the camera. I really liked the colours and designs in your Kandinsky book.
ReplyDeleteI can't paint either! The samples in the Kandinsky book started off as big sheets of paper which I painted with Brusho and a big brush.[Brusho is a powder paint used in schools - comes in lovley bright colours, which you dilute to taste.]
ReplyDeleteThen I cut out the circles and squares and stamped them with stamps made from funky foam, and acrylic paint.