- Did you have enough variety in your collection of yarns and other materials? Which kind of yarns, etc., did you use most? How do their characteristics affect the look and feel of each sample?
I have quite a large collection of yarns and materials that have been gathered together over a number of years. After beginning this course I am now adding more again to my collection.
I used mostly yarns that had a texture to them such as knitting yarns. They were not particularly fine yarns and threads. I also used a lot of torn muslin. The knitting and rug yarns give a nice close weave which I find quite tactile in its smoothness. The torn muslin, ribbon and lace that I chose to use gives a nice raised surface. The torn edges of the muslin adds to the interest.
- How did you find weaving in comparison to the other techniques you've tried? Did you find it too slow or too limiting?
I would say that out of all the techniques I have tried weaving is my least favourite. I did find it too slow. I want to say I found it too limiting but when I think this only relates to my final sample worked from a visual source. I think I should have done the more intuitive sample. I feel I have learnt from this as I thought sample 1 technique was best suited to the way I worked but now looking through the work and answering these questions I see that perhaps I like to work more intuitively. I did not find weaving too limiting when working samples in Stages and 3. It would still not be the first technique I would choose.
- How do you feel about your finished sample? Are you happy with the relationship of the textures proportions, colour and pattern to the finished size? Is there any part that you would want to change? If so, try to identify exactly how and why you would change it.
Being perfectly honest I think I got hold of completely the wrong idea about how to work my sample and made wrong decisions. Therefore I do not feel particularly happy with the finished sample. I am happy with the colours. The sample has also ended up being too small in my opinion. This is mostly due to the fact that I decided to work it smaller as I was concerned about the amount of threads and yarns I had to work with. I would work larger. I would change the sample because as I said before I feel I got hold of the wrong idea on how to work it. I would also in future, if I am indecisive about the instructions, contact my tutor to clarify things. However, I feel I should work with what I feel is the correct decision and my gut feeling at the time. Is there a right or wrong way?
- Was there any stage in the whole design process that you felt went wrong? How would you tackle this process differently another time?
I seem to have answered this question in the one above. Though obviously I seem to have misread the guidance given and am not happy with the sample I think it stems from the fact I chose the wrong
sample to work and should have worked more intuitively. This has actually been good for me in that it has shown me that how I best work is not necessarily what I thought it was and in the future I will certainly be looking at and working differently with my design work and sampling. Having said that I think it is weaving that I have found more limiting and I should really have recognised that I work more intuitively from all the other techniques I have tried.
- Which did you enjoy more - working from the source material or putting colours together intuitively? Why?
I definitely enjoyed working more by putting colours together intuitively. Colour is I think most important to me followed very closely by texture. I love putting together different colour combinations and looking around for inspiration for colour combinations. I do feel I should be able to work more easily from source material and think of this as a failing in my work. Thinking about this I think I need to do a lot more sketchbook work. This has made me quite concerned about my theme book work.
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