Monday 21 March 2011

Chapter 1 - Texture in Landscape

Collecting Textured Items





Sponge




Lichen




Shells




Pebble




Photographs of Textured Surfaces in Landscape



Trees




More Trees




Building Structures



Sand and Stone




Fallen Leaves




Prints in Snow




Water




Stone




Man-made




PhotoShop Effects


Bark


Trees From Windsor Great Park







Water

Waves From Lake Windermere







Chapter 2 - Exploring Textures with Papers






Paper Relief Investigations








Paper Test - Rip, Fold, Scrunch




Top L-R Printer Paper, Tissue Paper, Kitchen Roll


Middle L-R Crepe Paper, Plastic Bag, Brown Paper


Bottom L-R Stabliser, Greaseproof Paper, Freezer Paper




Manipulated Paper








Manipulated Paper using a Pleater




Chapter 3 - Texture in Paper Relief


Textures created from photographs and altered images


of Water and Trees



















Chapter 4 - Fabric Investigation

Fabric Samples




Natural




Man-made





Fabric Investigations




A selection of man-made and natural fabrics


each tested with the same treatments




Edgings using natural fabrics






Edgings using man-made fabrics





More man-made edgings


Chapter 5 - Quilting, Padding and Stuffing

Quilting




Patterned Quilting


Abstract Patterns


Free Machine Quilting



Padding - Shaped Quilting


Top: Rubber Circles, Beads, Card Discs


Middle: Straws, Buttons, Rubber Bands


Bottom: Card, Strips of Cards, Paper Clips


Quilting Using Stuffings



Quilted using soft toy filler and trapunto wool


Corded Quilting


Chapter 6 - Tucks, Pleats & Gathers


On going work in tucks and pleats, gathers to come shortly...it's a long piece of fabric!


Chapter 7 - Textural Contrasts

Calico fabric manipulated into contrasting reliefs