Absolute final decision now for the piece! I am going with the lively stuffed net attached to a long view of the ship mono print, with Sian's blessing. Really pleased with this as it looks to be a lot of fun.
Making the fish for the net now and trying to translate the paper textures in a few different ways. Here are some of my efforts:-
1. The paper fish is cut from paper with a mono print which was then over printed.
Top translation: corded pin tucks with the cord showing on a soft turquoise silk - I think it is delicious!
middle: diamond quilted - tipping the crossing lines the other way - not so fond of this one - a bit bland and ended up with not so much texture when it was made up and stuffed.
bottom: lots of gathers for the horizontal lines and then stitched with wavy lines for the vertical lines - this is much more successful and has lots of texture and interest.
2. The paper fish was cut from paper which first had lines drawn with neocolour crayons softened with water and allowed to dry then painted with runny acrylic and salt added.
Top translation: serpentine stitch freely worked and crossing to make the bubbly line.
middle: the material itself had the vertical lines - a nylon sheer sold as curtaining - over a red metallic synthetic. Stitched with long stitches to gather the material slightly. It's a bit of a free interpretation - but a lovely fish!
bottom: the material was a commercial print with corded pin tucks. I originally intended the back to show - but it actually looked better with just the relief as the material was such a good translation. They all have their merits, but I like this one best.
3. The paper fish is dyed kitchen towel tucked on to cartridge paper.
Top translation: corded pin tucks on both sides so sometimes the cord shows and sometimes the corded relief line.
Middle: seam pressed open and frayed together with lines of zig - zag couched cords - the least successful, I think.
Bottom: the most successful translation - dyed silk with soft pin tucks pressed so they lie unevenly.
1 comment:
Lovely ,lovely ,lovely!
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