Blog post 6 (Armoury)
Got some positive feedback from this week’s tutorial which I’m
glad about but I still need to do a lot more sampling in my opinion and do some
inspiration research
Last Thursday I learnt a technique in Karina’s workshop
where we learnt to pin tuck but without the pin tucking foot or the twin needle.
We folded the fabric and stitched the lines for it to have a satisfying tactile
texture. This method takes up a lot of fabric, so my first sample as come out
quite small, so I’d like to retry it on a bigger scale. I’ve also done another sample of slashing but
with wave stitch. Learning these methods
has given me inspiration for my future projects, especially as I have become
very enthusiastic about fabric manipulation.
I attended the Ethos embroidery software induction yesterday
(Wednesday) and am not too sure if I’ll use it in the future because I like to feel
and control the machine with my hands while I work.
I have research the artists Issey Miyake and Iris Van Herpen
for pleat inspiration which are absolutely fascinating, and I would love to
know how to pleat like that without stitching. For a start the company International Pleating
in New York has an interesting guide to pleating styles and methods
(www.international pleating.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Intl_Pleating.101.pdf).
Iris Van Herpen
Issey Miyake
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