Feeling somewhat disheartened with a group crit I had had with a tutor and fellow students, I knew that the ideas I had before, of making small sculpture, was not going to work out, due to lack of interest and research. I wanted an idea that was challenging and inspiring, to excite me enough to produce work with a passion and devotion.
After a tutorial with jo Newman who is textile tutor and artist, it was evident from the work that I had produced in the summer holidays, that my focus was on illustration, with the use of mixed media to add texture. I wanted to develop new ideas and techniques, but had a lack of understanding of how to go about it. Jo suggested that I do a textile workshop. inspired by the first technique of stitching into my illustration and this gave me insight into another world of development, using a wide variety of techniques and methods.
Below are my samples of work in a workshop after a tutorial with Jo.
Following my interest in Free hand Embroidery for my Illustrations, I invested in a sewing machine, which I brought from Frank Nutt shop in Kings Heath. This resulted in me having a few work shops with Claire Muir who is a textile artist and she exhibits her work around the country. As she designs all kinds of embroidered accessories I was fortunate enough to learn a few more embroidery techniques along with making silk paper.
Below are my samples of work I produced in Claire Muir s work shop using free embroidery stitch and textile fabric.
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