Some ideas following on from recent explorations:-
- The samples so far have been worked on washed, scoured cloth, so could be dyed before or after working. Many possibilities for colour combinations.
- Sample working on unscoured cloth.
- Sample scouring after stitching.
- Work a sample with some areas stabilised, some distorted.
- Work a length of full-width fabric to test impact of large-scale.
- Could expand size by embellishing pieces together.
- Dye a colour range, then stitch and join.
- Explore the effect of embroidering in a range of threads before dyeing, eg cotton to take the colour, polyester to resist it.
Worth continuing explorations with same cloth to see how far I can push it.
Another thought and line of exploration:- Produce test dyed samples in a structured way, recording how they were done. Having access to the workshop means that there is new equipment available to me and I need to find out what results I can get using the steamer etc. Also to record systematically the dye recipes and cloth used.
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