Tuesday 9th October - Textiles

We received some good news today. Jamie told us that we didn't have to do the second roundabout of the workshops, and that now, it was all about getting stuck in to what we came here to do. I was sort of dissappointed in a way because I had been looking forward to developing the work I had done during the roundabout. On the other hand, however, it had felt like it had been dragging, and I just wanted to get on with the work in my pathway.
When I had done the textiles pathway taster, I was kind of put off by what we did because I didn't see the link that it had with textiles. One thing that I did learn was that every idea needs to start with some drawing and sketches.
Previously, I hadn't really been fond of drawing as I had been forced to do it for my A Levels. What I enjoy about this course is that drawing is not forced, and you can do it if you want to. This makes me want to draw.
Danielle told us that we would be drawing patterns and lines inside a grid. She showed us some examples of this, work from previous students. She then wanted us to take this further by using the lines and techniques to draw a picture. We were shown an example of this and it was pretty amazing. I wasn't expecting something amazing to happen for me. I was just going to give it a try. I knew I would be sat there all day and not have much work to show, due to the fact that I work at such a slow pace. I knew I would only get one task finished by the end of the day.
I managed to fill in 5 boxes with lines and patterns. I chose to draw the leaves in one box that I drew on the film strip in media. This took a while and Danielle suggested that I draw some patterns that weren't as time consuming.

I then started the bigger image where I had to use one of the patterns I used in the boxes to make an image. I decided to use a page from Marie Claire magazine where there is a model wearing patterend clothes in front of a patterned background. I didn't really know how to go about it though, so I used the lightbox to get a clearer picture,, as I was using a photocopy of the image, and it wasnt very clear. So, where there was a line in the picture, I drew it as a squiggle and so on. I didn't do exactly what Danielle had asked but I carried on anyway, because I liked the way it looked. I was really pleased with the outcome - I hadn't expected it to turn out so well. We would then be using these images and screen printing with them. That I was looking forward to.