2 hand-drawn hand-painted patterned fabrics using fabric paints and pens
design 1 theme: hiking in france 2013
motif set 1: mediterranean flowers, insects, bird, t-shirt graphic
motif set 2: windows, signposts
design 2 theme: scotland 2015
motifs: plants, insect, fungus
finally completed the blue organza outerwear that i began almost 2 years ago.
(refer to winter holiday: works in progress)
took 2 whole weeks to finish, embroidery is time-consuming (but enjoyable)!
lessons learnt: the importance of an embroidery hoop, over-embellishing makes the fabric sag from the weight, organza is not a practical material to embroider on, variety of stitches makes the texture more interesting, distribution of threads/beads/sequins matter too
materials: embroidery thread, beads, sequins
motifs: sourced from various cultures and objects (mostly textiles)
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chinese flower
paisley
greek palmette, indian foliage
indian flower
print-point, 70.5 x 56.5 cm
screenprint and acrylic on fabric, nails
period of work: 21 – 28 apr 2014
this piece was shown at the end of year exhibition as it was the most recent work which showed the techniques and themes that i have been researching so far. i was not exactly satisfied with how it turned out though.
it combines influences from print fabric with selvedge and textile designs on point-paper. i wanted to say something about cultural mix through the mash of ornamental motifs that have been distorted themselves.
comments from tutors: most of the ornamental designs do not have a clear origin themselves; think more about the colour, scale and display of my works.
comments during the exhibition: the primed fabric is paper-like; the tilable motif is like a bird upside-down (which i think so too)/a continent on a map (which was what i aspired to); fantastical/oriental in colours and motifs (colours inspired from an indian-inspired paisley textile design)
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exhibition view
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continuing from where i left off in term 2, i started by playing with various ways of expressing the paisley motif in a grid
the graph paper’s grid was convenient and it helped align my circles/dots
18 x 13.4 cm
did this without planning and had to fill in the background colours at the end: ridiculously time-consuming for such a small piece and so i decided i would use masking fluid next time to speed things up
did these 3 simultaneously
l-r:2 19 x 6.4 cm; 19 x 10.6 cm; 19 x 6.4 cm
combined-motif images with masking fluid; combined-motif image with flag dots overlay; motifs with church window dots overlay
the one on the left is by far the most popular among my works this term.
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widened my scope of research from textile motifs to include design ornaments across cultures
mixed and combined them them to form a repeat tile pattern
28.5 x 18 cm; 42 x 29.7 cm
21 x 29.7 cm
the lino printing ink was soluble so i could not work on top of it without the ink smudging, even when pouring clear primer over the paper
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working directly on paisley fabrics and reducing the repeating pattern to a tilable motif
41.2 x 30.7 cm
dot-masked the entire surface, ‘returned’ the non-tile areas to the background colour and modified the motif colours
i like the colours, and using varnish to bring out the matt acrylic and dull corduroy print made it better
40.7 x 30.4 cm
changed the flat colour to an ogee pattern with psychedelic colours (links to paisley via the 60s)
a dress with standing ruffles a la valentino’s pagine technique
period of work: 30 dec 2012 to 9 jan 2013
materials: vietnamese silk, polyester organza, polyester
yes effort: lining, handsewn catch-stitch for hem, braided things at the sides so the lining stays close to the dress, among others
no effort: fray-prone hems, organza sewed onto ground fabric without measuring the gap between
an experiment to see how colours mix, i tied yarns of different colour together to make both warp and weft threads and wove with a plain weave on my mini loom (which has organza stapled to the back side in preparation for its multi-purpose next life)
and i realise i don’t have as many balls of yarn as i thought, and the colour palette is skewed…
using new knit patterns that i learnt over summer…
inspired from the techniques i saw at the exhibition on valentino in london, i’ve finally stopped procrastinating on the vietnamese silk i bought nearly 2 years ago
version 1: with hood
version2: with collar and ruched bum
a concept-based wacky but poorly thought-out design so what was supposed to be a tunic could not fit around my butt and became a piece of outerwear. what was supposed to be reversible BOTH front-back AND up-down could only be up-down reversed. still in progress – need to add embroidery to it, valentino’s embroidered pieces were too amazing to even try and imitate though
theme: kyoto
period of work: 3 to 5 sep 2011
materials used: cotton fabrics
100% hand-sewn, with lining
theme: cinque terre
period of work: 3 aug 2010 to 6 oct 2010, with bouts of inactivity inbetween (and drawing the pattern started earlier but i have no records of the exact date)
materials used: organdy, suede from flea market, white polyester courtesy of the mother
the organdy frayed so badly i could only handstitch the vertical seams down. and the hem is uneven.
design-wise the armholes are too narrow and the pockets spaced too wide apart, and the ‘facing’ doesnt fall flat.
lesson learnt: building toiles is important.
theme: 1960s
the Cardboard Box Dress as worn by TAYANE
period of work: 1 aug 2009 to 14 oct 2009
materials used: Ecsaine, polyester organdy, plastic sheet, sequins, fabric paint, fabric markers
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