More paper is being stitched, the process mentioned in this post.
It's very useful to have these pieces as an enhancement for a page, a design sheet, an artist book.
I do have plans for these latest pieces but I haven't finished playing with the technique yet so should also have a pile for my stash too when I am finished.
My table is full of stitched papers, design sheets, hand made buttons and inspiration.
I see so much potential here, potential for continuation of my Alchemy project and potential for new works.
I am so excited by all this.
The Google definition of Surface Design however fails to do this process justice.
Surface design is any type of artwork (pattern, illustration, hand lettering, etc.) made by a designer that is intended to be applied to a surface to enhance its visual appearance and/or functionality.
I'm sure they could fit the word 'exciting' in there somewhere.
We've been stitching papers in Alchemy, adding thread to printed backgrounds.
These textural paper scraps are so useful for enhancing a design sheet or pages in a sketchbook.
It's quite addictive. I hadn't done this for a long time before this week and now I am itching to do it some more.
Today I started to use it in my work for class and am more than excited to progress those new pieces.
(can't show you those yet, maybe next week)
The latest addition to my Alchemy design project, pleated and stitched paper.
The large sheet here needs more work and I may try and squeeze something else onto the notebook pages too.
I'm signing out for a couple of weeks.
I'll see you on the other side x
I'm scratching my head a bit today.
This image is mostly about the pages on the right hand side.
I spoke about those here and here.
My dilemma...how to put them all together.
I have made so many artist books you'd think I could do that with my eyes shut.
It seems not.
The head scratching continues......
Paper pages embellished with snippets of ribbon to hold embroidered ribbon on ribbon samples.
I was assessing my page needs in this post and it seems that need has now grown.
Not only do I need more pages for my ribbon samples, I need more pages for these too.
You may remember I started to hand stitch pages to hold all my small stitched samples.
This morning I took the pages out of the cabinet to assess how many more I need.
There are so many small samples, the ones laid out here, that I'm thinking mammoth task, tons of pages.
I'm making progress on sheet two. Sheet one is here and small samples of which there are many are here.
My biggest problem is sourcing ribbon to replace what I have used from my stash.
The ribbon I used initially in these pieces appears to be discontinued or out of stock so you will definitely notice colour shifts in these pieces.
However......I'm loving it so onwards.....
The cutout piece from yesterday has been mounted onto an A3 sheet.
That allowed me to tuck the small piece of embellished cloth under the right hand side and also meant stab stitching around the edge to attach the piece.
I am very drawn to the stab stitches and will most likely also add those to the edge where the fabric is on the right hand side.
My next task however is to add to the white space on the left hand side of the A3 sheet. (most visible in the fourth image)
Remember these? I have started to mount my small samples onto them.
The tags are colour reference for threads used.
I will need more pages, quite a few more and I think I need to get this whole collection into some sort of order.
It's far from finished but I'm thinking, get it in order and there will be more clarity in relation to taking my ideas forward.