I managed to get a place on the lace day held by the Rachel Kaye Shuttleworth Collection at Gawthorpe Hall. I wanted to go partly because I was very inspired by the "Lost in Lace' exhibition in Birmingham last month and also because I wanted to do some quick sketches of stylised flowers which I can feed into my work.There were lots of samples on show and I almost managed to fill an A5 sketchbook of quick sketches which I then used to print and stitch into at home.
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| silk screen painted with reactive dyes in preparation for printing |
I have purchased a A4 silkscreen and equipment so I am now able to print at home. This design is based on one of the drawings I did at Gawthorpe Hall. I printed in onto a cotton fabric and fixed the dye using my wallpaper stripper.
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| Reverse Applique Sample using fabric printed from screen |
The idea of 'rusty flowers' has emerged from the research I have done for this project. Following on from the last unit I have used the fabric I printed as the basis for a 'reverse applique' sample.
This sample look so much like railings that I am put in mind of the wonderfully 'over the top' gates on Warrington Town Hall- if only they were rusty.
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| "Golden Gates ' Warrington. |
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