I have been experimenting more with cut through repeats today so that I can complete this mini brief and competition entry by the end of the week. I want to be able to work back on to fabric and develop and create final designs (1 metre maybe?) so I am anxious to get this completed. Because I am not particularly confident and experienced in repeats, I am finding this slightly difficult. The scale and the size is unnerving me- I am finding it hard to understand and get my head around the IDOTT brief and its requirements.
I want to work large scale in the 52x64 cm dimensions but I find that I keep repeating myself in terms of size of shapes in these dimensions.
Today I used colour in my cut throughs to see if this could help. After colour testing for the morning with procion and pigment binders, I used paper stencils with open screens to build up a design of cut out shapes and markings.
Because I'm working on paper, the procion paste doesn't sit particularly well and tends to bubble up at the edges, meaning the shapes aren't crisp and sharp like they are in my drawings. Working with binder on paper sits better but it hasn't got the translucency like procion has. Overlaying the procion means I can create darker and lighter areas with the same colours.
When testing the colours, I tested them on paper as well as plain cotton so that I have the procion on cotton for potential future printing. The colour on paper turns out lighter than on the fabric, but when printed through the screen, the colour on paper is slightly darker than when just tested straight onto paper.
After initially wanting to use warm tones and colours that I have not necessarily used previously, I played around with colour combinations further and managed to create a fresh, in trend palette. I created lots of different colour combos yesterday but found that a lot of them felt too earthy and dull. I wanted to create something fresh and inviting which also came from some of my primary imagery. I finalised my colours with a dark navy, a royal blue/navy, a peach/light pink, a burnt orange rust OR a scarlet coral pink and a light grey. I think these colours can still be developed and potentially narrowed down so that there are more neutrals, meaning the palette is balanced and versatile.
I am ensure whether to translate these into kodatraces or digitally print them on to acetate to then put them onto screens and hand print. Or would it be easier and more time effective if I could just digitally print it onto wallpaper in Guntons?? This is something I will discuss with Nick tomorrow in my tutorial.
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