So back to updating all my work... alongside my Art Foundation Diploma we also completed a Level 3 Drawing Award which is part of the UAL board. The first part of this qualification was a guided group activity to assess everyones levels of drawing and get us to develop our creativity. However the second half was much more focused on our specialisms (mine being fashion and textiles) and encouraged us to develop mark making and drawing techniques within this area. We started off with a still life compiled of books, jars and structured textiles pieces which we then photographed and drew from. We then turned these drawings into stitched textiles pieces that mirrored the marks made in our drawings.
I felt that this project had one of the strongest outcomes in the stitched textiles panels. The textures and marks that I created look really effective in the simple colour palette and they clearly show the influence of drawing and mark making.

   ... these are all my original long drawings in ink and paint from the

still life photographs...

                                                                                 

...these drawings were then developed into larger drawings to incorporate all the

drawings techniques....

...I then developed some manipulated photographs by cutting into the images and

adding stitching and cut out sections to mirror the shapes in the photos...

...all these elements were then brought together to create these stitched panels of fabric in subtle shades with emmulsion printed circles, stitching detailing and cut away sections to make marks and textures on the fabric...