After my exhausting day at the NEC, I had a full day at uni yesterday. I had had a selection of my hand drawn kitchen tools printed on hemp/ramie fabric. Vanda and I discussed it, and the following are the key points:
- Small and delicate marks work really well, at the small and delicate scale.
- My marks work at actual size. They do not magnify well.
- Therefore enlarging the object needs to be done manually by me - small marks over a bigger object will work equally well. Enlarging the object and the mark in Photoshop does not work as well.
- Avoid outlines all the way round the object. Where my drawn object did not have a hard edge (I had used the magnetic lasso tool and it had skipped the fainter marks), the image read better.
- To get an even edge on a hard outline without using a drawn line, use a mask. What a useful tip!!!!
- Draw large scale with a fine pen.
- Don't restrict thinking by considering end product. Just draw.
- My work is only as strong as my drawing. QED: my drawing needs to improve.
- Draw + print = end product, at this stage. Don't try to find applications
- Just photoshop to crop out selected bits of drawings eg just the scale pan or just the weight end of the balance scales
- Research gender history with cloth. Subversive Stitch by Rosika Parker. Ring my family.
- Stitch jam labels.
- Make own jam labels. Caren Garfen.
- Luggage labels - with significant phrases.
- Use feedback phrases and attach labels to printed cloth
- Round buttonholes.
- Explore labels.
- Explore pockets.
Thank you Vanda. I think I'm going to fly.
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