Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Introduction to weave...


Today was my first day of Block 1 WEAVE. When I walked into the weave workshop the table looms looked slightly complicated and tricky. But once I was introduced to the machines I quickly got the hang of it and they weren't so bad after all. I learnt about the draft, lifting plan and the weave plan. I started with the simple weave patterns such as plain weave and then moved onto the more detailed patterns for example the diamond weave. I enjoyed the more tricky patterns as it grabbed my concentration and produced a more interesting result. 

 

The second day in the studio I continued to work on the looms trying out new weave patterns with a mixture of threads and yarns so I could experiment with different widths. I also started to use colour which complimented my windings/wrappings and my POPUP collection. 



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