It's been ages since I last updated this blog! My textile course is over for the term and I've made a piece, currently unfinished, that I had no intention of making but it somehow organically grew.. I decided to focus on screen printing and collected leaves from Hyde Park which I used a templates for my pattern pieces. The patterns were made from  thin paper and screen printed over in both dyes and paints - I was working towards some luscious foliage.

 Having made many samples I chose a selection and started to place them together - much easier said than done! I really wanted to develop my design approach this term and this exercise has certainly stretched me in that capacity. Firstly, I laid the pieces one by one onto the floor and jiggled them around with a view to balance, scale,colour. This was ok as an approach as I have no wall space on which to hang the piece. Most people designing textiles will have a design wall, a precious commodity I have no space for. That bit needed to be left to when I was next in class....

Next time I'll show  how the pieces eventually came together after several hours of maneuvering ( and swearing).