My Journey in Embroidery

My journey is about travelling on trains what I see along the way to MMU. The trains, stations, bridges, platforms, rails, stairways, signs, timetables, maps and tickets. I use photographs

to capture the shapes and objects. I draw these shapes and use collage, fabric, stitch and drawings

to convey my journey.

 

 

The drawing below is from the shape of the posts in this photograph.

Abstract drawing in my sketchbook.

 

This is a map I have drawn into of the Manchester train stations.  



Stitched map of train stations using the embroidery foot. 

 


This is a train map of Manchester stations cut in half and joined
together using the insertion stitch. Then stitched on to the fabric
with a running stitch. The fabric has been cut and joined the same
as above.

 

A fabric collage machined stitched to go with my theme in the
above drawing of wheels. 

Photograph taken at Oxford Road station Manchester.

A drawing of the shapes in the above photograph and other images
taken from other photographs.

A bridge before Bolton stop.

This is my machine stitched square on the same theme as the photographs. 

A bridge over the railway at Bolton.



Using old train tickets and receipts I collaged the image
and drew the train motif. This is in my sketchbook.  

A spiral staircase at Oxford Road.

A abstract drawing of the spiral stairs.

The Origin's sample twisted to suggest a spiral
staircase. 

Modern building as seen from the platform

at Oxford Road Station.

 

My model of the building using my lolly stick
creation. 

 

Signal lights at Oxford Road.

 

Abstract drawing of the signal lights.

 

The train lines.

My interperation of the rails in collage and machine stitch.



Train in Lancaster station full of passengers on their
way to scotland.

 

My machine stitched square of passengers in a train.

 

 

The edge of the train platform in Lancaster.

My collage of the suface above using the embellisher and
tailer tack foot. I think it is a good resemble of the photograph.

 I have tried to show the work I have create from my photographs and collected items. This has been my journey so far.

Insertion Stitch and samples

This is a sample of the insertion stitch joining paper together.

Joining paper to a rough fabric.

This is practising the insertion stitch for joining paper, fabric and fabric
to fabric together. Still a bit untidy ... I will improve with practise.

Origin's Samples

The next task is to buy cheap articles from Pound Land or the equivalent and spend no more than £5.
  I brought some lolly sticks and some twine to tie them together.

 

 

First I did some finger knitting 

Added broken lolly sticks

Tied the sticks together with the twine

Pile them on top of each other 



Pile them again

Split and one end and tie them together 

This time split the sticks at both ends and tie them together

Twist the structure and looks like an interesting shape.
This is what I am going to do with my lolly sticks.

They look so pale and boring. I'm going to baked them in the oven
to see what happens to the shape and colour.



Here they are after 10 minutes at 220c. The colour is changing. 

These are after 13 minutes and they have started to burn and smoke.
The colour is so much better for me to work with.

Put the sticks together so they are graded with the pale in the middle.
Started to play around with the finished sample making shapes and
photographing them.

Close up of them.



Another view.
This is one task I really did enjoy and happy with the result

 

Colour matching pictures in paper and fabric

This is my drawing from the Liverpool journey.

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This the picture (above)colours matched in fabric,
made and found. The image below is made out of
of paper.