Exercise 2.1 Selecting

This task focuses on selecting around six visually interesting drawings from Part one to use as inspiration and source material for the next part of the course.

Here are the drawings I have chosen and the visual qualities that I find inspiring and think will be interesting to develop further, both on paper and in stitch.

I find this drawing interesting because I like the sense of motion and texture and things moving off in different directions. I find it exciting that the textures represented are not uniform: there are straight lines, curly lines, multidirectional lines, but yet they seem to be contained within a structure:

This one I have chosen as it seems to offer so many possibilities of outcome from one starting poin:, different qualities of line, a pleasing repetition of the pattern, clear and less clear repeats, and a surprisingly crisp graphical element from a source of delicate, ultrafeminine lace:

This drawing I have selected because I am interested in the way two colours used for rubbing intersect, create shadows, almost a 3D illusion, especially when there is a slight shift in placement of the pattern:

The elements of this drawing that attract me are the juxtaposition of the unexpected texture of the underlying cardboard coming through in this rubbing, with the strong graphical element of the squares that are the edges of the cut out cardboard. Again the use of two colours I find stimulating and interesting. This drawing also presents the problem of how to interpret these opposing kinds of marks in the work that follows, as I cannot clearly see how I would approach this yet.

Here is is the soft shading and the strong lines that are interesting and opposing, and present an opportunity for some interesting further exploration.

Here the pattern created by ink seeping through canvas material, forming blobs, lines, dots and crosses is very visually appealing. There is a pattern there, but it is not uniform and it presents multiple opportunities for translating into stitch work and seems to offer a variety of possible outcomes.

Here is it the way that the paint has collected in layers, like geological strata, which fascinates me. The sponge tool has created echoes of the sections of cylinder that forms the beads of the original necklace, but also evokes other more natural forms, which I think could be explored further in interesting ways.