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<\/a>3 Pears sketch<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a92015 Elizabeth Fram<\/p><\/div>\n As you may remember from this post<\/a>, my goal is that the sketches I’ve been doing lately provide a jumping-off point for new work, rather than remaining an end-vision. But what is the point if the resulting work\u00a0is just a direct translation of the drawing? My objective\u00a0is\u00a0to push the unique qualities of textiles and thread in such a way that they convey their own unique voice, leaving the\u00a0viewer with a sense that they understand how continuing the idea in another medium propels\u00a0the initial concept just that much further. Well, at least that’s my goal.<\/p>\n I\u00a0began breaking\u00a0up the image space\u00a0by\u00a0outlining areas with a washable marker. Afterward, I basted along those lines to give myself a permanent record, knowing the marker’s ink\u00a0would disappear once moistened\u00a0with a layer of paint.<\/p>\n Working on fabric is different from working on paper in that pigment will bleed into adjacent areas despite taking care not to cross any lines. But I discovered that painter’s tape can work just as well as it does on a wall to keep the textile paint from seeping into zones where I didn’t want it to go.<\/p>\n Once the background paint was set and the embroidery begun, I started to wonder if I could further break up the space by adding a layer of dyed silk organza over part of the piece. I like the general concept, but found that in this particular instance it faded the color behind it too much and somehow worked at cross-purposes against\u00a0what I was trying to accomplish. I will have to figure out a way to investigate\u00a0that idea in the future.<\/p>\n What resulted was the happy discovery that the under-stitches, paired with different colored stitches on top, lend a depth of tone much the way an underpainting will affect the layers of paint above it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Areas of color were laid in with stitching to describe the pears, but my attempt to\u00a0define their form simply through a change in stitch direction wasn’t as\u00a0successful as I had wished. I began to layer stitches over stitches which, similar to\u00a0crosshatching with pen and ink, created\u00a0a more modeled effect.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n