Experimenting was the theme of this week. I bought a supply of lokta paper from Hollander’s, learned how to sew on the new sewing machines in the fibers studios, and practiced several different types of hand stitching.
I really like the subtlety of the white thread, and the organic qualities of hand stitching. At this point hand stitching is winning out as the stitch of choice, but the time it takes to hand stitch is a slight issue...more experiments need to happen before a final decision is made.
All in all, supply collecting and sewing machine learning was couple hours, and I practiced and experimented with different hand stitches for about 5 hours. (Took way longer than I anticipated, something to keep in mind when putting together the final larger pieces). But the time was worth it, cause I have a much better idea now about what I want the stitching in the piece to look like. I intend to do some sample drawings in the stitched paper next week, just some small studies, to see if the stitching I like best right now meshes well with the actual drawing.
I also continued to draw, for a good three hours or so. This drawing was frustrating me quite a bit. Actually, it’s frustrating me still, but I did feel I had made progress in the right direction after the three hours. I'm at least learning a lot about what does and doesn't work in these drawings, and what direction I want to take in future drawings.
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