Drawing process development

This week I worked into a drawing with stitch but it was on card and not fabric. I really liked the outcome and the general aesthetic of bringing the thread back into my drawings. Stitching back into my drawing on paper resulted in a very good piece of work but the process was challenging. The card couldn't hold up against the satin stitch I was using and it was difficult to sew through such thick card.

This idea led me onto get some drawings digitally printed. I have got some of my drawings digitally printed onto Cotton Canvas and Silk. I picked cotton canvas as I wanted to work into the drawings with stitch and I knew it would come out well on a heavy weight fabric. I also chose Silk as I wanted it to have a luxurious aesthetic and I wanted to see how the ink would interact with the fabric and my drawing. I have done one embroidery sample out of the prints, I did it all by hand and its a long and slow process. I did however immensely enjoy making it and will continue to develop other rest of the prints. I used flock and embroidery threads, I kept to my colour palette and tried to recreate my drawing in thread to the best of my ability.