Embroidery | Week 2

This week I have continued to embroider the abstract patterns but have experimented with scale and materials. I’ve started to use parcel packaging and bubble wrap in my samples as they add a new texture and play with transparency. I'm still sticking with the idea of bold simple shapes and not over complicating my designs.
   

     

Here I have done reverse appliqué using layers of paper. The end result was not how imagined because the paper was temperamental and kept ripping. However i do like the spots of transparency when held up to the light, which I could push forwards using another material.

   

This sample I have embroidered by hand, inspired by a drawing I did at the Tate. Although I really like the qualities of hand stitch, it is very time consuming and not ideal to create a mass of samples. I am thinking of combining the geometric shapes within this sample to contrast against the abstract patterns. I will do this playing through appliqué and using the cording foot to create line density.