Three Artists: Jae Maries

 

Three artists: Barbara Lee Smith

 

Three artists: Iris van Herpen

Health and Safety Considerations for Module 6 - Costing Material and Recording Time - Evaluation of completed work

 Unfortunately I didn't succeed to embedd the word documents properly into my blog, so I had to take pictures. I apologize for the bad quality but if you want me to I could send you a link

 

Module 6 - Finished piece - backing and edges

 

It's a bit difficult to see here but the edges were left raw and an additional strip of organza was added from the back. Here the edges were burnt with the soldering iron

The backing was done with leftover pieces of coton from this module  pieced together. It was hand sewn to the piece.

Sleeves were added at the top and at the bottom like I would have done for my quilts. However I had to add a sleeve at the very top because the piece proved to be to floppy to hang properly. I left a space between the two upper sleeves so that the piece can be hung either at the edges by passing a nail through the wood into the wall or through a string attached to the middle of the wood. I probably prefer the first method  as it gives a cleaner finish. Both pieces of wood are quite lightweight and allow the piece to keep some movement so that it doesn't hang too flat. (the wood still has to be cut to size.)

Module 6 - Finished piece - Wall-hanging

For some reasons I can't explain, the last blog post on my finished piece has disappeared and it's not possible to restore it as far as I know.

The following pics however are of better quality as they were mainly taken outside in daylight and therefore reflect the true colors.

I don't want to go into details about the different techniques piece used unless I'm asked to.

Here's a quick recap on the finished size and methods: 90x106 cm

The piece was entirely done with polyester organza which enabled me to use different heat treatment methods (heat gun and soldering iron) to achieve a more distressed look at the edges.

The main stitches used for the outer edge are cable stitch with some straight stitch. The middle rectangle is done with pleated organza embellished onto coton organdi with the orange gathering threads left in place for color contrast. 

The piece was treated lightly with the heat gun which gave more movement to it.

 

Here the piece was put onto some frozen water

prepared side strips before heat treatment and stitching