Organising the panels.

The base of the the decorative part of the hammock is coming together nicely.

Detailed panels.

I created all the smock and attached them to a triangle panel. I then sewed anotner triangle panel on top. This is half of the process.

Final design.

The results I got from the tie dye, I love it!

Time to dunk!

Allowed it to only soak for around two minutes whilst the bucket of dye was at boiling temperature.

Tie dye.

Sorry about the belated posts my Internet has been down! So I've tie dyed the base of my hammock but wrapping it up in a load of elastic bands. It was extremely tricky!

Knots.

I forgot to post pictures of the willow weaving workshop which was fantastic. The most usual thing he showed us was the different kind of knots there was ans how we could think about incorporating them into our hammock to give it strength.

Smock details.

Smocked and dyed tent fabric all ready to incorporate into my hammock!

Commence the making!

I have began making the details for the hammock. These little triangles are made up from the smock machine ans dyed purple. I have ripped up some tent to stuff them with to create little padded cushions.

Strength

Time to get to work with making the hammock. I have began with constructing a structure that will add strength.

Life size paper maquette.

I created a life size paper maquette of the hammock. I roughly sketched out the design and then hung the hammock to see the illusion of what the hammock will look like. I think it looks great I can't wait to see it made now. Exciting stuff!

Sketchbook extracts.

Some work I wish I had remembered to blog a while back!

Samples.

Working with dyes, flock and foil.

Printing and disperse dying.

Extremely fun day spent in the print room. I quickly started to develop a sense of a potential colour palette and was generating samples quickly.

Free hand stitching.

Pleating machine.

These beautiful machines help you pleat small bits of fabric neatly and quickly. They are a specialist piece of equipment and can be very expensive.

Spiderweb ideas.

Today I took my spiderweb drawing and enlarged it into a larger design using paper. With prints and textures I have created in the past I have cut up to see if it works with pasting in the gaps.

Making progress..

I have looked at architecture and particularly Indian architecture. I love the structure and curves in the buildings.

I have attempted to draw them ans experiment with all kinds of different medias.

The studio space.

Beautiful isn't it, So light and spacious.

HOME FOR THE NEXT YEAR!!

My workspace, I adore it.