Some techniques I haven't seen before..
Love your samples!!
They have very interesting texture particularly the last fabric photo with the blue
It's interesting how you choose the colour.. neutral,neutral,neutral, primary colour, neutral,neutral, another primary
and the piles one is very wintery greys and blues and browns
My class had odd tastes in colours also.. Some were very moody and others were neon and mine were apparently 'cute'
I don't think I've tried the black one with the diagonals.. I'll ask around to find its name
For wrapped ends, we also called that
bouquet weave or Brook's Bouquet
We didn't do the rippling fabric one in my class, I think... How does it make it ripple? My classmates took a workshop where they made a fabric that rippled. They used an elastic yarn and when it's dry, it's like a flat plain weave, but after wetting it, it shrivels up.. It's cute it's incredibly stretchy
I did a hand-manipulated lace weave also .. I found it in the
Reader's Digest Guide to Needlework
This is
Danish medallion
They should be circles but maybe it's that I was using linen that it went square or who knows really lol. The triangle at the top is just for fun
Hey for my
pile weave, I actually cheated
I took a crochet hook and pulled the yarn out to make loops
So really, the pile could be pulled out (if I cut the pile) since they're not knotted
I found though with some thick wool, you could get away with it because the wool yarn has some little hairs that like to grab onto the fabric...
Do you use a different weave sequence when you do inlay?
Our teacher just gave us plain weave
but I am snoopy and found some other sequence in her school notes (LoL) + photocopied them
What the sequence is supposed to do is, that it creates a balanced plain weave ground with the inlay on top of the fabric...
With some of my inlay, the inlay is right there with the plain weave ground , so the ground is actually a bit distorted.. not straight and balanced like yours
You can especially see it in the blue-grey + orange pile fabric I have in my portfolio. You'll see the exposed warp. It's from going back and forth, after placing in the inlay, trying to hide the warp unsuccessfully (rush hour)..
I think once I get weaving again, I'll try pattern weaves as well
I guess if you learn pattern weaves, you'll figure out how to draft those and similar structures no?
It's interesting to hear your in-class time is mostly spent on drafting/design than making them. By design, does it mean drawing.. drawing in a grid.. or getting inspiration material, taking an object and turning it into a woven structure? Would you say your program is geared more towards design or arts? Mine was def art... It is a bit too freeing imo
To answer your question earlier, we do have to finish our ends. Usually I keep them as fringes though I hate them, but in the double weave I wasn't sure how to finish them since I'd be felting it
I've been amazed by "waffle weave" or was it "honeycomb" by the way the weft swivels up and down in curves... And also how some the yarns seem to create two layers, yarns at the bottom and yarns at the top, creating a relief
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and that it's only done on 4 heddles, I think although it looks a bit complicated