My vanishing Fabric by Janette Atkinson My image is based on the Viaduct in Stockport. I wanted to create a scene in thread work for my grid search assignment. In my short PowerPoint I wanted to show the vanishing fabric dissolving as it was soaked in water. By manipulating the threads and interlocking, I have created my scene of Stockport.
Creative thread art of the Stockport Viaduct. sketched by my self then converting my image onto vanishing fabric to bring Stockport and the Viaduct to my thread art. I wanted to show the bridge off, which many people travel under , over and pass by bye everyday.
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1. My vanishing Fabric by Janette AtkinsonMy image is based on
the Viaduct in Stockport. I wanted to create a scene in thread work
for my grid search assignment. In my short PowerPoint I wanted to
show the vanishing fabric dissolving as it was soaked in water. By
manipulating the threads and interlocking, I have created my scene
of Stockport.
2. My slide show shows the fabric dissolving as you look through
each slide. At this stage the dissolving time in cold water took 12
to 15 minutes/ 3. The dissolving is slowly taking place at this
stage I added warm water. The process was slow before I added the
warm water. 4. You can see how the process of the fabric dissolving
has started to impove. 5. The vanishing fabric has dissolved around
the edges . The main body of vanishing fabric of my scene is taking
more time. At this time of 18 minutes I added some hot water to
speed up the process. I could start to see that the edges had loose
threads. At this stage I realized that I would need to do more over
lapping on my stitching. 6. Here you can see the some of the thread
work has fallen apart, this was the first time using this process.
I have done more research and found there is another vanishing
fabric called vanishing muslin. 7. The vanishing fabric has
dissolved and now I have left the fabric to dry. I liked the
process but the time it took to stitch my scene as in some places I
had to touch up areas of the brick effect. I hadnt quite used
enough stitch to give strength form my scene.I have got some
vanishing muslin and using this is much in the dissolving process.
The muslin dissolved in just over 4 or 5 minutes. 8. Here is my
finished image in threads based on the viaduct in Stockport. The
time in making my scene took a lot longer that what I thought. In
total the time was just 0ver 30 hours. I had to do some repair work
so that took me another 2 hours. The extra time added was for the
stitch work to my scene I used the vanishing muslin. I died the
background using a mixture of shades to create the brick effect
shading. The places I visited on my Grid journey took me around
Stockport. The building were all a brick red effect. I would of
liked to off got a better picture the light was shinning in on me.
One thing I have learned is to take extra care with my stitching.
With my next piece I will take the time to go over each section to
give the support to my design
