The completed embroidered assessment piece for Module 6 is a 3-layered wall hanging based on the design topic of Conservation Clean Air Acts 1956 -1993 with hope for the future.
How do you feel about the resulting conclusion?
I am very pleased with the result. I was very excited to research, design and develop this topic into a wall hanging, learning a lot through observation and translating from marks to stitch. I feel the hanging reflects moods from smog to clean air showing rhythm, texture, colour and a range of dyed fabrics, soluble fabrics, machine stitch techniques and joining devices along each length. The Fibonacci sequence worked and there was tonal change across layers and down lengths. It is translucent enough with the reverse useable as well as the front.
Is it fit for purpose - give reasons?
I feel this would be an appropriate hanging for display in a business working towards conservation. It is versatile in that it can be moved on its hinges or separated from the three rods and hung individually either on a wall or window.
If you were asked to make it again, what changes would you make to the way you designed it and the way you made it?
I might design and make the wall hanging totally differently. Maintain the tonal variation in colour, use similar widths of fabric but produce one piece where they are woven together producing a 2-D surface overlaid with some tubes (3-D). I love dissolvable fabric/film and could incorporate more of this especially for the 3-D structures.
As a more solid wall hanging I could incorporate more layering of both fabric and stitch, combining machine with hand stitching, adding beads, threads and dependent on the overall effect add a fringe or interesting lower edge. I like rough edges/ seams.
The hanging of the piece would probably require a more substantial technique, but could still be tapestry based with or without a backing to the finished hanging.
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