This is where ATV comes to an end,

So I wanted o demonstrate few exciting skills I have acquired while working through projects all this time.

Mark making with glue gun:

I found warm glue really exciting material to work with.

I have combined : monochrome geometrical pattern along with floral printed fabric but I have also drawn onto my main white fabric-canvas as I wanted to show a dandelion, a sunflower and gold plaited blooded rose.

I have then combined my sunflower with the organza glued sunflower , were I liked the colour and the paper/fabric combination: A sunflower in a field of flowers.

Which I applied on the next project:

Vase and organza sunflowers bouquet.

I wanted this time to have clean finish , therefore, I didn’t use any colours at all, just to show the organza effect in combination with my drawing.

Talking about a bouquet , what if I had created an abstract one?

I’ve created knitted bouquet by using more felt sunflowers but then , to be more spontaneous, I’ve used the same yarn I’ve used to knit my strapping-turned into yarn to do mark making on a black fabric. A fun painted as as sunflower as well fidget spinners were used to demonstrate that concept.

Layering: A technique I’ve never practiced before.It was interesting to demonstrate all these different coloured fabrics and yarns using a sunflower badge as well as a warm glue generated flower.

Another example of layering where I have used different fabrics as well yarn I have created on assignment 4.

On the following piece I wanted to demonstrate a 3 dimensional fabric without layering , so I’ve considered the option of using 2 extra yarns I have created on assignment 4 as well as accessories and pieces I wanted to be recycled and have a second life plus space dye yarn strapping wrapped and unfolded in such way that in my eyes resembles the sun and its rays:

Regarding my ferns I have drawn programmed and knitted on a flat knitting machine, I have placed them in a way they look they are spinning, they sort of create a whirlpool.

I couldn’t stop myself from not brushing all the way across the new created fabric.

I have positioned an acid washed fabric cutting in order to cover the position where all the garments meet where the whole new concept can be perceived as a flower and then I have placed a sunflower on the center.

I’ve an animal print to compliment my work as well as to give extra colour and variety and to show a loose reference on the natural world :the flora and the fauna.

The following two pieces have been hand embroidered and on my first one I wanted to see how draping works when I tie up various pieces of yarn together. To demonstrate this effect I had hanged it on the wall.

5 gauge knitted tulip buds.

Where in this case I had 3 pieces of the same knitted jacquard I have created joined together along with organza fabric , yarn wrappings , colour brushed and sunflowers with yarn (on some of them winded around and placed on the fabric in order to create a mark making effect.

The sunflowers as well as the yarn has been positioned in such a way they resemble a flower pot, a vase formation .

Being encouraged to use my own created,machine knitted mainstream pieces I ‘ve combined some own knitted surfaces: A heavy finger knitted one with the pleated ribbon on combined with the brushed fern :

I have hanged it on the wall in order to let gravity work its own way, where organza looks like it is floating in the air.

Interesting how its about to collapse when I turn an angle .

Talking about surface change and gravity, I have knitted the following piece

And then I have deconstructed it and placed it on a very delicate piece of paper with a piece of strapping on to show the ground level: Firstly as I thought it would be set

and then upside down.

Playing with gravity again ,I have sandwiched in two knitted pieces different jersey fabrics and its interesting how they come out when I’m cutting/destroying the own knitted fabric:

one side is black and white where in the in between layered fabrics is showing the reverse side.

and that is the colourful side.

Surface detail.

Creating more unstable surfaces, I have arranged two strapping piles put together in a way they came from a spinning wheel along with the cut out fabric in order to create a new surface:

Then, I had used the dyed fabric as a host of the the next piece which is a cutout of the coin created circular forms on one side along with the remains of the original knit out.

in the following work I had cutout the outline of the dyed flower in a way it starts deconstructing where I I had combined it with a jersey rib piece folded on the background mainly , as well as with a jacquard piece to add more colour onto my fabric combination.

That was my final piece.

What an exciting experience that was!

Looking forward to concluding ATV by making my own collection!