Part 2 Project 1 Joining Exercise 5 Forming corners and angles

Exercise 5 Forming corners and angles

Card edges joined with washi tape to form corners

 Tissue tied with thread to make corners

Crumpled brown painted brown paper sewn with buttonhole stitch joining two edges to make corner

 Crumpled brown painted brown paper sewn with buttonhole stitch joining two edges to make corner

Wooden lollipop sticks tied

 with wool yarn

Wooden lollipop sticks tied with wool yarn

Part 2 Project 1 Joining Exercise 4 Overlapping edges

Exercise 4 Overlapping edges

Painted silk noil fabric overlapped onto piece of felt joined by stitching cretan stitch with linen thread

Painted silk noil fabric overlapped onto piece of felt joined by stitching running stitch with linen thread

Painted card punched at intervals strips of pleated card joined by stitching

Pieces of painted fabric joined by stitching pattern on sewing machine

Painted paper joined by machine stitching

Painted paper joined by machine stitching

Painted card joined by machine stitching (straight stitch and pattern on machine)

Painted tissue overlapped onto silk paper and joined with pieces of dried

lavender stalks

Modelling cork overlapped with a piece of painted kitchen roll and joined by stitching with linen thread.  Raised chainband then worked through linen thread with wool yarn

Part 2 Project 1 Joining Exercise 3 Joining curved edges

Exercise 3 Joining curved edges

Painted tissue joined to either side of silk paper by washi tape

corrugated card joined by stitches

Dried orange slices joined by knotted thread

Dried orange slices cut in half joined by stitching through edges whilst stacking side by side

Dried orange slices cut in half joined by stitching through edges whilst stacking side by side

Dried orange slices cut in half joined by stitching through edges whilst stacking side by side

Cut kitchen roll card joined by threading wool yarn through each section

          Cut kitchen roll card joined by threading wool yarn through each section

Dried leaves joined with strips of washi tape

Painted canvas with centre cut out and dried leaf joined by stitching with fine cotton thread

Painted canvas with centre cut out and dried leaf joined by stitching with fine cotton thread

Painted paper section cut out with strip of painted canvas joined at intervals by pieces of silk thread threaded and knotted

Painted paper holes cut out with pieces of stitched textile joined by stitching with silk thread

Painted paper holes cut out with pieces of stitched textile joined by stitching with silk thread

Painted paper holes cut out with pieces of stitched textile joined by stitching with silk thread

Part 2 Project 1 Joining Exercise 2 Joining straight edges with a gap

Exercise 2 Joining straight edges with a gap

Painted silk noil fabric joined by washi tape lace strip applied to washi tape

Tissue paper joined by thread wrapped around brads

Painted paper and canvas joined by wire

Painted canvas joined by linen thread

                               Painted canvas joined by linen thread

Painted canvas joined by linen thread

Modelling cork joined by insertion stitches with linen thread

                        Modelling cork joined by stitches with linen thread

Painted tissue heat bonded to Tyvek joined by stitches with metallic flowers threaded across join

Part 2 Project 1 Joining Exercise 1 Joining straight flush edges

Exercise 1 Joining straight flush edges

Paper joined with washi tape



Torn crushed brown paper joined to card by stitching with thread



Torn crushed brown paper joined to card by stitching with thread




Painted greaseproof paper joined with metal rings used in book making




Rag paper joined by stitching with linen thread



Torn tissue paper joined by stitching with linen thread



Card joined with washi tape



Card joined with washi tape

Part 2 Joining and Wrapping - Research

Alice Fox

Alice Fox is an artist that records and collects from the landscape.  I like her work because she makes collections from nature picking up items that may often be overlooked.  I like the idea of looking more at the landscape to for inspiration. 

Alice works with natural fibres and natural dye techniques.  Leaf stitching is an ongoing exploration of stitching found items  Many of the pieces have a very short life span and a record of them is kept by photographing the pieces.  I like the leaf stitching because the joined and overlapped edges make a variety of patterns and because the thread stands out against the leaves giving more texture.

The colours of some of the leaves are lovely rich autumnal colours.  I particularly like these sort of colours because I like the rusts and browns which can sometimes have a hint of red and I like the hints of yellow especially the yellow ochre shade that adds by giving light to the richness. 

I like the fact that Alice Fox takes something from the landscape that is going to die away quite naturally giving it another lease of life by joining and stitching the leaves together.  By photographing them she is able to keep a permanent record of the fragile art work she has created.

Pippa Andrews

Pippa Andrews makes structures from organic and architectural forms.  She has worked with paper sing beadweaving techniques to join.  She has also used basket making methods in her work.  She has made vessels by using coiled pine needles to join together needle felted sections.

Although Pippa Andrews makes art for walls and jewellery it is her 3D pieces that I like in particular.  I like the methods she uses for joining materials because the method enables her to make interesting shapes that are sturdy and robust as well as the pieces having very textured look. 

I particularly like the vessels that are made using basket making methods and have an outer shell of felt part way up them.  I like that the stitches used to join the materials are quite widely spaced and that they become a strong contrast of thread against the main material.

Judith Scott

Judith Scott was a visual artist that worked by wrapping work with lengths of knotted cloth and yarn.  Within the core of her pieces there might be hidden a special talisman which the significance of which was only known to Judith. 

I read Judith Scott's story with sadness and wonder.  She had been separated from her twin sister at the age of 7 as her parents were under pressure to have her taken away because it was practically unheard of for children with severe disabilities to live with their parents.  Years later her sister sought her out and Judith was enrolled at an art centre to occupy some of her time.  After a fibre arts workshop she began wrapping pieces of wood in fibre, fabric and threads.  From then on she constantly created and made over 200 mixed media sculptures.  Many of her pieces are in international museums and private collections.

When I first saw Judith Scott's work I was not keen on it at all and thought it cumbersome.  I think the size and the misshapen effect of her work may have been the reason for this.  I do tend to be attracted to smaller pieces of work. However, as I looked at more work and read about her life I could see how there must have been something in Judith and this was her way of expressing it.  I admire how free her work is and how colourful the pieces are.  When I studied them more I could see so much more going on and I can see that I need to take time and look more closely and not be dismissive because I do not find a piece interesting at first.  This does not mean that I really like the pieces as a whole.  I like aspects of them such as the colours and parts of the wrappings because of the texture that has been achieved.  I do like the idea of something of special significance being hidden inside.

Barbara Cotterell

Barbara Cotteress is a mixed media textile artis.  She uses recyled materials as a preferred medium and likes pattern in her work.

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