jan'stextileblog: Project 2 Wrapping Exercise 2 Wrapping with materials and threads

For this exercise I decided to wrap a mug with different materials and threads. The threads enabled me to change the tension whilst wrapping but I found this harder to do with the pipe cleaners. I like the tissue and chenille thread wrapping because the tissue paper give the piece a delicate look although it is actually hard and quite heavy.

The wrapping with scrim and ratstail thread has been successful I think because I have been able to retain the shape as I did with the tissue paper but it has a lovely surface texture. I think I wrapped the thread in a better way than the chenille thread because the crossing of the thread has given different sized sections of the scrim from tiny squares to larger ones in the middle. I think this piece asks to be picked up and touched because of the softness of the scrim. The contrast of the thread against the scrim makes this softness stand out.

I wrapped the mug with kitchen roll that I had used to wipe paintbrushes. The paper was not as manageable as the tissue paper and scrim. This did not allow me to hold the shape of the mug as much. Wrapping the kitchen roll with pipe cleaners was difficult because they would not stay in place. It became easier once I had a few pieces of the pipecleaners attached to each other. I am not as pleased with this wrapping. I do not think it is attractive although the pipecleaners have made an interesting pattern. This is mainly because of the way I had to fix them together so that the paper would not become undone rather than me actually thinking where to place them. Perhaps this has been a success then in that it was more intuitive.