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Sample 8: Osanna/Susannah by WhiteFeather

7/23/2015

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The below image shows the point paper draft of a brocade with two colour wefts. Somewhere the structures were wrong or the harness tie was wrong for this file. The resulting woven samples are below. It was pointed out to me that brocade might not be the best approach for this image, and that simply making use of the colour warp would be the best use of my time.
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You can see from the woven sample that the background structure isn't working, but the brocade is. Also, for some reason the image wasn't flipped but the brocade was so that it actually appears on the back (ends on the front). When the cloth is flipped, the image appears to be in negative. Woven with one background weft in black cotton and two colour brocade wefts in yellow and green. At this time, I wasn't concerned with the exact colour of the girls' dresses so used whatever weft threads were kicking around the studio.
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Detail of brocade and background image that isn't working.
I decided to redesign the image as a single-faced cloth, utilizing the colour warp and play with new structures to create the colours I want, versus using brocade. Below is the new draft (and weaving simulation) that I'm working on, but it still needs work. Brown/beige is a VERY difficult colour to recreate in a 6-colour structure. Also, one of my greys appears quite pinkish. Gen helped me figure out the green/turquoise.
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I should also mention that the image is my interpretation of a photograph by artist, William Gedney. You can see the original image here.
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Sample 7: People/texture study by Gen Moisan

7/23/2015

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Overall piece (above).
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Detail of the texture (lighting is bad in this iPhone photo).
Below: colour chips - bottom section is by Gen, top section is by Kelly, who used some of Gen's colour structures and altered them. Again, lighting isn't the best in this iPhone photo.
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Detail of some of the colour chips (below) - nice greys!
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    These samples are produced in response to the new techniques explored during the various Jacquard design workshops led by Louise Lemieux-Bérubé in the summer of 2015.

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