Colour palette

I tried a paper colour palette, liquid and yarn.

The liquid colour palette was problematic, I couldnt seem to make the correct colours and when I did find colours I liked, they seperated in the bottles after a few days (as above).

Shima Seiki

I scanned one of my drawings and converted it to index colour in photoshop, having reduced the size to 80x90 pixels. 80x90 pixels is the standard sampling size.

Some areas are slightly 'untidy', this is normally fixed; however I like this style as it gives interesting texture when working with two different yarns.
For example, Lycra will pull in, leaving the other yarn to ruche and contort.

Sample one: mohair and lycra. (disconnected digital stitch roller)
Sample two: mohair and felting yarn.
Sample three: mohair and stronger lycra (disconnected digital stitch roller)
Sample four: mohair and elastic

S1 (file name) Stitch 50 (tension)
Structure: Two colour ladder-back

I used one 'control' yarn and four different yarns with different properties. By using one yarn the same every time I was able to assess how the lycras, elastic and felting yarn affected the fabric.

See sample section 012

Sketchbook

Scan of every page of my sketchbook before I threw it in the sea.

An interesting article about throwing away art at the Off Modern website, concerning Michael Landy's Art Bin. Artists were invited to have their work considered by Landy himself and then if deemed enough of a failure the indivudual could throw away their work.

In 2002 Landy destroyed all 7226 of his possessions, as detailed by this article on the Guardian. He said he felt 'free'.

Programming a custom jacquard

 

See sample section 013 for instruction sheets and flat knitted representation

Pattern traced from a drawing onto graph paper. One square = one stitch.

Needles are selected automatically according to the number of pattern repeats.

75 stitches wide. Strong lycra used in 'B' feed.

120 Stitches wide. Snagged on fourth pattern repeat.

See sample sections 014 - 024 for samples demonstrating the range of this single programmed jacquard pattern.