Stitch

These days I am trying different skills in stitching.Basically, I think most of the skills have been developed, it is a pretty hard task to create something that is surprising. Our job is to push these existed skills into another level with mixed media. Textile is no longer just a piece of fabric, it has combined different kind of materials such as plastic, tog etc. After editing this piece of fabric has become an unique piece of your own. 

I have been playing with glue gun in these few days. In the past, I have played this technique once. However, I don't think I did well in the past, I didn't push this skill into its limit. This time I am trying to push it forward!! 

I love how it works with the basic stitching. Nevertheless, I need to work out more variations and colours. 

Hot glue works quite well with yarn. With the binding, it's more attractive.

Today, I have my tutorial. She also thinks that I should push this technique forward in creating more variations, eg dyeing with fabric dye , sewing in , cut out. She reminds me my drawing is an inspiration, I don't have to too rely on it. I shouldn't focus too much on regular circle, I can be more abstract, more lines can be used. I am suggested to change the fabric. I also think that it is a bit distracting as it is too shiny under the light. So I have done some samples on different types for fabrics to figure out which can create the best effect. Since every types of fabric has different characteristic, I have to find the perfect one for my samples. After all the testing, polyester cotton is the best so far.