Drawing with the sewing machine.

After I was introduced to iMovie, I wanted to explore on iStopmotion, but the university does not have the software I need to work with iMovie, which means live action movies. I then realized filming with live action I am still able to make it look like still images and really expand on the idea of time.

I have realized my strong point is within the embroidery area, I have started to use the rides in Blackpool Pleasure Beach as templates, to help me to develop. I have used line drawing to draw out the ride then used the sewing machine as a tool to draw and overlap them.



Figure 1: Personal image, drawing of the ride.

 

 

Figure 2: Personal image, my overlapping experiment.

 

 

 

I see film as a ground to work with, but with limited budget, what I did was to photocopy the film onto paper, then cut them out into the same size as a roll of film, then I stitched on top of it with both machine stitch and handstitch. See figure 3 and 4.

 

 

Figure 3: Personal image, Stitching onto papers.



Figure 4: Personal image, stitching onto papers.

From a distance people actually thought I used real film instead of paper. With the filming, I was filming about the process of making, but then I was interested in the performers in Blackpool Pleasure Beach, but when I tried to combine the film of the process of making and the dance performance together in iMovie, it does not feel related.

 



Figure 5: Personal image, the overall view of the long scroll paper/ Working space.

I photocopied some sections that I like on the long scroll paper and this way it helps me to capture the moment and it helps me to develop sections that work more.

 

 



Sketchbook and Photoshop

I have been working with photographs that I took at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and using drawing, collaging and overlapping with my handstitch work to create new inspiration for myself. See figure 1.

 

Figure 1: personal image, sketchbook collage.

I then started to take away part of the drawing and combine it with dance movements. See figure 2.

I wanted to include animals within my work, because with the idea of fairground being tangled with circus, I adopted the idea of animal circus, even though Blackpool Pleasure Beach stopped using animals.




Figure 2: Personal image, sketchbook drawing.

I then used Photoshop to help me create new compositions and colour combinations from my sketchbook drawings. I ended up with an accidental piece from Photoshop, for some unknown reason the colours went to extreme. See figure 3.

But I am still happy with the result, because I think it would be interesting to use digital print to print it on top of a piece of fabric, the colours have made my layers more obvious to the eye, as it has taken away the details of the drawing and left just the shapes.

I am actually more happy with the accidental piece than the original design.

 



Figure 3: personal image, Photoshop accident.

The original design, see figure 4.

 

 

The original design, see figure 4.

 

 

Long Scroll Drawing to Music

Some see films as a piece of thread, but I see film as a ground to work with, I used long scroll of papers as a template first, before stepping into working with already existing film. The papers are in a similar format to existing film, but cheaper.

In an exercise, I used mark making in order to respond to the music that I was listening to, also using colours to reflect the mood of the music. Then I developed the idea further by folding the papers, using them as a tool to express the music.

Figure 1: Personal image, long scroll drawings

I really like the colour contrast of the marks, red and blue. This was inspired by the Blackpool Pleasure Beach rides.

I liked the idea of the rides all entangled with each other.

As I was working from the ground, the papers entangled with each other. 

Figure 2: personal image, Blackpool Pleasure Beach rides

Figure 3: Personal image, photoshop.

I then used photoshop: I’m became more interested in the movement and the lines so I removed the colour from the image and concentrated on how the lines were overlapping.