The making

Here's a video clip that I have put together to show the making progress of me using a sewing machine to draw.

Embroidery

I have started to use line drawings as my template for embroidery and overlapping my drawings with tracing paper to get an interesting composition. See figure 1.

 



Figure 1: personal image, line drawing, overlapping with tracing paper.

 

 

Figure 2: personal image, using sewing machine to draw. The front and the back of the fabric.

I have started to use the sewing machine as a tool to draw, but I find it difficult to get the details, for example, the hands and toes.

 

Figure 3: Personal image, second attempt at drawing with machine stitch.

I am much preferring the result in figure 3 than in my first attempt, see figure 2. With more colours involved within my work, this gives a different mood to it, I think colours are the key to my next stage of development.   

Sampling

This is a sample of couching that I have done on the machine, I was experimenting with what types of 'stuffs' that I can couch with and I found some left over threads on the floor from other people and used them to couch down onto fabric.

Cornely Manchine Sample 3

I have used the Cornely Machine as a drawing tool in order to draw a continuous line drawing, after I have gained more control and experience over it. Again, this is from one of my still drawing in my sketchbook and I have transfered it into textiles.

This is a still life drawing that I have done, I have overlapped different types of drawing styles together, such as continuous line drawing, using straight lines only, both hands drawing together, left handed drawing and standing up and looking over my drawing gives me an over view and better movement of the way I draw, for I have not only used my hands but my arms.

Cornely Machine Sample 2

After I have gained more experience at the Cornely Machine, I have more control over it. I have used my drawings as a starting point and transfered that into textiles.

This is the drawing that I have worked from, this drawing was done in using non-drawing tools. I have studied at a red leaf that I have found, I was looking at the way it folding it self after it has been dried out and how the colours changes. Then I have used different types of Cornely machine to repersent that, I have used moss stitch and chain stitch to address the vains on the leaf.

Cornely Machine Stitch, Sample

This is just a sample of using the Cornely Machine.
At first I have found it hard to control, for the Cornely Machine design is really different from a sewing machine, on a sewing machine I would have my hands on the fabic, foot on the paddle, in order to control the directions. Where on a Cornely Machine I have my foot on the paddle, but there is a handle under the table, even though I have step on the paddle, but the needle won't move unless I pull down the handle. Also the handle is where I have the control over the directions, like driving a car.