After making the base cloak and dying/painting it base colours to work on the next task to tackle was to begin the fabric layer segments. Kate had decided specific leathers and furs she'd like us to work into each design but we were a little lost with how to start approaching the more rough, course layer.
Luckily Grace approached us with a textile sample she'd made previously. It was a very simple but really effective textile sample of which she'd layered different textured, loosely woven fabric and embroidered together with circle stitches to look like barnacles and keep with the ocean tie to the piece. The end result looked great; really worn, textural and ruggered. We all decided to take this sample on board and try it on a large scale over our cloaks for the more layered/ textural layer.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to get started on this until my cloaked had dried from the dye painting I'd done on it so I had to wait to get started on this during the 'Breathe Club' evening on the following Wednesday. As soon as I got started the technique felt very easy, fast and effective for what we were aiming to achieve. I really got into trying out the various layers, distressing some to give it a more worn out, battered look. As if the cloak had been through harsh times/environments. Although embroidery with machines isn't my strongest point it didn't seem to matter for this. The slightly off shapes holding bits in place gave an edge to its detailing; ethic style. I even began to experiment trapping some of the barnacle being made during the workshops in the layers to give its detailing a more 3D appearance. I was quite pleased with the end result for the top layer and the progress its made so far.....
** Front View
** Back View
** Close Up
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