Today's session was spent continuing the textile work I'd started previously on the hunter cloak. After consulting with Kate any preferences of leather/fur/suede combinations she had for this cloak I set to work experimenting with the resources available.
I found it really difficult to begin with working with the leather/suede combinations chosen when layering they with the more netted, layered, textured layer I'd started previously. The shapes I cut just seemed too smooth, bulky and focused. It resulted in me becoming very frustrated and stressed out, needing to take 5mins out and refocus on what I wanted to achieve. Out of my frustration I ripped some paper near by on the desk. Looking at the shapes I'd made I then took these and played with them, lying them in the cloak when flat on the ground. I inspired me to get looser with how I was treating the fabrics available to me, cutting out rough/jagged sections of fabric to play around with in layers. The result was this...
So far I'm really pleased with the appearance of the cloak due to this combination of layering, colours and fabric. It's resulted in the cloak looking very wild and textural, qualities I wanted to aim to achieve.
I'm almost half way through layering all over my very large cloak, and despite being pleased with its progress I still think it looks a little primitive at the moment. Once done I'd like to develop it a little further through breaking it down to give a more sophisticated appearance.
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