A Holiday Location - my source - Japan

The final piece of work was a fashion accessory or item to wear but not a garment.

I bought fan sticks and designed this fan.

I printed it using transfer print techniques and then embroidered it using traditional Japanese embroidery in silk threads.

I made the fan reversible, to give the user a choice, although this is the one I consider to be the front.

The back of the fan, with a different print.

The fan was made up and then hand stitched to the fan sticks.

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I also screen printed the design onto cotton fabric and used the fabric to make a box to keep the fan in.

The box is entirely hand stitched with no glue to hold it together.

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China Crisis - a look at Wedgwood Jasperware

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The starting point for this assignment was a visit to Nottingham Castle and an exhibition they had, on Wedgwood Jasperware.

I particularly liked the items which were not in the colours that you normally associate with Wedgwood (ie not in the shades of blue), such as the two scent bottles I have drawn above.

I decided to use this colour palette for my knit samples.

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Knitted sample done in two variations of tuck stitch, which I then machine washed to partially felt. The flowers were then needle felted and applied, and beads added afterwards.








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Two samples using punch cards. Left also using tuck stitch. Right using lace holes which were subsequently threaded with ribbon with fleece needle felted to it.


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Two samples, left - using tuck stitch and hanging in threads, then hooking up

right - using weaving threads.


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Two knitted samples. Sample on right had the lemon coloured leaves worked afterwards in bobbin lace techniques.

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Knitted item to wear

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This was the final piece in this assignment. The brief was to design something to wear, but not a garment, based on the samples and art work from Wedgwood Jasperware.

My piece, this collar is modelled by fellow student, Sarah.

The piece was made using various knit techniques, and finished with a crochet frill around the edge, felted ribbon through lace holes on the front, and needle felted flowers which were also beaded.

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