COLOURS IN SCRAPS CONTINUED

THE BLUES

THE GREYS

'THE' ORANGE

BANKSIA

THE COLOURS IN SCRAPS

I thought it might be effective to show you the colours in scraps from the samples. I am always looking for new ways to do things and I think this particular method suits my decayed and rustic concept! Refined colour palette is looking good but there are some creams missing!

TO DYE OR NOT TO DYE?

I am not really sure if dying is my thing but I attempted it anyway with surprisingly some luck!!! I loved having the freedom to try anything I wanted and create colour combinations that at that moment just seems to fit. This dying process actually made me rethink some colour choices which I hope to refine and post later on. I dyed with wool, canvas and cotton shirting because I think they will be staples in my collection!!! 

CLASSIC IMAGES NEVER DIE

I found this image in a book about trench coats and I found it absolutely sensational!! The way that they are posed and the small yet distinguishable differences in all of their trench coats!!! This one is going up on my wall!

WHEN YOU HIT A WALL: GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!

Well i did hit a wall slightly.....I just felt stagnated and couldn't get out of my head!!! So I went back to my journal which i have found is my source for everything. It is the place that I started so it should be the place that I can always go back to and in the process it made me re-think my prints!!!!!

TEXTILE ISSUES

So the industrial textiles I plan on using are GREAT but I am not sure if I will able to get as much as I would have liked. I think I might need a fair bit and I don't really want to impose and ask for a lot. Also the textiles I am using will make toiling quite difficult as I will need some sort of substitute, especially the mesh which will not be cheap!!!!. Might head over to Clark Rubber and see if I can't find myself a cheap banana chair fabric!!!!!!!!

INITIAL COLOURS

Taken from my journal (so the colours are not great) these are the colours that I will be exploring. The blues are more on the icy side, along with some warmer colours of mint and cream and the darker hues of rust. All have come from images that I sourced or created for the visual inspiration in my journal.