PRINTS..

So these are two prints that I digitally printed in the UTS labs...colour came out weird- the blue should have been really bright and the brown bits black- but the colour combinations in this print work really well! All of my prints would have come from my journal graphics and they have originally come from my own photographs. I think this will add to the overall uniqueness of my collection and the more raw the graphics are the more of an impact I think they will make.

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Many changes to be made and way too boring to actually tell you about!!!! the collection is kinda slow at the moment because I just can't bring myself to put pen to paper..a REALLY BAD HABBIT OF MINE! Am slightly stressed out at this point but I will get through it as I always do. In the mean time I started working on prints which took me away from the many problems I have with my toile....those will come soon!

FIRST TOILE...FIRST ONE HUNDRED PROBLEMS

So the first toile.....I tried incredibly hard to get the toile to look like my drape which i surprisingly did. The colours are not the same (tan replaced with banksia and the white plastic buckles with metal ones) but I will be using wool and the very, very, very difficult mesh that will be bound with orange cotton drill in 'safety orange'.  Like I said....just the first toile.

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!