Basic Weaving & Constructed Textiles

Two projects demonstrating the application of woven techniques and experimental construction explored in ADN 274.

Cross Roads Project One — **Cross Roads** Project One

Loom Sample & Sketch

Woven Sarape Project Two || Front (left) & Back (right)Final piece inspired by the sarape: a long blanket-like shawl, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn in Mexico, especially by men. — **Woven Sarape** Project Two || Front *(left)* & Back *(right)*
Final piece inspired by the sarape: a long blanket-like shawl, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn in Mexico, especially by men.

loom Sample & Sketch

Draft

I generated the bottom draft. I alternated between the basket weave (top) and my original draft (bottom) in my final project. I found that the basket weave kept it’s durability when woven with paracord. One of the challenges I faced weaving with the paracord was keeping it in place. It’s a slippery cording but I found that incorporating rows of wool plain weave in between secured everything nicely. I also discovered really thin yarn works just as well and I did incorporate very thin rows of plain weave too. Between plain shots of wool and thin yarn, the paracord wasn’t going anywhere.

On The Loom

Samples:

Exploration Tapestry Weavings

Inspired by Bill Cosby Sweaters

Techniques:Plain Weave, Meet and Separate, Pick & Pick, Soumak, Rya, Coiling, Eccentric Weaving — **Techniques:**
Plain Weave, Meet and Separate, Pick & Pick, Soumak, Rya, Coiling, Eccentric Weaving

Inlay Shapes and Overlaps

Techniques:Plain Weave, Meet and Separate, Pick & Pick, Dovetail, Color Blending, Circles, Squares, Triangles — **Techniques:**
Plain Weave, Meet and Separate, Pick & Pick, Dovetail, Color Blending, Circles, Squares, Triangles

Sample for Woven Sarape: Plastic | Paracord | Wire — **Sample for Woven Sarape:** Plastic | Paracord | Wire

Sample for Woven Sarape: Rope | Paracord | Yarn — **Sample for Woven Sarape:** Rope | Paracord | Yarn

Sample for Woven Sarape: Plastic | Paracord | Yarn — **Sample for Woven Sarape:** Plastic | Paracord | Yarn

Bird’s Eye | 4 Harness pointed Twill Structure

Double Weave | Two layers of cloth that interlock with checkerboard pockets of interchangeable color

Balanced Plain Weave w/ Color VariablesTie-up 1, Treading 1 — Balanced Plain Weave w/ Color Variables
Tie-up 1, Treading 1

Plain Weave | Different Weft Textures & Color,Tie-up 1, Treading 1 — Plain Weave | Different Weft Textures & Color,
Tie-up 1, Treading 1

precedent studies

*The work listed below were used for strictly precedent studies. These modern and contemporary weavers inspired my Avant Garde direction towards my final Woven Sarape.

Angharad McLaren Textiles

Angharad McLaren Scottish textile designer who draws her inspiration from nautical adventures and activities like windsurfing and sailing. She likes to contrast the traditional, domestic process of lobby and jacquard weaving with a modern day sportswear aesthetic. McLaren pushes the subtle nature of weaving by incorporating a neon color palate in her textiles. McLaren also works with three-dimensional weaving experiments. In many of her three-dimensional pieces, the way the fabric is sculpted mimics the zig zag pattern of a twill. In some of her experiments, she has cut into her work and stitched it back together ;further altering the drape of the woven structure. She likes to incorporates the use of unusual materials in her work. Staying true to the sports-inspired aesthetic, she incorporates ropes, neoprene, wires, silicon and transparent yarn. She often incorporates these new materials with traditional yarn to further emphasis the contrast in materials.

Ongoing collection of hand, dobby and jacquard woven textile designs using a range of yarns, weave structures and finishes, inspired by performance sportswear, windsurfing and natural sea life.

Part of a collection of experimental designs explore hand craft techniques, digital industrial production, high tech yarns and recycled materials to create 3 dimensional pleats, striking visual patterns and unusual tactile effects

Applications include interiors, costume, fashion accessories, mats and decorative panels.

Dani Marti

Dani Marti was born in 1963 Barcelona, Spain. He currently lives and works in Australia and Scotland. Marti works across video, installation and public art. Marti unorthodox woven structures and film aim to act as a portraiture towards sexuality in modernism, minimalism, and geometric abstraction. Marti plays with form and materials which push the viewers perception. In some of his weaving’s, he creates a concrete base that changes the elevation of the warp. This further emphasizes the flowing patterns across the final woven surface. His public installation offers a unique quality because they often encourage the viewer to partake in a tactile experience. Marti uses the term “painting” for his weaving deliberately. He states it “recalls histories of hard-edged minimalism, the monochrome and also of portraiture, even if their language is fundamentally sculptural.”

surface tensionwestfield head office, austraila sydney 2014 — **surface tension**
westfield head office, austraila
sydney 2014

Plastic By Naturecanberra contemporary art space canberra, australia 2001 — **Plastic By Nature**
canberra contemporary art space
canberra, australia 2001

polyester rope and industrial protective and packing tubular mesh on wood 60 x 60 x 15 cm — polyester rope and industrial protective and packing tubular mesh on wood
60 x 60 x 15 cm

Off My Noodlelive sites, newcastle regional art gallery and newcastle city council nsw, australia 2007 — **Off My Noodle**
live sites, newcastle regional art gallery and newcastle city council
nsw, australia 2007