This week I researched traditional quilters; Gee’s bend and
Pojagi (Korean quilting) both of these quilters use techniques of patching by
hand and using scraps. The long history of quilting for necessity is with both
of these movements. There are examples of geometrics in the quilts however
because on the most part it is off cuts there are no sharps geometric lines
which I want to create so I plan to keep researching and find quilters more relevant
to my body of work and context. However looking at these has influenced my material
choice and has also made me want to create a hand patched sample
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| Gee's Bend quilt |
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| Pojagi quilt |
I spent the majority of the week dyeing natural materials of
cottons and silks to create my colour pallet. As this was my first time in the
dye lab so there were issues at first for example patches of colour however due
to persistence and learning the correct process I came out with a variety of
materials in the colours I wanted. I plan to use these t create geometric forms
of patchwork.
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| Dyed cottons and silks |
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