Today I am having a day free of house issues, workshops, tapestry weaving and assignments and just fiddling around - mainly catching up on my life; which is nice. The last 2 days I attended a workshop at Open Drawer on Patterning - historical traditions and innovative variations given by Ruth Hadlow which I have found very demanding but very useful. There were only six in the class and the workshop focused on experimentation and a subjective open - ended approach and exploration of patterning; e.g. we drew with scissors which is very freeing. At the end of the two days, I have come away with a subject matter to research which I can use in designing tapestries. However there is much research to do and in areas that I have never dreamt of.
In discussing my response to one of the exercises we had to do, Ruth questioned (she asks more questions than I do) why a particular thing worked and it was because of an, unintentional on my part, flick of colour on a white page with black writing. Which reminded me of a suggestion made to me about the fish shape in my tapestry.
It was suggested to me that the fish looked blocky and lacked reference to the surrrounding area and I should add some yellow to heighten interest and enliven the shape.
I know the 2nd picture is a little lighter, but I think it works.
