Being introduced to construct was an interesting word, the
word construct interest me of what can you construct? To then which went
further to knit. The first week seeing the machines to which we were going to
be using for the next 3 weeks and to then have workshops of all these
techniques you can create on the machines. The machines do test your
patience... But for me it was the drawing days which I enjoyed the most of creating
colour wheels and really identifying colour in depth by mixing gouache by hand
and spotting out other colours which then made me relate back to the original
photos taken to see if colour was missed, which it was. It was the proportion
of the colour I needed to get right especially through the knits to relate back
to the work I was trying to produce. Mark making on the drawing day using mono
printing and using objects to create marks was straight forward as that’s what
I enjoy, but trying to relate that into knit? I couldn’t think of how I could
achieve what I can do on paper into a knit.
Knitting on the machines I felt was much easier than doing
it by hand, but that’s my personal opinion. It’s fair to say I’m not a knitter
from how I struggled to try and make it relate to my photos and drawings and
especially to keep the knit on. But I have worked back into knit now and have
drawn from my knits and I feel more confident with the body of work.
During
the 3 weeks of construct, I have realised it’s a very technical process to get
the hang of.
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