Sunday, January 23, 2022

How did that happen?

 I missed the date yesterday! 22/1/22. I'd better be more on the ball next month! 

I suppose it is part of the Covid discombobulation, summer holidays thing - time loses meaning. 

Anyway, I have finished my tapestry. It hasn't turned out all that well, I used colours that were too similar for the background and foreground. But I did experiment with soumak weaving, with some success. That is the area of the tapestry that has the bulge, I'll have to think about that in future - if I do that sort of weaving again. 

I think this image would work on a bigger scale. There was too much detail for such a small piece. It was going to be A5 but has turned out a little wider as I had a bit of trouble getting the edge even. I kept putting in more till it worked. 

And I'm relatively happy with my dog and human figures in the bottom right corner - they were hard to do so small. They are also hard to see in this image. Oh well. 


Doing it sideways was also a challenge.


If I decide I really don't like it, there is plenty of time to try another. The challenge doesn't close till the end of April. 

Now to tidy up - I really can't be bothered with that. I'm quite pleased with myself for having cut off the tapestry and done the sewing up! I will admit to steaming it also, to try to get rid of the bulge - and to try to get the bit that is more than 20cm down to the correct size. It was the edge under the soumak, so I will have to take that into account in the future also. 



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