Angelina

No, not Jlie, but a very interesting new material I have worked with yesterday; It is colourful, responds to heat , its surprisingly easy to use, and its very tactile. I basically experimented with materials which are sensitive to heat, bubble up, change shape, and it provided me with lots of information about possible use. So much so, that my head is full of ideas, how I would be able to apply this in my work. Today, I added hand stitching to the marking i made with heat sensitive powder, and i thought it was very effective.
Why then is it that I feel it is cheating to use an already excisting design (a stamp). I feel it is to easy, but the results I like,Would there be a way I could incorporate my own design, then I would be really happy, For now I have framed my little golden tree, with a red letter T, in a beautiful wooden frame I found in a charity shop.O, talking about charity shop, I also bought an old suit case , which I will place underneath my display , which I will put up on monday, In the suitcase I will place the questionaire about touch. I will think of questions relating to the piece, but also enquire about early touch memories.
Another wonderful thing I have done this week, was visiting the embroidery workshop.Apart from being delighted to be with my own tribe, It also showed me that there is a market for textile workshops. And there is always the bonus of meeting nice and interesting people. There might be a possibility that we will continue with a small group of women.
In preperation for the display, i still have to do machinestitching for probably eight panels. When I finished of the hand sttiching today, I let go of the rigid counting of the stitching (panel one , one , panel two, two, etc. and as a result my stitching became looser, and more interesting.
I start to see potential,
I also read about an interesting eighteenth century technique, called 'knotting'. It was an occupation , usually for well to do ladies, who sat in the drawing room knotting thread, because it created an elegant movement of the wrist. Once the thread was knotted, it could be used for couching, a technique which means that the thread is applied on top of the material, and not through it.

Is this usuable ? Must exercise my wrist in  elegant manner, and start knotting some diffrent threads.
I feel that the social contacts this week in relation to my work were hugely beneficial. and great fun as well!