Saturday, August 1, 2015

Simple Modern Improv- Class Sample #1

I've been playing with Modern designs for a while now (see here and here and here ).  I really like abstract designs and I like figuring out ways to construct such designs.  So I decided to design some samples for a class based around these design ideas and techniques.
I think of these kind of designs like a cloth Ikebana arrangement.  Just seven or so elements arranged in an interesting geometry makes a great minimalist design!
I played around with placement ( the fun part!)...



And eventually settled on this placement.  All the pieces were sewn by machine even the in-set squares. I will post about how I did that another time.  
I think of designs like this kind of like a visual Haiku.  A few short phrases or elements that when juxtaposed create and interesting  composition?!
The're fun to compose and fairly easy to construct!
cheers, CW

3 comments:

  1. I'm really curious about the construction part - I mean the one horizontal fabric is easy explained as a cut and set-in, but the others are all miyying a lot of seams, they look like they were sort of reverse-appliquéed but that's not right either, because that looks different ... but I will just have to be patient ...

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  2. I like this design! It is very simple but very attractive.I think it would be harder in a way to design with fewer elements, you would have to get them just right. And you did!

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