Posted by Agnes Iley , Sunday, October 24, 2010 7:37 AM
A sample
For my first sample I need to choose a drawing with strong lines or linear qualities.
This simple statement has been occupying my mind, long before I actually got to this stage. All my usual drawing inhibitions surfaced which led to a number of useless scribbles. This morning, totally out of the blue, I came up with this…..
Well maybe not totally out of the blue, I was angry. I was reading an online newspaper about a proposal to extent freedom of speech in such a way that certain “groups” could be lawfully insulted. Now I am all for freedom of speech, in equal measures for everyone, but I think that we’ve got enough words in our language to make a point without having to result to insults. I was most angry about the unbelievable comments left by other readers all anonymous and all by people who would never have the courage to voice those opinions when you looked them in the face.
“The faceless crowd” can be a force of incredible strength in countries where people can’t voice their opinions. 
Unfortunately over here it’s now a source of hate.
Unfortunately over here it’s now a source of hate.This drawing was literally made in 5 minutes and I hope it has got enough strong lines and linear qualities to serve as a sketch for my first sample.
I have been thinking about how to translate it to textile.
One option would be to applique each person separately to the background.
A benefit of this method would be that this would create additional texture and depth.
Another idea is to just use a piece of background fabric and embroider the whole picture. Maybe this is more in keeping with the assignment?
Hmmm….I think I’ll have to do some samples and then decide.
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