circles of my mind

I've been working up my latest ideas for the current project relating to spots, circles and in my case moths.. Its definitely a work in progress, Interesting how the ideas evolve, and as this happens it necessitates more research which in turn gets bit more fine tuned.  I've found some amazing spotty moth images which I am using to elaborate my drawings with.  I've been working alot on back grounds - using various techniques I enjoyed experimenting with last term.  I've embroidered, furrowed and pleated different fabrics and now I'm about to collage on top of them.

My ideas for clean plain lines didn't last long haha, just not my style, I can really appreciate it in other peoples work but for me I need colour and more texture.  My colour palette this time is quite muted - I'm using browns and relying alot on different textures, embellishments. yarns and fabrics to give it the vibrancy and weight I am aiming for.  I'm bringing in touches of red, gold and purple to lift the colours and give some depth.  Most of the samples are going to be framed in embroidery hoops partly to highlight to use of hand and machine embroidery but also to continue the circle theme.

I'm doing mainly a mixture of hand and machine embroidery and applique techniques, its still a bit all over the place but I'm hoping it will fall into place eventually.