Planet Ruby Starrs

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, gol...

So the brief is Dot Spots and all things Circular so very circuitously I have arrived at spotty moths... or moths on spots or moths in circles or even circling moths ..... yes its a broad interpretation of the brief but it will work out well and I hope will produce some interesting work. Despite our academic year rapidly coming to an end there is still lots to learn and do - today we had an explanation and demonstration of digital printing.  I've been lucky and last term had some of my samples printed up, its very exciting to see your own designs actually on cloth - really very fabulous if I'm honest, but I'm probably going to leave all that exciting malarkey to look forward to next year, I'm going to practise embellishment to end this year with. For this assignment we have to decide on a couple of techniques we either like or want to work up and concentrate on them and produce a collection of samples and some finished pieces.  The class was buzzing... so many di...