ATV 3 Exercise 3.2 Translation through yarn

 Exercise 3.2 

I began looking through the list of artists trying to decide on a piece to produce my yarn wraps on. I finally felt inspired by one of Raphael's piece called Maddalena Doni. What stood out to me about this piece was the vibrant orange and blue, which jumped from the painting. 

http://www.raphael-sanzio.com/portrait-of-maddalena-doni/

Now I had a colour palette to follow I started to source yarns to create my wraps. I began by looking through what yarn I already had in my collection. I certainly did not have a enough of the colours to create a wrap. I then went onto Etsy and Ebay and looked for yarns and ribbon in the orange and the blue. Unfortunately it was very difficult to tell if the colour was accurate enough. So when some of the yarn arrived it was a different shade to what I had anticipated. I was also lucky enough to have a selection of yarn donated to me through the OCA store on Facebook. This yarn with the yarns I had purchased gave me a good enough variety to create the yarn wraps.

I was keen to start, looking at the picture choosing a selection to focus on and find a yarn that best represented that section. 

1) Soft, shiny, blue yarn- sleeve

2) Velvet, luxurious, orange yarn- dress

3) Subtle, neutral tone yarn- skin

4) Smooth, navy yarn- necklace

5) Shiny, milky, white yarn- pearl

6) Braided, textured, brown yarn- hair

7) Combining the mossy green, earthy brown and oaty beige yarn- field

8) Ombre blue hues for the sky and fluffy, bobbly white clouds

My next yarn wrap I worked again by looking at the picture and wrapping the yarn from left to right. Using a different selection of yarns. 

                                                         

1) Glittery, luxurious blue ribbon with a navy smooth silk ribbon- Dress

2) Subtle black yarn- Trim of the dress

3) Mixed neutral, soft yarn- Skin

4) Shimmering, sumptuous, orange cotton with sleek orange ribbon- Dress

5) Frayed, wispy, brown chiffon- Hair

6) Mossy green yarn- Field

7) Delicate, gentle blue and white yarn- Sky

For my final piece I wanted to try a different way of wrapping the yarn. Instead of going left to right I began by wrapping the yarn from the middle. I thought that this would help me to look at the colour wrap pattern different as in reflection the previous two were very similar. 

1) A trio of blue, white and grey- Sky

2) Either side of them, textured green and brown- Field

3) Smooth velvety blue, opposite side textured navy yarn- Sleeves

4) Rusty orange spun wool and silky smooth orange ribbon- Dress

5) Soft skin toned yarn- Skin

I enjoyed this exercise, I found being limited by the colours I could use helped me feel less overwhelmed. I also found breaking down the image into sections and colour blocking helped with the colour blocking for the wraps. I also tried to use the size and number of wraps of the yarn to translate the proportion of colour seen on the image. 

The wraps reminded me off the colour themes found on the digital apps I had looked at as part of the recent research exercise.  This also reminded me of one of the artists listed in our first research exercise in this unit. I reminded me of Paul Smiths fabric with the vertical stripes, with his mixture of dark shades with a pop of more vibrant colour. 

https://www.grahamsandersoninteriors.com/fabrics/paul-smith/paul-smith-fabrics/velvet-stripe-slate

Reflecting over this unit so far I am definitely feeling more confident with my us of colour and colour exploration.