Week 3

This week following inductions on the ‘Ethos’ system (multi-head embroidery) I recognise the advantages of digital embroidery and translating my very figurative work. Following Mark’s advice from previous tutorials, I’ve spent a lot of my time developing my skills on the Ethos system as I find my drawings work nicely with the abilities to stitch wide areas of fill or intricate satin stitch I would not be able to achieve on the Bernina. I attempted mixing some text with my illustrations which initially did not work to plan and produced something quite illegible using the running stitch, but developing my skills of the program tried it in some other text in a satin stitch to much more success.

initial attempts with Ethos; I kept the design quite simple, so used a lot of abstraction of marks

further development on Ethos; I think my confidence on the software is growing.

referse side of Ethos design on stitch and tear; I find something interesting in the white space and the dominant black bobin thread