Mon 15^th – Fri 19^th Jan, 2018

     To give myself more direction for my warp/weaving choices, I tried to focus more on my drawing to take elements from this to feed into my weaving decisions. While deciding on what to have for my warp I needed to focus on yarn quality that could be pulled from the textures in my drawings. I found this really difficult to do at first since I still think like a printer. Therefore finding things in my work to move forward with, that aren’t obvious, is really difficult; for me to connect. Baring this in mind I think I have made good, strong connections with my choice of yarn and why I chose it; considering things like touch, delicacy and colour.

                In addition to using drawings for warp choices, I have also been using them to influence what my samples might look like. In turn this affected my threading choices. Although still difficult due to how I think with my work, I have tried to simplify my earlier more intricate drawings to create something that could be transferred into weave. I feel as though adding in this extra step in the drawing process makes it easier for me to visualise what a woven sample could look like. This is something I intend to do more of throughout the project.

                I have had a better week in terms of drawings this week but still feel like I need more first-hand research. I feel as though I have been holding out for Florence since I know I will get lots of good stuff to work from there; but this has slightly hindered me in the progress I could have been making. Perhaps this is just me overthinking things, but I also didn’t want to draw things that weren’t relevant just for the sake of saying I’ve been drawing. After the Florence trip I hope to have lots more stuff to draw and work from to influence my samples, once I begin to weave.

                The John Lewis brief I feel has been slightly neglected this week. I have been so focused on my warp, which although needs to be done, has taken over most of my time. Therefore next week I hope to work more on my boards and what other separate direction I can maybe take with my live brief; or what my influence my self-initiated one.