DT - Rubbings of Crosses - Module 1 Chapter 1 c - Embroidery Certificate

Primary Image Research 

Graphite Rubbings of Crosses 

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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 / Image 2.2d

• In the Art Museum in Hastings there is a room decorated with intricately carved wooden panels. Many of them featured cross grids which I tried to get rubbings off. Challenges presented themselves with the designs that had only small raised areas and the rest at a lower elevation so the rubbings were only partially successful. However I quite liked the unpredictability of the design that emerged. I very much enjoy the shadow effects and wondered how similar effects might be achieved with textiles.

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 / Image 2.0a

• this design made me think of the close relations of crosses and stars , lines intersecting, aligning, repeating all suggesting a certain symbolic communication depending on the viewers predisposed ideas of what a star is defined as and what a  cross is.
• Here the peaks of the central flower design was the highest raised area and prevented the lines underneath from rendering with the crayon I had used . I am hoping to perhaps sketch this design to explore the different pattenr connections
  

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
- #ACLFieldlogTextiles

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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 / Image 2.1a

• This image comes from a metal grate, or ventilation cover that was found on the floor of the room. Having had a lot of footfall over the years and interesting patina had built up
   
• When making the rubbing I enjoyed the different textured lumps and bumps that seem to give the design a much more lively character then perhaps a flat polished metal surface would have.
  

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 / Image 2.2a

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 / Image 2.3a

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 / Image 2.4a

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
- #ACLFieldlogTextiles

•  I particularly liked the " puffed out" shadow effect that the graphite rubbing resulted in on the cross design. Perhaps the particular edge of the crayon I was using rendered it in this way. 
• I imagine using a hand-applique technique with a padded insert on a soft woven fabric could well be used to represent this idea

Time: 1 hour
Materials:  graphite crayon , sketchbook paper
Cost : £1 in materials, entry to museum free
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DT - Pictures of Crosses - Module 1 Chapter 1 b - Embroidery Certificate

Primary Image Research on Crosses  - DT - MoCh1 a

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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 a / Image 1.0

• Taking a walk around Hastings, noticing crosses, both used as architectural design elements, spontaneous graffiti art or arising as a result of whether influences 

- location : Fieldtrip ,Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 - a  / Image 1.1

• This wall featured a large array of graffiti symbols, seemingly with no particular narrative or message, at least that I could easily identify. I searched out the various cross symbols and noticed the spontaneous line mark-making and liveliness of the individual crosses

- location : Fieldtrip ,Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
- #ACLFieldlogTextiles

Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1a  / Image 1.2

• Crosses arranged on architectural grid lines seem to be prevalent everywhere. Here some cross designs found on metal ground covers window frames and architectural railings.

- location : Fieldtrip ,Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 a / Image 1.3

• During a mooch around an antique stop I noticed cross design elements used on ceramics, textiles, both printed and woven and an old radio speaker . 

- location : Fieldtrip ,Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
- #ACLFieldlogTextiles

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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 - a / Image 1.4

• at the museum of Art in Hastings , one of the halls featured these imposing stained glass windows. What interested me was the architectural use of the window construction against the design feature of the stained glass itself.  Utilizing the light and shadow play during different parts of the day, the dark cross of the actual window frame construction is visible when viewed from far enough away and displays a large christian cross in the background of the cross grid pattern featured on the stained glass design itself. 

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera 
- #ACLFieldlogTextiles

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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 a / Image 1.5

• these examples were found in the exhibit featuring the story if the life of " Grey Owl" , an Englishman who hailed from Hastings in the UK but chose to emigrate to Canada age 17 and live life as a " Native American" would. He was particularly active in native conservation with especial focus on the protection of beavers. 
• lots of cross motifs are found in native American bead embroidery, many suggest the elements of the land, fire, water, air and earth as well as crossroads and pathways in the four directions, north, south, east and west. The symbol of two linear geometric shapes or lines shapes overlapping lends itself well to represent many of these concepts

- location : Fieldtrip , Museum of Art, Hastings , U.K. Sept 2017

- material : iphone camera
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Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 - a  / Image 1.5 a , b , c, d 

===> view more Samples of Native American bead embroidery from my Fieldtrips
Native American Bead Embroidery from the Museum of Art Hastings



Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 - a  / Image Collection 2 




Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 - a  / Image Collection 2.0 

• I choose to start by randomly grouping cross images together, as I know with my way of working I find a mix more satisfying than a predictable sorting . Letting my eye drift from cross to cross more ideas start floating in rather than ponder and get distracted by their story and individual associations
• I tired sorting them later into particular categories as instructed, those images can be seen in the line drawings section
  

Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 - a  / Image Collection 2.1

• I experimented with removing all colour from my reference images as I find it often distracts me from seeing the actual shapes and relationships of the lines to each other 
• I find working with black and white images more inspiring, relying just on contrast of tonal values without the additional consideration for colour  

Pictures of Crosses - Mo1Ch1 - a  / Image Collection 2.2

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DT - Definitions of Crosses - Module 1 Chapter 1 a - Embroidery Certificate -

Brainstorm - Definitions of Crosses 

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• Definition : Cross 

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Definition : Cross acc to Wikipedia
- a mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×)

- an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion.

• My Definition of Crosses

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- for the purpose of this course 

- any line that visibly crosses over another line 
- an intersection of 2 ways, 2 lines

- can cross at any angle

- can cross at multiple layers

- can cross in increments repeated 
- geometric grid cross formations 

• Types of Crosses : 

Brainstorm without References 

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- Crucifix

- Crossroad

- Plus sign +  Multiply 

- Windmill

- Crossbar

- Cross Country 

- Criss Cross

- Noughts and Crosses

- Level Crossing ( Train) 

- Compass

- Clock

- Cross Stitch

• Types of Crosses : 

Brainstorm with References 

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- Maltese Cross

- Celtic Cross
- Crossed Arrows ( Symbol of Friendship - Native American) 
- Crossed Pathways (  Symbol of Communication - Native Armerican) 
- Red Cross ( International Symbol of Medical Help Associations) 

• Contextual Cross Meanings

- Crossbred ( taking 2 different animal or plant species and cross breeding = hybrid ) 
- To cross the line ( to overstep a mark) 
- Midpoint Cross ( crosses indicating kisses at the end of correspondence) 
- Midpoint Cross ( a mark of a person who cannot write to add a signature)
- A Cross Between ...  ( signifying a mixture of 2 different things with inherent familiar qualities) 
- Crossed Wires ( causing electrical intererence, coll. meaning that a message got misunderstood) 
- To cross off the list ( to indicate something has been achieved) 
- Cross my Heart ( promising to tell the truth) 
- To be cross ( to be ill tempered )
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DT - Opening my Design Studies Notebook

A record keeping blog for my design studies.

I am intending to sort my various entries in the following categories for ease of navigation.

• ACLFieldlogTextiles
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