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 
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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 
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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 
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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 

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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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Distant Stitch - Embroidery Certificate Module 1 Chapter 1 b - Primary research Pictures of Crosses - Native American Bead Embroidery in Textile Design  
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