As I wanted to focus my project on 1950’s domestic plastics, I carefully selected ten items on the MoDiP website search from the era that I felt had the most interesting shapes and could work together in a printed design. There were 777 plastic objects to choose from so it was challenging to narrow it down to such a limited amount, however the colours of the plastics were also something I wanted to take into consideration and this made the decision a little easier.
To begin with, I went into the museum and observed the ten objects that I had chosen, drawing out the smaller details and general shape of each one. As well as this I photographed them, making sure that I could recall colour information and any other necessary details later on.
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| Milk Aid - PHSL : 198 |
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| Quickmix Major Manual Food Mixer - PHSL : 137 |
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| Midwinter Modern Cup - AIBDC : 005394 |
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| Tupperware Juicer - AIBDC : 002942 |
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| Pink Cheese or Butter Dish - AIBDC : 06481 |
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| Triangular Combined Salt and Pepper Pot - AIBDC : 0_6442 |
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| Large Isovac Vacuum Jug - AIBDC : 0_6444 |
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Cream and Red Jug - AIBDC : 003557 |
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| Measuring Spoons - AIBDC : 006343sa |
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| Acrylic Dish - AIBDC : 006311sa |
I created a colour palette by picking out colours from the photographs of the objects that I took when observing them in the museum. From these colours I picked six that complimented each other and would work well together.
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| Sketchbook pages |
At this point I began to recreate some of the objects by collaging their basic shapes and playing around with the different colours chosen and seeing how they worked together in smaller groups.
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| Sketchbook pages |
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| Colour palette |
After establishing some colours and creating some basic designs, I was able to scan these and put them into a program where I can transfer them to stitch designs that are sewn by a computerised machine.
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| CAD Embroidery |
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| CAD Embroidery |
I plan to continue with my digital print patterns and get them sent away for production soon, on their return I will be stitching into them using CAD embroidery (as above) and hand stitch methods.
Sarah Wilson (Student Creative)
Sarah is a final year BA (hons) Textiles student at the Arts University Bournemouth.
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