In a departure from my neutral palette I have been working on a teal and gold kimono. It's intended to be part of my Identity series.
My original idea was to have squares of fabric on the teal as broken pieces leading down to the solid gold at the bottom.
It was my plan to put gold stitch to represent the Kintsugi type repairs.
I quickly changed my mind about the pointy sleeves as I couldn't work out how to make them.
The same gold coloured fabric at the bottom of the kimono is also being used for the lining.
I played about with gold relief paste on embossing folders as a possible texture to add.
I started adding the torn squares of fabric.
It was really difficult to work on it while it was hanging up so I tried having it on the table.
It was at this point that I realised that no amount of ironing or stitching was going to make this idea work and I needed to have a radical rethink.
Which I did.
But you'll have to come back next time to find out how I changed my approach to this piece of work.
Thanks for joining me today
Bernice
