INDUCTION - BERNINA AND IRISH SEWING MACHINES

 

 

 

 

 

INDUCTION - WORKSHOP - LASER CUTTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although the Tenori-on is quite a tactile piece of equipment I decided to run the design of it through a laser cutter to enable me to use some more crafty techniques with the results. My initial thoughts were to create embroidery templates through which I could embroider wool. This gives the Tenori-on a different context but doesn’t relate well to the patterns it creates. From the reverse of the template made in the laser cutter I also made a stamp so that I could print out the template of the Tenori-on grid to experiment with in terms of how it translates into knitted punch cards.

INDUCTION - CORNELY SEWING MACHINE

 

 

 

INDUCTION - ETHOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To experiment with and to learn to understand the Tenori-on interface a little more I have booked a digital embroidery induction/workshop. Once I stopped trying to use Ethos like Illustrator I began to really love this side of the process. I was also excited when setting up the thread on the machine and when it started to embroider the piece out but this soon became tiresome having to sit and watch the piece be stitched up.

INDUCTION - LETTERPRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To experiment with some of my project ideas I have began to use some of the words in the projects in my letterpress workshop. These may give the project a different context and perhaps make me look into a different avenue I hadn’t thought of before. Whilst visiting Artworks Atelier the other week, as I am not able to collaborate with the Design Lab group as it would take too much time away from my own practice, we discussed setting up a skillshare group where we would each take it in turn to arrange a workshop where we could invite people along to share a skill that we would teach them. In the letterpress induction we began to create some typographic visuals to make a start on the poster for the event.

INDUCTION - MACHINE KNIT

 

 

 

INDUCTION - EMBROIDERY

Today I had a few inductions, textile print, and embroidery/machine embroidery. the amount of equipment MMU has is astounding, I feel like a kid in a playground with loads of new things to explore! Above are the test pieces I made on my induction today, messing with the different stitches available on the machines and then free stitching with an embroidery hoop. Great fun!