On the second week of this breif we began to make swatches of our various different patterns. I wanted to recreate the sharpness that was in the photographs I had taken. I also wanted the patterns on the fabric to be as random as possible to the would have a broken or shattered effect. I used tecniques such as gathering and pleating at first to try and creat this but I found that the swatched didnt have the sharpness or the 'edge' i wanted them to have. I began to use the iron to flatten any creses in the fabric and to sharpen all the fold. I found this tecnique worked very well and I got some results I was really happy with.

I also used the stencils I had made for mark making to paint the pattern onto the fabric. I really like the effect this gave me. It was easy to create more intricate patterns in this way.

I wanted to further these tecniques by using different fabrics and combing both methods. I found this to be really effective in creting the kind of patterns I was looking for.