Owl Eyes

During my first Semester at Uni we had a modual that let us experiment with textiles techniques, including Knit and Print.
For these the inspiration was British Birds. researching into that I came up with the colours of a Owl, Brown, for the feathers, Orange, for the eyes, and Pink, for the tallons and other little feathers.

In knit I made loads of lace holes, and experimenting with them in shapes. I managed to get some in the shape of an eye. Also used Hold, to make different patterns that resemble owls. My print was at an earlier stage of my project, you can see the theme coming through with the colourse, but my particular print didnt resemble owls.

My work on the Knit Machine.

My work on the Knit Machine with a weight on the end. You use a weight on your knitting to keep it straight and kept on the machine.

Pinning the samples onto the press, to stretch the wool and flatten in it.

The Press steams the wool and then sucks the vapour out of the wool to keep it in shape.

Knit Sample, Owls Wings

Knit Sample, Owl Eyes

Knit Sample

Knit Sample, Owl Eyes

First practice on screen print

Using the Hot Press and Screen Printing together.

Hot Press

Hot Press

Hot Press, I pleated the fabric up, laid bits and pieces ontop of it and put it in the hot press to see what it would look like opened up. But because of the colours against the white, it doesn't look as good as with the pleats closed.

Using water to make the ink spread, I sprated the Calico first in certain places to my print and the screen printed ontop.

Watered down calico and screen print. Then waited for it to dry and cleaned my screen, and printed over the print in the orange, to make a sharp and soft contrast which portrays my Owl influence. Soft feathers, sharp eyes and tallons.

Hot Press, with a pleat

Hot Press