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| Finished! Glady's hooked piece has a very tidy back, too |
Using rag-rug techniques for artwork for walls and elsewhere - sometimes even for on the floor
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14 February 2019
16 November 2015
Elements and Principles of Design
(reprinted from Susan Feller's blog, artwools.com)
Line is a joining of points. Thickness, direction and length are variables..
Shapes are created by joining lines. They are 2-Dimensional: height and width.
Form is any 3-Dimensional object. Form can be measured, from top to bottom (height), side to side (width), and from back to front (depth). Form is also defined by light and dark. A source of light on the object will convey form with the shadow or highlight associated by the exposure of light on the motif.
Space is the area provided for a particular purpose. It may have two dimensions (length and width), such as a floor, or it may have three dimensions (length, width, and height). Space includes the background, fore and middle ground.
Value refers to the relationship between light and dark on a surface or object and also helps create form. A value scale in fabric has 1 assigned to the lightest piece. Using a range of value in a work evokes a mood: middle values feel like a gray, rainy day; light values are cheery; and a dark work is somber.
Color is a combination of light rays reflected from a surface. In order to see color a light source is necessary. Notice the lessening of discernable color when a light is dimmed and then turned off. Color has three characteristics: hue, value and intensity.
Texture is the quality of a surface. In visual art, there are two types of texture: tactile and implied. In textile art there is texture in the materials used such as checks, plaids and tweeds.
Contrast is a design principle which provides visual interest. This can be accomplished using changes in scale, color, value, shapes.
Emphasis refers to areas of interest that guide the eye into and out of the image through the use of sequence, various levels of focal points, a change of value or intensity of color.
Rhythm as a principle is used to organize a composition and create interest, unity or emphasis. Visual rhythm is achieved by the same effort- repeating a shape, color or line in a regular pattern.
Movement can be achieved with a consistent directional line, or group of lines or by arranging shapes along an imaginary line.
Pattern is defined as a single unit of design used in repetition.
Balance – The eye perceives weights being equal and balanced when they have the same value, or intensity of color creating harmony. A design with equal shapes on either side of the imaginary dividing center line has symmetrical balance and is boring. Changing a motif or color on one side puts interest into the work.
Unity refers to a sense that everything in a piece of work belongs there. It is achieved by the use of balance, repetition and/or design harmony.
The Elements and Principles of Design can be
considered building blocks for composition. Elements are basic words to
understand and then combine to achieve a Principle or make a story.
Elements and
Principles of Design Excerpt: Design Basics for Rug Hookers by Susan L. Feller,
Stackpole Books 2011 Click title to purchase.
Elements: Line, Shape, Form, Space, Value, Color,
Texture
Line is a joining of points. Thickness, direction and length are variables..
Shapes are created by joining lines. They are 2-Dimensional: height and width.
Form is any 3-Dimensional object. Form can be measured, from top to bottom (height), side to side (width), and from back to front (depth). Form is also defined by light and dark. A source of light on the object will convey form with the shadow or highlight associated by the exposure of light on the motif.
Space is the area provided for a particular purpose. It may have two dimensions (length and width), such as a floor, or it may have three dimensions (length, width, and height). Space includes the background, fore and middle ground.
Value refers to the relationship between light and dark on a surface or object and also helps create form. A value scale in fabric has 1 assigned to the lightest piece. Using a range of value in a work evokes a mood: middle values feel like a gray, rainy day; light values are cheery; and a dark work is somber.
Color is a combination of light rays reflected from a surface. In order to see color a light source is necessary. Notice the lessening of discernable color when a light is dimmed and then turned off. Color has three characteristics: hue, value and intensity.
Texture is the quality of a surface. In visual art, there are two types of texture: tactile and implied. In textile art there is texture in the materials used such as checks, plaids and tweeds.
Principles: Contrast, Emphasis, Rhythm, Movement,
Pattern, Balance, Unity
Contrast is a design principle which provides visual interest. This can be accomplished using changes in scale, color, value, shapes.
Emphasis refers to areas of interest that guide the eye into and out of the image through the use of sequence, various levels of focal points, a change of value or intensity of color.
Rhythm as a principle is used to organize a composition and create interest, unity or emphasis. Visual rhythm is achieved by the same effort- repeating a shape, color or line in a regular pattern.
Movement can be achieved with a consistent directional line, or group of lines or by arranging shapes along an imaginary line.
Pattern is defined as a single unit of design used in repetition.
Balance – The eye perceives weights being equal and balanced when they have the same value, or intensity of color creating harmony. A design with equal shapes on either side of the imaginary dividing center line has symmetrical balance and is boring. Changing a motif or color on one side puts interest into the work.
Unity refers to a sense that everything in a piece of work belongs there. It is achieved by the use of balance, repetition and/or design harmony.
In order to have a successful design three parts
must work together:
Materials, Techniques, and Composition
Materials, Techniques, and Composition
15 January 2011
Hooked in Labrador
Back in the days before digital cameras, Canada House in London had an exhibition of, or containing, hooked rugs from Newfoundland - they were gorgeous. And here's a book with photos and information! I haven't had time to read it yet and will bring it along to the February meeting.
The book contains old photos of the landscape and activities that the designs are based on.
"Fish Flake" is quite well known - the designer is Rhoda Dawson, who went out to Labrador in the 1930s to work with the Grenfell Mission, which provided medical care. The rugs were fundraisers, and society ladies "down south" in the USA saved up their old silk stockings to donate as material for the rugs - Grenfell had married an American socialite, who got very involved in the enterprise.The mats are still hooked today, in wool, to the traditional patterns - they are hooked in horizontal lines and use every hole in the "brin" (burlap/hessian).
1 January 2011
Rag Rug Inspirations book
Rag Rug Inspirations by Juliet Bawden, published in 1996, has quite a few pages on "designers working".
Handcrafted Rugs book
This book is one of the best for clear illustrations of technical details that I've seen, and covers lots of techniques including, braided, felt rugs, needlepoint, prodded, hooked, locker-hooked , tufted, knitted and woven rugs: "Handcrafted Rugs" by Sandra Hardy. On Amazon - price from under £3 + postage - published back in 2001.
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