{"id":2947,"date":"2015-01-16T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2015-01-16T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T16:09:07","slug":"transparency-presents-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=2947","title":{"rendered":"Transparency Presents Difficulties"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have dabbled from time to time with transparent quilts – using fairly strong colour to show a pattern through nylon or silk organza. Take these two untitled pieces, for example: \u00a0each is about 1.25m h x 90 com w. \u00a0\u00a0Because \u00a0they haven’t ‘led’ anywhere I have only ever named these works ‘Transparent 1’ and ‘Transparent 2’ \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0 \u00a0Each was built up of blocks\/modules machine sewn together, and that process certainly contributed to the less than even drape of each piece, so that was one problem. \u00a0 If I were making these works now I would keep the front and back fabrics whole, \u00a0fuse shapes onto the back and then lay the front piece over, sandwich, baste and quilt. \u00a0These pieces both date from 2003, and back then I had no idea of the bonding materials that are widely available now.<\/p>\n

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But the further problem, which has prevented me ever feeling happy enough to exhibit these pieces is that really, apart from running a nylon line from each corner to some higher point, there isn’t a way to hang them with any kind of rigid support enclosed in a sleeve on the back side that doesn’t show from the back to the front. Does this matter these days? \u00a0… probably not if it is part of the integrity of the piece to drape like a dustsheet or a large curtain, which certainly wasn’t the intention in any of these pieces. \u00a0A clear acrylic rod do I hear you suggest? \u00a0A friend displayed a lovely work on one, and after a month under gallery lights it had visibly sagged. I don’t think it’s necessarily a long term answer.<\/p>\n

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After a trip to Egypt in 2007, I \u00a0wanted to use \u00a0sheer fabrics again to explore the ancient origins of history that influence the country as it is today. \u00a0The effects of layered sheers with free machining were pleasing to me, but I still wasn’t happy with the hanging system of a fine dowel rod in a narrow sleeve approximating to the width of the binding on the sides and lower edge. \u00a0It shows through the \u00a0fabric – distracting, \u00a0imho.<\/p>\n

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So, these difficulties have in effect put me off – am I being too fainthearted? \u00a0I know I could get some of these effects by careful stencilling, perhaps – \u00a0but I just want to use the fabric. \u00a0I have recently been looking back over some of my very early work, and seeing these images has brought this frustration to the top again! \u00a0Any reader with bright ideas or valuable experience to share – I’d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n

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I have dabbled from time to time with transparent quilts – using fairly strong colour to show a pattern through nylon or silk organza. Take these two untitled pieces, for example: \u00a0each is about 1.25m h x 90 com w. \u00a0\u00a0Because \u00a0they haven’t ‘led’ anywhere I have only ever named these works ‘Transparent 1’ and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[246,245],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-hanging-problems","tag-sheers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uxpF-Lx","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2955,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions\/2955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}