tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post1186824606956648157..comments2024-03-09T10:15:11.266+13:00Comments on Unravelling: The Thinking OrderMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-32848197616183672011-06-06T18:44:23.008+12:002011-06-06T18:44:23.008+12:00I know that seeing the finished product first and ...I know that seeing the finished product first and breaking it down to manageable steps is considered "backwards" in art education, but now that I can pretty much go either way, I don't think there really are good and bad ways. Or maybe I say this because I haven't tried enough of the forward method. <br /><br />Trying not to see the finished product took me a while, but now I don't think I have those spectacular early morning visions of, "Oh, that's what I'll weave!" moments any more. Not that I can recall recently.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-60095380138231469262011-06-06T17:49:02.850+12:002011-06-06T17:49:02.850+12:00Interesting problem. If you like structure, maybe ...Interesting problem. If you like structure, maybe make that work for you? Perhaps take one or two given elements or restraints and make yourself work around that?<br /><br />Like you I'm finding myself visualising a finished cloth and thinking about how to get there, when that's a very backwards way of approaching the challenge.<br /><br />My other problem today is slightly different but still very much the same. It's how to develop the design without thinking too hard about the finished product! I'm trying really, really hard right now not to think of a skirt made from rayon and 10/1 singles silk noil.Geodynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546049731688240593noreply@blogger.com