Compressed charcoal – projects1371/At the opening end of the glove we are first
confronted with a hem type stitch, which
makes the border of the glove. This is
constructed by making a small channel using
two parallel lines that follow the contoured
edge of the glove. In this channel we now
place the pattern of the stitch, and this
consists of a series of diagonal lines that go
one way. In the spaces that are created by the
lines we now place another series of marks
that go in the opposite direction to imply the
completion of this texture.
2/We can now begin to observe the texture of
the next section of the glove, and this takes
the shape of another band that is obviously a
lot wider than the first band, so here we have
to take into account the relative textural
proportions of the glove. This band again
follows the contours and the form of the
glove, and the texture is constructed by using
a series of diagonal lines.
3/In this example we observe that there is
now a smaller band that again is following the
contours of the glove. This band is about the
same proportion as the first band but the
texture is very different. We see that the mark
to create this texture is a series of dots that
change in the angle of placement, as the
nature of the form of the glove changes its
angles.
4/ In this example we can see that we now are
creating a series of rows of textures that give
the impression of a herringbone texture. This
is created by putting two rows of the same
proportions together, still following the
contours and the form of the glove. Then we
place in the top band a series of diagonal lines
that oppose our first series of diagonal lines,
and in the next band we place another series
of diagonal lines that also oppose the lines
above. This creates the herringbone texture
and pattern that is an essential textural feature
for this object. Underneath this is a small band
of dots that we did in fig 3, and then you will
repeat the herringbone texture again.5/This section of the glove is finished off by a
different type of stitch. Again we observe that
it is a band that is about twice as thick as the
smaller band. It is constructed by placing
together a series of over-lapping horseshoe
shapes, and in the centre of these shapes we
have placed a number of lateral marks to give
the impression of the stitch.6/In this section of the glove we see a repeat
of what we have just drawn in terms of the
texture. However, the whole direction and
the structure of the texture and the form of
the glove have changed. The only added
textural stitches are the four lines. These
consist of little arced type marks that join to
form the line that follows the contours and
the form of the glove. The main herringbone
texture of the glove should be repeated in the
fingers of the glove to complete this textural
part of the observation.7/ We now move from the cotton part of the
glove to the protective leather part and we
examine how we have made our observations
for this material. In the drawing of the
composition you should have drawn out the
areas of and defined the leather parts of the
glove, and the drawing of this material will be
very different to the drawing of the cotton
parts of the glove. When applying our
techniques to the cotton parts of the glove
the drawing was created in a very constructed
way, whereas here for the leather the drawing
is more organic in its approach and how we