Whilst assessing different mediums to gain the delicacy I want, I've experimented with Quink Ink and bleach. Using it carefully and controlled it has allowed me to utilise those organic structures from my inspiration. I think its key how the dark backgrounds creates this heavy sense of an atmosphere, the negative space is created through bleach rather than purposefully drawn. I especially love how the black Quink is not a jet black. It has an indigo tinge and sits well on varied papers. I am enjoying not working continuously on a high quality paper, I love how successful my drawing has been and so restricting myself at this stage to stretching paper, I personally think would ruin the beauty of how i'm working on the different weights and sizes found and bought.
I booked myself into the print room last week to gain a sense of moving my work to fabric and assess the way I want to use colour. On reflection, I think it was too early for me to go in, I was working just with a blank screen, only really to familiarise myself with the environment again. Results wise it was not successful and stressed me colour wise. I've sorted out what direction I am going to go in now, Colour palette wise is, Yellow Ocre, Indigo, Hints of grey/silver (brings the collection a little more sophisticated in elements) Burgundy, and hints of Rust. I will Pantone reference at a later stage.
Contextually it has always been directed for Interiors, I'm looking now however to channel it into a tighter niche. I want to mildly direct some designs into interiors for a Chalet style. Colour palette wise and drawing structure links very directly. I can imagine this being an atmospheric, detailed collection for a winter lodge, hotel reception or boutique interiors for an off piste bar. I won't be pushing this so much that its overly stylised and unfitting for anywhere else, but visualisation wise and context for myself gives me that continuous direction and final vision.
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