Starting to consider possible contexts for the work.

Larger Scale.

Stretching out the black elastic piece into the 3D shape. This elastic needs too much force to pull into shape, meaning breakages will happen. 

Large random piping.

Long simple lace grid (length of print table).

Extra wide flat 3D print. Using cotton elastic and double line piping for extra strength. 

Circular.

All over painted ballon. 

Screen printed first adding peaks of piping after. Trying to reduce early dissolving.

Before heating..

Looking at creating my own piped lace grids.

I tried to create these by working from photos of flowers as many of the traditional lace patterns are based on nature, mainly floral designs. 

I then added elastic into the circles to add both structure and movement. One elastic is rubber and the other cotton craft elastic.

I then tried piping onto string, copper wire and iron wire. 

Lastly I tried to create long singular lengths with the idea of twisting and knotting them to create my own structures from scratch. However they didn't stay together during the washing process so this was unsuccessful.

Adding colour..

This colour was added by using heat transfer inks. It has created a spray-paint uneven effect. I tested all the colours to see which would show up best. 

Testing more shapes and textures.

Painting a glove.

Piping onto a balloon adding peaks for more textures.

Heating process

Almost finished

This hadn't dried properly so it didn't peel off the balloon and resulted in a mound of spikes. 

Adding string to a flat/3D print. This is to add more structure and strength.

More Structures.

Painting straight onto a ballon.

This achieved a papery effect.

This video shows the effect created when heated. 

This was done by using a rubber glove as a piping tool. 

Trying to dye it to get more new effects. 

Creating a larger grid.

Longer, more concise grid. It creates a knitted effect.

Using some of the flat prints to create 3D shapes. This was quite challenging, here no other materials have been added for support. 

Another video, this one is a gris heated up.

Beginning of the Very Last Project.

Trying out new piping tools in print. Trying to get new textures and structural elements working.

 An interesting knitted effect has been created here. ^ 

This was using a latex glove as a piping tool.