KNITTERS AND STITCHERS
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RISO PRINTED VERSION

EMBROIDERY INSPIRED BY RISO PRINT.
(ALL EMBROIDED WITH AUTO-PUNCH)
FIRST LAYER IS THE BROWN/BLACK/LIGHT-BLUE BACKGROUND. SECOND EMBROIDERY IS THE GREEN TWO PEOPLE EMBROIDED.

OTHER INTERVENTIONS:
- SKIPPED THROUGH A LARGE PART OF THE BACKGROUND, THIS CREATES THE LONG LINES.
- SWITCHED TO LIGHT-BLUE IN THE END, THIS TRANSITION IS REALLY CLEAN.
-FIRST I WANTED TO PRINT THE BACKGROUND, WITH PHOTO-PUNCH 1 AND IT DETECTED ALL KINDS OF PATTERNS IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT IT WOULD TAKE 59 MINUTES TO EMBROID

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EDITED IN PHOTOSHOP
USED MAGIC WAND TO REMOVE MOST PARTS

USED IMAGE TRACE TO MAKE BLACK AND WHITE

EMBROIDED VERSION
FIRST LAYER: THE BLACK VERSION TO CREATE THE RED BACK LAYER WITH CROSS STITCH
SECOND LAYER: USED THE PHOTOSHOP VERSION WITH AUTO-PUNCH AND PUT ALL THE COLORS TO GREEN
THIRD LAYER: USED THE PHOTOSHOP VERSION WITH AUTO-PUNCH AND PUT ALL THE COLORS TO LIGHT-BLUE, BUT SKIPPED THE PART WHERE IT WOULD GO OVER THE PERSON ON THE BOARD SO THIS STAYED GREEN, THE WAVES ARE GREEN AND BLUE

USED IMAGE TRACE IN ILLUSTRATOR AND CORRECTED DETAILS IN PHOTOSHOP

PICTURE USED TO PUT IN PE DESIGN 10

EMBROIDED THE SAME IMAGE 6 TIMES, AT THE 4TH TIME THE MACHINE HAD TROUBLE, BUT COULD FIX EASY (LOST THREAD), THE 6TH TIME THE MACHINE WAS SHAKING, SO DID NOT DARE TO DO A 7TH TRY
THE RESULT IS A SUPER STIFF MATERIAL THAT U CAN NOT BEND ANYMORE AND A LOT OF FABRIC AROUND IT IS PULLED TOWARDS THE IMAGE

PICTURE USED TO PUT IN PE DESIGN 10

EMBROIDED ONE LAYER

FLIPPED THE IMAGE IN PE DESIGN

TURNED THE FABRIC AROUND AND PUT IN BACK IN THE LOOP
USED THE CAMERA OPTION ON THE EMBROIDARY MACHINE TO FIND THE FIRST LAYER AND EMBROID ON THE BACK

WHAT PE DESIGN PICKED UP AND EMRBOIDED USING AUTO PUNCH (9 MIN)

USED IMAGE TRACE IN ILLUSTRATOR AND CORRECTED DETAILS IN PHOTOSHOP

WHAT PE DESIGN PICKED UP AND EMRBOIDED USING AUTO PUNCH (28 MIN)

WHAT PE DESIGN TOOK FROM PICTURE IN AUTO PUNCH WITH 3 COLOR

PICTURE USED TO PUT IN PE DESIGN 10

IN PE DESIGN I CREATED A RECTANGLE AND PUT 8 SMALLER RECTANGLES ON TOP (SEE NEXT IMAGE)
SO THE FIRST PART ON THE LEFT HAS 1 LAYER AND ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT IT HAS 7 LAYERS (I STOPPED THE MACHINE AT 7 BECAUSE I THOUGHT I MIGHT BREAK OTHERWISE)
THE FABRIC WAS PUT IN THE LOOP WITH LITTLE TENSION, IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THE PULL AND LET IT MOVE, THIS CAUSED THAT THE RECTANGLE IS CURVED IN THE 2 DIMENTIONAL WAY, BUT ALSO THE PART WITH ONE LAYER IN BENDED INWARDS.

RECRATION OF RECTANGLE SYSTEM

DETAIL WHERE YOU CAN BETTER SEE HOW THE RECTANGLE IS BENDED AND YOU CAN SEE THE LAYERS

BECAUSE THE YARN WAS REALLY THICK YOU ALMOST CANNOT SEE IT IS YARN, BUT LOOKS LIGHT A LIGHT BURN/OVEREXPOSED FILM
THIS IS INTERESTING TO PLAY WITH, BUT AT THE MOMENT NOT WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR

IN PE DESIGN CREATED CIRCLES WITH OVERLAY IN THE VERTICAL DIRECTION, BUT NO OVERLAY IN THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION AND EMBROIDED THIS, THIS RESULTED IN STRONG MULTI LAYERED STROKES THAT YOU CAN BEND IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY

A VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE BENDING

A TRYOUT TO SEE HOW THE CIRCLES LOOK/HOW STRONG THEY ARE
+ A TRYOUT TO SEE IF IT IS POSIBLE TO, WHILE PRINTING, SKIP ONE CIRCLE (AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS POSIBLE)

TWO CIRCLES MADE IN PE DESIGN
4 LAYERS
INNER CIRCLE FABRIC BOWLS UP
OUTER RING FABRIC REALLY TIGHT

PICTURE OF THE SIDE THAT SHOWS HOW THE FABRIC BOWLS UP

PUT A EMPTY BOBBIN INBETWEEN TWO SHEETS OF THIN PLASTIC AND EMBROIDED IT

EASY TO MAKE POCKETS

USED PHOTO STITCH 1 TO CREATE A BACKGROUND (THIS TOOK 20 MINUTES AND YOU SEE LITTLE OF IT (WASTE OF TIME)
AND MANUALLY DREW OVER SOME PARTS IN PE DESIGN

PICTURE USED TO PUT IN PE DESIGN 10

FIRST TRY TO GET A PLASTIC GLOVE ATTACHED TO A FABRIC

MADE HALF A CIRCLE IN PE DESIGN (MANUALLY) AND USED THE CAMERA FUNCTION TO PLACE IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT

THE GLOVE DOES NOT FIT UNDER THE LOOM, SO IT HAS TO BE HELD BY FINGERTOPS AND STICKER, WHILE THE MACHINE EMBROIDS YOU HAVE TO ADJUST THE GLOVE SO THE EMRBOIDERY MACHINE STITCHES IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

SECOND TRY
USED TAPE TO KEEP ONE PART IN PLACE THIS MADE IT EASIER TO USE FINGER TO HOLD IN PLACE
MADE A BIGGER HOLE SO HAND CAN FIT THROUGH

THE CIRCLE CREATED ON PE DESIGN IS TO SMALL TO PUT YOUR HAND THROUGH

MADE A TUBE USING ONLY THE EMBROIDERY MACHINE

SEW THE OVERLAPPING CIRCLES FROM A EARLIER TEST TOGETHER BY CREATING A LINE IN PE DESIGN AND USING THE CAMERA FUNCTION TO FIND THE RIGHT SPOT

TRIED IF IT WOULD WORK IF YOU HAVE RECTANGLES AND DO MULTIPLE LAYERS INSTEAD OF OVERLAPPING CIRCLES
BUT, THE SECOND LAYER WAS ALREADY NOT ACCURATE ENOUGH AND IT DOES NOT FOLD NICELY

USED PHOTO PUNCH 1 WITH 4 COLORS,
PHOTO PUNCH ALWAYS ALSO WANT TO STITCH A BACKGROUND, SO SKIPPED THIS MANUALLY ON THE MACHINE TO ONLY HAVE THE FIGURE

MADE OVERLAPPING CIRCLES, GOT THEM OUT OF THE LOOM, PRESSED THEM TOGETHER AND PUT BACK IN LOOM
(HAD TO KEEP A BIT TOGETHER WITH FINGERS STILL)
AND SEW A LINE A THE TOP TO KEEP IN PLACE

USED PHOTO STICH 1 AND MANUAL STITCH SKIPPING TO CREATE THIS

ANOTHER SET OF OVERLAPPING CIRCLES TO TRY
THINGS OUT WITH

PICTURE USED TO PUT IN PE DESIGN 10

TRIED TO EMBROID ON SEETHROUGH THIN PLASTIC, BUT BROKE

EMBROIDED ON NEGATIVES
IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE BIG INTERVAL BETWEEN THE STITCHES TO PREVENT IT FROM CUTTING/BREAKING

INFILL IS THE BEST BECAUZE IT HAS A BIGGER INTERVAL BETWEEN STITCHES

SCANNED THE NEGATIVE WITH THE EPSON SCANNER IN SCHOOL (1400 BPI)

REALLY LIKE HOW THE HOLES AND THE STRINGS OF LEFTOVER YARN LOOK

THE FILLING LOOKS LESS INTERESTING THEN THE LOOSE THREAD
BUT IT HAS A INTERESTING LOOK, CURIOUS HOW IT WOULD LOOK IN A NEXT STEP (EITHER EMBROID THIS AGAIN OR USE TO RISO/SCREEN PRINT

LOVE THIS ONE
THE WIRE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND THE STRINGS FROM THE STICKER LOOK COOL

THIS COULD BE A REALLY NICE PRINT
(NOTE TO SELF)

BEST WAY TO EMBROID ON NEGATIVES (THAT I FOUND SO FAR)
EASY TO REMOVE, REUSABLE AND IT IS TIGHT.

SCANNED IT FROM BOTH SIDES TO SEE IF YOU CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE STITCH IS SHOWN.
IN THE ONE ON THE LEFT YOU SEE MORE YARN INSTEAD OF MORE PLANES OF COLOR ON THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS MORE DEPTH BECAUSE THE LOOSE YARN IS IN THE FRONT.

I USED THE NEGATIVES IN THE DARK ROOM TO ENLARGE THEM ON LIGHTSENSATIVE PAPER, THE THICK MIDDLE YARN IN THE NEGATIVE TRANSLATES AS WHITE ON THE PRINT. THE THINNER PARTS AND THE THE LOOSE STRINGS OF YARN ARE GREY.

INVERTED THE COLORS IN PHOTOSHOP
FAVORITE
(COULD BE PRINT, NOTE TO SELF)

DARKROOM PRINT.

MOVED THE PAPER A TINY BIT A QUARTER IN FROM THE TIME
(4 SECONDES OUT OF 12)
I LIKE THE VIBE THAT IT GIVES

ENLARGED IT REALLY SLANTED
MAKES IT LOOK SLOPPY
DO REALLY LIKE THE HOLES, THEY LOOK BURNED

THIS WAS THE FIRST DARK ROOM PRINT I MADE
I LIKE HOW IT TURNS OUT, WANT TO TRY MORE THINGS WITH EMBOIRDERIES THAT ARE SOMETHING MORE THEN A SHAPE (THIS IS A PICTURE I TOOK)
THE FULL WHITE DOES NOT REALLY WORK

REALLY LIKE HOW THE COLORS MIXXED IN THIS ONE
I SPLIT IT IN HALF. THE LEFT HALF IS DARK ROOM PRINT ON 100% OPACITYAND COLOR SCANNED PRINT ON 21% OPACITY. THE OTHER HALF IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND AND HAS THE DARK ROOM PRINT IN FRONT.

COMBINED THE COLORED SCAN WITH THE DARK ROOM PRINT.
THE DARK ROOM PRINT IS IN THE FRONT WITH 21% OPACITY.

AFTER EMBROIDERING ON IT

SCANNED WITHOUT A NEGATIVE FRAME HOLDER

SCANNED WITH NEGATIVE FRAME HOLDER
SCANNED FROM THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK BOBBIN THREAD

SCANNED WITH NEGATIVE FRAME HOLDER
SCANNED FROM THE TOPSIDE, IT IS MORE LIGHT AND HAS LESS CONTRAST

HAND EMBROIDERED ON A NEGATIVE WITH A PICTURE ON IT

COMBINED THE MOON AND THE PICTURE WITH YARN, AND THE MOON EMBROIDERY
FIRST 8 SECONDES OF THE PICTURE WITH YARN THEN COVERED EVERYTHING EXCEPT WHERE THE MOON WOULD BE BY CUTTING OUT A SHAPE IN PAPER.
HERE OVERLAPPED WITH THE PERSON ON THE FILM (ISABEL) AND COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED

SCANNED IT AS BLACK AND WHITE NEGATIVE FILM (WHICH IT IS)
THIS CAUSES THE YARN TO BE INVERTED. I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN CHOOSING THE YARN

DARKROOM PRINTS
THIS ONE IS 12 SECONDS, BIT MORE DARK.

DID IT AGAIN AND NOW IT DOESNT OVERLAP.
LIKE THIS EFFECT, BUT DO NOT LIKE THAT IT BECOMES SO DARK, THIS IS WHY EMBROIDERING ON THE NEGATIVE/PICTURE ITSELF ADDS SO MUCH VALUE.
I COULD TRY TO USE A FILTER, THAT I USE MULTIPLE NEGATIVES AND PROJECT THROUGH BOTH.

THE SHAPE CUT OUT IN PAPER I USED

SCANNED THE FILM AS POSITIVE FILM, NOW THE YARN IS THE ORIGINAL COLOR AND THE FILM HOW IT IS ON THE NEGATIVE.
I REALLY LIKE HOW THIS LOOKS.

THIS ONE IS 10 SECONDES, LESS DARK AND THE GRASS IS MORE VISIBLE

REALLY HAPPY IT WORKED TO EMBROIDER ON A NEGATIVE WITH A PICTURE ON IT, NOW I WANT TO KEEP GOING AND SEE HOW FAR I CAN GO.
TRACE THINGS, ADD THINGS. BE MORE INTERACTING WITH THAT WHAT IS IN THE PICTURE.

2 WEEKS LATER, I SCANNED THESE RISO INSPIRED EMBROIDERIES.

I PRINTED THEM WITH THE RISO PRINTER
IT WAS FULLY BOOKED AND I COULD ONLY HAVE IT FOR 20 MINUTES SO THEY ARE MORE BASIC THEN I WOULD WANT THEM TO BE, BUT REALLY LIKE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE EMBROIDERY TEXTURE, BUT ALSO THE TEXTURE THAT IT GETS FROM RISO PRINTING.

NEXT STEP WILL BE TO EMBROIDER THESE RISO PRINTS AND MAKE IT FULL CIRCLE

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ORIGINAL PRINT

A SET OF TRY-OUTS WHICH I NAMED INVASION

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MANUALLY CUT OUT USING PHOTOSHOP