Rob & Jame: Week 7:

Rob & Jame's Update:

This week, after finishing a trial embroidery depicting a single palm tree on a sunny Florida beach (week 5), Rob turned his efforts to a large embroidery project for The Bridge:

​In week 3, I posted a preliminary design sketch showing a beachside city’s switch to turtle friendly lighting along the coast.  I am attempting to capture the effect of this change on a city’s color palette.  Also in the sketch, I incorporated our collaboration’s theme, “The City Never Sleeps.”  Here’s what the initial design looked like:

In my first week of work, I wanted to figure out a method for creating the lettering for our theme.  I very rarely incorporate text into embroideries so this was a fun challenge!  I used some chalk to mark an outline for the boundaries of my text box, and then very lightly traced each letter, include the built-in streetlights on the first letter of each word.  Can you recognize which embroidery stitch was used for the lettering? (hint: see week 5)

Next, I moved to the beach and city scene—stitching palm trees and outlining buildings!  From here, I departed from my initial design a bit.  I modified the plans just slightly when it came time for the buildings.  While it was helpful to have an initial design sketched on paper, I used a variety of colors for the buildings, and began to incorporate new patterns I learned last week, such as the running stitch and the satin stitch (I’ll discuss this one in a future post!)  Here is a close-up of the progress thus far.  This week, I’ll work on finishing building outlines, and adding a bit more sand to the beach using a seed stitch. ​