Final Hand Rendered Collection

I have refined my collection by looking at the embroidered samples and painted croquis that had a curved looping line in them. I liked the sewing on the paper as it gave a nice texture so I added pieces of coloured material in some of the small sections. The other pattern was developed from one of my painted croquis, but adapted by using thicker pen to create highlight the different shapes. The last design came from a Brusho background on one of my embroidered samples, which I recreated and then embroidered around the shapes of the ink. I chose these three to work together as the colours are similar and they use the same thin flowing lines. Two of the designs have different scales and weights, which creates contrast between delicate and bold. The last design fills the page, so the layout contrasts with the others.

Whilst creating these pieces I looked at the work of Miro. He uses thin black lines and flat, simple colour to create his work. It is very simplistic but works well, this is something I wanted to come across in my work.

I thought that my work would look best in an interior, so I created a visualisation of them on sofas, cushions and wallpaper. I did this using Photoshop and cutting and layering the images. 

I am pleased with this final collection as it looks good in my visualisations. I think the patterns are quite different for use in interiors today. I could have improved the collection by creating three designs that were more different from each other as two of the designs are very similar and another different design could have made it more interesting.