The final thing I needed to do after everything was done in the studio space was to wash my samples, both my warp and the weft have been made from wool, the majority being lambs wool, there for they would wash up very well, and for the end process feel a lot more like a fabric, which is exactly what I wanted to finalise my samples. Bathing them in lukewarm water with a drizzle of shampoo, did just the trick. After taking my samples out and leaving them to naturally dry, I straight away could see a difference to my work, the hot water and soapy liquid had made the fibres completley contract and pull together, to create a much smaller and more roushed up sample with a lot more structure, when I took my samples along to the tutoriol, Lesley made me feel very positive about the process, and made me see this much more as a happy accident, as I wasnt expecting such a dramatic change to my samples. This process worked in my favour in the end as it linked in with my drawing work a lot more, as the majority of the marks I had been making were very structual in themselves. After all of my samples had dried, been steamed and pressed, I then had to decide the best way that I was going to mount my samples, the most professional way that I could show my samples off, from my tutoriol I decided that the best way forward for me, was to double my samples up and have them on A2 white card. The images here below are two of these processes.
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