Part Two: Project Three: Stage Five.

Coloured  Stitches:

Because I have an affinity with the embroidery stitching on a sewing machine I chose to stitch out my interpretation of the requirements for this exercise:

Yellow and violet are complementary colours which are opposites on the colour wheel. The violet does not stand out well on the black background but the yellow does because it appears to be more vibrant. My thinking is that to continue with this exercise greater saturation of the yellow would mean that it is even more predominant. Segments of the sample where the stitching is fractured or gives an appearance of being disjointed tend to jar rather blend together – leaving the eye with an unpleasant sensation. In some areas the varying proportions of colours where the black and violet share the same space they could be much denser with thicker layers of stitching. When using the zoom in function on the computer the lighter shades of violet do stand out but disappear when reversed. In some segments there is insufficient contrast between the colours which suggests that complementary colours are tricky to use  in large doses. Visually all is just not what it seems – small motifs aside that is.                          

Much happier with the scanned image where the yellow does stand out

which suggests that a patterned piece may solve some of the problems I was

experiencing. The yellow almost seems to have a mystique – a sheen about it.