Over the Christmas break I sourced materials that I thought would be suitable and durable within a high-end car interior space - 'Engineering Embroidery'. I opted for PVC in place of leather as a cost-saving measure for initial sampling, although I now realise that I would not be able to develop a proper idea of how the actual materials would behave with the multi-head machine. I also sourced some heavy wools with a view to layering them using the laser-cutter.
After my tutorial last week I have purchased swatches of leather including different weights and colours and I have begun stitching out some of the more abstract designs onto them to see what the material does in the process. I have found that stitching out onto the leather rather than PVC enables me to gain a more accurate idea of how the client could expect the designs to look.
I have considered comlimentary colour palettes, with metallic threads to break up the block coloured threads. This will also add a freshness to a high-end car interior as this is not a usual occurrence.
I prefer the finish of the leather samples to the PVC as the fabric crinkles slightly. The designs that I've stitched onto them are also abstracted from my initial drawings, making them more commercial and easier to place within an interior space, whether that be high-end car or home interiors. I will differentiate between the two projects by the materials used rather than the designs, as I believe they are appropriate for both strands.
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