Embellishment Development!

My early embellishments are shown above.

1. The very first embellished piece that I created - Hand printed silk sewn onto organza, embellished with synthetic yarns and heat pressed sequins.

2 & 3. Further development of embellishment - Layered up sample of digitally printed silk viscose (bottom layer) and organza sewn onto acid dyed silk viscose with devore and discharge technique, embellished with lambs wool and synthetic yarns.

Throughout the duration of my project, the key embellishment ideas have been as follows: 

- Layered fabrics
- Contrasting textures
-Transition from one fabric to another 
-Dense areas fading to nothing


As shown below, my prints and colour palette have developed since the early stages of my project. I have also adopted the use of indigo dye with the intention of creating a blue as rich as possible. I have acid dyed the wool so that it fits in with my colour palette. I intend to recreate the fabric below (with some slight changes) to use as one of my collection pieces.

Photoshop image of digital print and digitally printed silk viscose with devore technique, indigo dip dyed and sewn onto indigo dyed organza with heavy acid dyed wool embellishment and sequins heat pressed and folded in half to give three dimensional effect.