Slashing textiles

When considering art, your first thoughts might focus on the visual elements of the piece. However, it involves more than just colors and forms, as texture

I spent today at a workshop revisiting a technique I'd not used for some time - faux chenille or stitch and slash work. I'd forgotten what a pleasure it could be - though one basic thing about it hit me fair and square as I was working. While colour choices are always central to the kind of textile work I do, in this case it seemed absolutely vital to work with a good colour palette since, in a way, that is what the whole thing is about - the juxtaposition of glimpses of colour against a…

After finding a video on YouTube based on a technique called slashing, I have decided to create a sample similar. You take a base fabric min...

Fabric slashed bag!