We had a workshop with Yulia Makeyeva in which we learnt about a few different sewing patterns and working with different materials such as fabrics, rope and textiles etc.

The goal was to create a GIF from different images taken in different points of the process. Our pieces were made from the wall display canvas from our trip to the Jersey Museum before the summer about Identity and Community.

I chose a few different snippets and worked with an Alien card for people immigrating to Jersey, a image from the Warsaw Arsenal and a memorial. I cut out the image of the person on the Alien card and replaced it with a different woman’s face. I then stitched the words Warsaw Arsenal and Memorial onto the image so that it looked messy and barely attached. I then cut a gap for some of the memorial to come through. Then I attached the different cut outs and had my final piece.

Below are the 5 images taken of my tapestry with some other images showing the rough steps I took to create a GIF.

Below is my final outcome of my tapestry in GIF form.