Background
to the study
Embroidery is a craft of decorating material or
fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. (Wikipedia
2020)
Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such
as pearls, beads, quills and sequins.
Later, in 18th century England and its
colonies, embroidery was a skill making a girls passage into womanhood as well
as conveying rank and social standard. Embroidered fabrics are worn for
beautification, decorating room, identification. Embroidery can be done on
handkerchiefs, T-shirts, bedspread, socks, shoes, caps, underwear etc.
STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEM
The student centre of the University of Education,
Winneba (UEW) was built 2021. Currently, it is one of the beautiful buildings
on the campus. Every day, no matter the hour of the day, students passes by to
take pictures of themselves and the building due to its beautiful bright colour
for pleasure and also for their various project works.
Producing an embroidery work of the student centre
of UEW will not only serve as a decorative piece but also the morning
activities of the students of UEW around the students centre every morning.
Students use some of their lecture hours to take
pictures of the students centre perhaps to show their colleagues in other
schools the beautiful building. Pictures taken maybe lost when the phone got
spoilt or lost so producing an embroidery showing the students centre will not
only be a decorative piece but also a memorandum.
OBJECTIVES
OF THE STUDY
This study seeks to;
To produce an embroidery work showing the students
centre of UEW
To identify the morning routine of the students of
UEW around the students centre
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
·
How will the artwork identify the
morning routine of students of UEW around the students centre?
·
How will the artwork be produced?
·
Will the artwork serve the purpose?
SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE CENTRE
The artwork will serve as a memorandum for students
and lecturers when they are away from campus or the students centre.
DELIMITATION
Producing an embroidery work of the student’s centre
of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), and North Campus. Art education
department in the school of Creative Arts.
FACILITIES
USED
Textile studio
DEFINITION
OF TERMS
Fabric: a material made of fibers, a textile or
cloth.
Yarn: a twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or
weaving.
ABBREVIATION
/ ACRONYMS USED
UEW – University of Education, Winneba
ORGANIZATION
OF THE REST OF THE TEXT
The rest of the text has been arranged according to
chapters.
CHAPTER
ONE
Background to the study
Statement of the problem
Objectives of the study
Research questions
Significance of the study
Delimitation
Facilities used
Definition of terms
Abbreviations/Acronyms used
Organization of the rest of the text
CHAPTER
TWO
Review of related literature
Referencing
CHAPTER
THREE
Tools and materials used
CHAPTER
FOUR
Preliminary designs
Production process
Appreciation of work
Coasting and pricing
CHAPTER
TWO
Review of related literature
1.1.Embroidery
and Applique
Embroidery is a craft (skill manipulated by hands)
or machine to achieve a decorative details on a fabric using a thread. Abban
Emmanuel (2021). Applique is a craft (manipulated by hands) made of or cutting
pieces of material and apply them to the surface of another decoration. Abban
(2020)
1.1.1.
Patchwork embroidery is a kind of embroidery that utilizes
many different colours shapes to create ore whole piece usually sewn together.
English Dictionary
1.1.2.Counted
thread embroidery is a kind of embroidery in which the threads used in the
artwork are counted individually. Abban (2021)
1.1.2.1.Outline
embroidery is a kind of embroidery which is done at the outline of the material
or fabric. Abban (2021)
REFERENCING
Kristen Guta (2018) 200
embroidery flowers Hand embroidery stitches and projects for flowers, leaves
and foliage from Floret farm’s cut flower Garden, Erin Benzakein & Julie
Chai Chronicle Books Farmer’s Almanac Home and Garden, Almanac Publishing
Co.W.W.W.Sewandso.co.UK
CHAPTER
THREE
TOOLS
AND MATERIALS USD
TOOLS USED
Needle:
needle was used to sew and knit designs onto the fabric.
Pencil:
pencil was used to draw the design to be embroidered onto the fabric.
Wooden
frame: a wooden frame was improvised instead of a hoop to
hold the fabric (working surface) in place and to keep the work from shrinking.
Stapler:
a
stapler was used to hold the fabric onto the wooden frame.
Scissors: a Pair of scissors was
used to cut excess yarn and materials used.
Embroidery
yarns: embroidery yarns of different colours was used to
create the design on the fabric.
Mercerized
cotton: the mercerized cotton is a white fabric on which
the work was produced.
CHAPTER
FOUR
Preliminary
designs
Preliminary design or
thumbnail sketches are drawings of the work to be done.
Production
process
A sketch of the student centre was made with pencil
unto the mercerized cotton. Satin stitches were the main stitches in the work
building, the gutter, the wall, the branches of the tree, the taxis, windows of
the building, the clothes of the passers-by and the electric pole. Towel
stitches were used to stitch the grass and the leaves of the tree.
Back stitch was used to stitch the wire of the
electric pole.
French knot was used to stitch the tyres of the
taxis.
Seed stitch was used to stitch the marble on the
road, the sky, negative spaces in the work and the birds.
These types of stitches were used to register the
design unto the mercerized cotton/cloth.
APPRECIATION
OF THE WORK
The work is an embroidery work. I am the artist who
executed the work. My name is Darkwah
Abigail and currently a second year diploma student in the University of
Education, Winneba (UEW) at the Art Education Department in the school of
Creative Arts.
The work is an A4 size embroidery work executed in
August 2021. The work can currently be found in the office of the Head
Department for Art Education.
The work is an embroidery work of the student centre
of the University of Education. Winneba. Tools and materials used in the
execution of the artwork were mercerized cotton, wooden frame, a pair of
scissors, embroidery yarns, needle, pencil, and stapler. Different colours of
yarns were used to create designs.
The artwork can be hanged in offices, rooms, hostels
etc.
The artwork is placed in a glass frame for
beautification and protection.
COSTING
AND PRICING
|
ITEMS |
COST |
|
Mercerized
cotton/cloth |
GHS
15 |
|
Wooden
frame |
GHS
13 |
|
Embroidery
yarns |
GHS
23 |
|
Mirror
frame |
GHS
50 |
|
Transportation
|
GHS
50 |
|
Total
|
=
GHS 151 |
CHAPTER
FIVE
SUMMARY,
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0.
Overview
This chapter contains the entire summary, conclusion
and recommendation of the study
5.1.
Summary
The researcher was concerned with the use of the
embroidery to demonstrate and show the student centre of the University of
Education, Winneba (UEW) and the daily activities of students around the
centre.
The researcher combined different colours of yarns
to create the scene.
5.2
Conclusion
Embroidery has formed part of our lives and keeps
evolving with time with new ideas. At first, it was made only with the hand
which could take longer periods of time but machine embroidery has become very
popular because complex designs can be done with the machine in a smaller space
of time.
5.3.
Recommendation
The researcher recommends that students should
practice hand embroidery often and try a new stitches.
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