Experimenting with textiles

Over the weekend, I have made swatches for possible tactile elements of the costume. This goes in hand with the previous animations I did during the week. My idea is to create fur-like gloves that can be   photographed being cut and then in editing i can reverse the action to make it look like its growing. Also the large scale of the glove may look effective in film.

However, It is taking a very long time to make. I am keeping this in mind. The swatch was made by threading and knotting material/coloured tissue paper through material. I found that the tissue paper was more effective as it stayed upright and generally was lighter weight. However, as i decided to make the swatch in a colourful native american pattern, it has been extremely time consuming and tedious....Here are some photos of it current look.

 As you can see I have decided on a much darker colour scheme. Once which will still stand out but perhaps would look aesthetically pleasing to the audience. The pattern was inspired by my research into native american pattern. Frustratingly, I have so far only completed one triangle out of this pattern, taking me several hours.