In the piece below I stitched all the lines to make the design work. I found this design quite difficult to develop into something I liked, so strippeed it right down into the image below. When I came to stitch it, I added an extra ‘layer’ to make it more interesting.
Author: Cherry Hirsch
Assessment piece
Preliminary thoughts for the assessment piece I think I have settled on the following format for my assessment piece. Some further thoughts: Pages from my Istanbul Journal March 2012: More thoughts and experiments for the assessment piece. The plaque below really took my fancy. I think the borders could be interpreted by the wrapped cords...
More experiments in collagraphy
This week I spent a couple of days making some new plates and then printing from them. The first one I think works well and I really like it. I used thin cardboard for the wall stones with some sand for texture in some of the spaces. The rest is bits of linen and jute...
Mixed Media with Jo Dixon, Oxford Summer School 2012
The following are samples of work I produced during five days of working with Jo Dixon. We started bu making backgrounds, mainly on tissue paper and tissuetex, using acrylic paints and brusho inks, using stencils and blocks and rubbing over various textues. These are some of athe blocks and stencils I made. These 2 lino...
Chapter 5
PART ONE – FINISHES Linings As well as the traditional way of using a lining that does not show on the outside of the work, sometimes it is effective for the lining edge to show as a contrast to the outer fabric. The backing of a quilt or hanging could be used in this way....