Apples – I had only worked on the right-hand page so felt it needed something more. The heap of apples is stencilled in using pastels. I used a stamp made from funky foam for the ‘branches and an expanded foam stamp for the leaves. I also used some gesso on the top part of...
Category: Work from Courses and Workshops
Chapter 2 – Plain Edges
I didn’t want to burn back the Kunin fel too muc, just enough to give a lacy feel to it. It could stand more, depending what I was doing with it. I think with all the above samples the appliqué shapes stand out quite well. Muslin frays really well and this has worked well. Using...
Chapter 1 – more source material
My second source of inspiration is butterflies and moths.
Module 3 ‘flights of fancy’ chapter 1
I’ve chosedn to work with Indian fold art as one inspiration for this module. I went to India some years ago on a textile study tour, visiting Gujarat and Rajasthan, coming home with a wealth of material waiting to be put to good use. I’ve used the image of women and cows below for my...
Creative sketchbooks Module 3
This module focusses on printing. Leaf border Here I added a border of leaves printed using compressed sponge to a previous painting of beech leaves. I think the border adds more interest to what was quite a stark page. Leaf shapes I cut positive and negative shapes out of the compressed sponge, printing on...