So I just flicked through Cloth,Paper,Scissors and found my piece on the P82 halfway down the Christmas tree (see B&W and all round).Rt hand girl is on the promotion page.
Looking forward to seeing the publication.
Yesterday saw me drive myself to the U district and I was the guest artist at our tactile art class.New faces and old friends made this a really fun day.The three cards below provided the basis for relaxation making new friends and just generally hanging out.
It seems such a strange but exciting thing to be doing.Back in my nursing days Prof’s round were the times when the nurses were in full control and shepherded the team around the children’s ward in Oxford.Hoping the children and parents would behave themselves.
Who would of thought that 25 years later I’d be going to meet a Professor of Fiber Arts at University of Washington to discuss my work.The campus reminds me so much of Oxford architecture and the feel of learning, deep thought and growth are such that I have to pinch myself that the Isis and Port Meadow are not on it’s boundaries.
This class assignment involves creating fabric from found objects one material and one fastener/adhesive.Needs to be flexible in one plane.Thinking about there meaning and communicating these.The final part is to make 2 yards of one the the four samples we create.
So I’ve joined an online group working though a book called Surface Treatment workshop by McElroy and Wilson.Going back to the basics of stamping and stenciling seemed to be very low key but I had the best fun yesterday exploring surfaces and creating ATC’s.I’ve never made single ATC’s before and it was great fun to create 18 unique but themed artist trading cards to go.
I am currently organizing a Halloween swap and today was the day to group the supplies together.Brief is a vintage gothic themed swap.Planning is in action and this will be a fun creative week getting things complete.
Oh my it’s been a month since my last post -must have been busy !
Fall has arrived with really high winds,big rain showers and I have enjoyed the last days of summer buzzing around with my old student and now friend Sponge.
Speedo car wash is over-had to do stand in photography for that one ! The salmon are back I have my watching spot, hoping the rain brings them in.Did see some at Issaquah on Thursday we have 5 species locally and the ones that may use the stream I watch arrive a little later in the season.
I’m planning a spring show and applying for inclusion in a show next fall. Things in Issaquah are going to be bubbling in 2012 and I’m considering whether to get involved.Uni starts next week.Hubby has just plugged in Nivara’s Smells like Teen Spirit-kinda sums up the day !
Wonderful day today spent surround by fabric,quilts and fabulous people !
Yes I did indulge a little but with purpose.
I brought the two small batiks on our trip to DC from a wonderful artist Owino Martin (kowinobatiks.com) We talked about me wanting to make a fabric traveling journal for my trip and I thought his pieces would be be perfect for my folded book form.That said these have remained being pressed under my cutting mat since we got back.
We arrived at the show today and I quickly found Maendeleo (maendeleoimports.com) I had promised to be very restrained but these batiks were just perfect to complete the project.
The fibers were from Janet (tenajcreations.com) thanks to her for the help and patience.Have to thank Karen for inviting me.
The other thing realize during many conversations is that I hadn’t linked the blog to my old Flickr feed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/essexdebs/sets/
This originally was where put my gallery pictures pre-blog .Enjoy
We have a crafty family but all explore very different media.
I have “stuff”,hubby has photography, and the teen paints and builds models in the basement.
Not sure the teen fully understood the fact that we pieced his first crazy quilt.We then took it to the tactile workshop and cut up to make fabric books and business card folios.It was a small class so I still have plenty to play with.
So I send a lot of crafty creations and my biggest challenge is writing customs form and not scaring the mail clerk too much.
There are rules around content and thickness of packages so I try to craft according.
My flat pack girl series is my response to this.It means no buttons (!),no beads(!!).
But what it does do is challenge me to use those hand sewing skills (see Sherbert) to add fine detail.
This is Fleur who lives in Norway.She is one of four.It’s been nearly 10 months since her creation and now I find myself wanting to go back and explore….
