Week 5

I did a weekend class in Dyeing with Procieon dyes and leaving the cloth in a plastic bag. In the afternoon we made Silk paper which created the most beautiful shiny fabric. I had a bit of time to try machine embroidering. This is a technique I hope to use again. The colours were wonderful.

Figure and life was making clay models of the model. We moved around the model o get a full 3D perspective. Very interesting. Our homework was to draw up the photos of the clay but it proved that working with a 3D model in clay or real life is much easier.

This week I did a presentation on the colour Black. I sewed a tactile quilt which was covered in plastic so the participants could FEEL the colour Black. We also tried to reproduce the colour Black, Name the colour black, eat the colour Black ( Yummy TIM TAM) and see the colour Black.  I did a good sized Journal on the colour for everyone to read.

Continuing with natural Dyes including Red Cabbage which gave a lovely soft purple and the usual found plants that gave the usual shades of Brown.

These are the screen prints I designed and printed . We had to design a pattern that was an interpretation of some of the prints we have done in the past 4 weeks. I dyed cotton and silk to see what effect each one would have.the paper screen above was one of the other students and everyone's looked amazing.

Make a hollow object , quickly draw it up with Charcoal, destroy it and start again. What fun. A day of creativity and Easter eggs. Love the rough effect of this one.

Tried a smoother effect which was too cute for me.