Summer Arts Festival - week 1

It's been a crazy two weeks - been doing so much new/old stuff it made my head spin! The first week we did a whole lot of surface design. We made stamps and learned lots of different ways to change fabric. I found that I really liked using the thermofax screens - they were a lot of fun. Here's a couple of samples of what I made from some plain cotton fabric...

I had a roll of some type of mesh and it was only a couple of inches wide, so I taped it down in this grid pattern. Painted the grid and then laid the fabric face down and brayered over it. I did eventually get rid of the big lines of masking tape - didn't like them. But this was fun.

This piece started out with a background made on the hardware mesh, then I added more paint by sponging through some sequin waste, when that was dry I thermofax screened the dragonflies. I eventually foiled them too but didn't get a photo of that.

Last sample is a simple piece. I folded the fabric accordian style and ironed it, then painted the edges. When dry I stamped it. The stamps are all hand made - the big one is craft foam and the little one is a carved eraser.

This was basically a technique class - these bits are 8.5" x 11" to fit into a binder. I have lots of these :)

Posted by judi at July 30, 2010 9:01 PM

Comments

What great samples you've made. If looks like you had a wonderful time at the workshop!

Posted by: Lemon Tree Tami at July 31, 2010 6:13 AM

Those samples look wonderful and looks like you had a great time. Still bouncing here!
hugs

Posted by: shashi nayagam at July 31, 2010 8:23 AM

Hi Judi, Looks like you had a wonderful time. So glad to to see posts from you again. You always inspire. Isn't it nice to have the panels to look back on and the memories of the day. Do you date them??? Take care, Romona

Posted by: Romona at August 1, 2010 9:09 AM

COOOOOOOL techniques, Jude! Love to see you creating again!

Posted by: Kai at August 2, 2010 1:34 PM

Art Dolls

Summer Arts Festival - week 1