Papers...

 

This months technique was using Paper. We each brought along a selection of painted papers, fabric paper, Silk paper, paper beads and maps etc.

Sue - Painted papers, paper beads and fabric collage

Margaret - Weaving fabric papers

Jenni - making silk paper flowers

Jane - scrunching maps to make collage

Todays paper samples

Here are a few sample from last months technique, Manipulated Fabric. Debbie sampled furrowing with a range of fabrics and Sue was inspired by the artist Ben Nicholson.

Manipulated Fabric samples

Thanks for joining us once again, hope you've enjoyed seeing our techniques so far, we're having great fun with our samples. Our next technique will be pre-dyed fabrics.

We're having our Christmas break now, so we'd would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2023.

Sue

Manipulated Fabric...

 

Here area few of this months techniques to share with you. We sampled various pintucks, cording, furrowing and shrink fabric. We'll each make a small sample to show how we can incorporate this technique into a piece of work to bring next month.

Manipulated Fabric samples

Below are a few Tyvek and Painted Bondaweb samples from last months technique day.

Debbie, Margaret and Sue

The next two photos are finished pieces using the Tyvek and Painted Bondaweb techniques.

Margaret for Rosemary

Debbie for Rosemary

Thanks for visiting our blog. Next months technique is Paper.

Sue

Techniques and Texture...

At last we're back together again and ready to start our next challenge. We're continuing with our theme of making pages for each other. All we've done is chosen our preferred two colours, the rest is up to the maker.

We'll choose one or two techniques for each meeting. We'll sample the techniques at the meeting which will be taken home and explored further, making a small sample to show how the technique could be incorporated into a piece of work and shown at the following meeting. This month we explored Painted Tyvek and Painted Bondaweb.

Overload of photos below, so be warned -

Painting Tyvek

Painting Tyvek

Painting Bondaweb

Painted Tyvek

Painted Bondaweb and Painted Tyvek

Painted Tyvek and Painted Bondaweb

Painted Tyvek

Tyvek before and after heating

Tyvek before and after heating

Tyvek heated

Tyvek heated

Tyvek heated

Tyvek heated

Tyvek beads

Tyvek partly heated

Tyvek partly heated, reverse of the above

Painted Bondaweb ironed onto fabric

Painted Bondaweb ironed onto fabric

Tyvek beads

Painted Tyvek paper, partly heated

Painted Tyvek heated

If you made it to the end, well done. Next months challenge is Manipulated Fabric.

Thanks for reading, back soon.

Sue

Exhibition Review and a little extra...

 

It was with a feeling of sadness that I left my final day of stewarding our exhibition at Bude Castle last week. Sad, because ‘the show’ had come to an end.

Our various pieces of work for The Written Word had been stored away for 18months, due to the outbreak of the Covid virus. But now we had finally managed to show them at both The Poly in Falmouth in late March, and for three weeks of May at the Blanchminster Gallery in Bude Castle.

At both venues we were made most welcome, and as stewards we have all had some really uplifting comments and conversations with some lovely people. Sometimes people have wandered in, just to see what was on, and hadn’t realised that ‘textiles’ could be so artistic. Others have kindly come to see our work because they have been before or follow our blog/Facebook page etc.

But either way, it is not simply a matter of selling a piece that gives you the real buzz, it is hearing how others appreciate your work, and we truly feel lucky to receive this validation of our efforts.

We will be having some down time and play time now, exploring techniques and sharing cake, and then our hands will start to itch to create another group of interconnected pieces, of that I have no doubt!

Thank you for reading, and indeed visiting if you did.

Our dear friend Roger, who tirelessly photographs all our exhibitions has kindly compiled a website for us, gathering all our past and present work together. Our warmest thanks for his generosity. Please view in the link below, enjoy. 

https://textilemaids.kernowview.co.uk

Debbie

Our exhibition is travelling to Bude...

The Written Word

An Exhibition of Textile Art

 

Blanchminster Room, Bude Castle

7th - 26th May 2022

This, the fourth exhibition of Textile Maids work celebrates the written word. As one of the most expressive forms of communication, we use words to tell stories, record history and reveal our thoughts and feelings. Each Textile Maid has explored her own visual interpretation of The Written Word, resulting in an exciting exhibition of contemporary textile art.

We will also have our altered book on display for you to browse.

We do hope you can join us.

For Debbie...

And finally my piece for myself. I chose my favourite colour of aqua/turquoise, and rummaged through my bags of small scraps to unearth some last fragments of batiks and quilting snippets of much loved fabrics. More memories again, the rummaging is never a quick exercise as I stop to recall previous pieces of work and projects.

I chose these two stitches because one (herringbone)was an early one learnt at primary school using thick cotton thread and Aida. The other (Pistil) was learnt on a glorious workshop led by Beppi Berlin several years ago. You can get into a nice relaxing rhythm with these too. I thought they would complement each other and could be quite dynamic in their interplay.

I used perle threads and some finer cotton threads I had dyed myself, I do love a variegated thread. The little sections of lace and old linen buttons added some focal points. This piece was fun to create.

I hope your stitching makes your soul sing too.
Thank you for reading.
Debbie