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| Simone and Kath cutting the S133 - the big boy!!! |
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So - we have worked through The Journey design exercise, we have made printing blocks from the isolated designs. Then we created some fabulous torn paper and painted Bondaweb surfaces using my 'Background & Pretty' technique.
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Decovil 1 and Decovil 1 light, cut and rolled ready for the group to use
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And then, I brought out the the heavy interfacings!!
Decovil 1 and Decovil light are leather-like interfacings for making bags, but we can do so much more with them. They are great for making book covers and small boxes and vessels.
The S133 interfacing is my favourite. It is very stiff, like cardboard and fabulous for making tall vessels.
All 3 interfacings have fusible web on one side, so you can iron fabric onto them, or more importantly for me - the torn paper pieces the group had been creating.
Vlieseline Australia and New Zealand kindly sponsored my workshop with these wonderful interfacings. It made a massive difference for the group to have large pieces of product to experiment with. We could really go 3D. Very many Josh, you are a STAR!!
Once I had explained the various properties of these great products, the group were off and running. I can't tell what a joy it was to work with these ladies. All from different backgrounds with different experience. Boy did they get on board with what I was hoping they might make.
Mardi and Kath started off making boxes with Decovil 1.
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Kath cutting and scoring her box
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Mardi laying out the 'Background and Prettys' on the box shape
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The Decovil 1 was painted with diluted acrylic and once it was dry, the paper decoration was ironed onto the side with the fusible web.
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The paper was stitched into before it was ironed onto the Decovil base.
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| Kath stitching into her paper before it was ironed onto the Decovil base. | |
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The 2 boxes on our exhibition table on the Friday night
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Kerri created this fabulous box from S133 decorated with her 'Backgrounds & Prettys'
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| Kerri painted and printed the non fusible side of the Decovil 1. | |
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Kerri used the printing block she had made from The Journey exercise to decorate the inside of her box. Doesn't it look FAB?
Then there were the book covers using the Decovil 1 or Decovil 1 light.
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The front cover of Jenny's book
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The back cover of Jenny's book
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Jenny created an exquisite book cover from Decovil 1 light. It measures around 5" square. Sensitively embroidered and couched with toning threads. Jenny also created 4 signatures from hand made paper to make the book inside the covers. Painted Bondaweb and Hot Spots decorated with transfer foil created the shiny areas.
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Carol's book cover on the left and Simone's on the right
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Simone's just varnished book cover drying out side the classroom.
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Wilma created a great pile of beautiful layered surfaces ready for her to stitch onto
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Susan created some beautiful papers to collage with, look out for this piece in the final exhibition
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Hilary created a brilliant lap top cover/case from Decovil 1
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Some of the class work displayed in our room before we transferred everything to the exhibition.
That is probably enough for today, I will post again tomorrow and Friday. There is still so much to show you all. Can you imagine how excited I was working with this talented group? Wait till you see what I have in store for you next . .
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