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Art class at Ottawa School of Art

1/29/2014

 
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Class was cancelled this week as the instructor was ill.

I did manage to get my homework done however - with varying embroidery stitches & thicknesses, and some white beads added around the neckline on the dress.

This piece was a bit hard to scan as I used a lot of white thread, on a whitish background, but I think the outline shows up adequately here and also some of the shadow lines.

Will I use handmade Tibetan paper again? You bet. It looks delicate but is in fact quite strong, and I found I enjoyed working with it.


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Halfway there - Letters L & M

1/26/2014

 
13 done, 13 to go. And I'm one week ahead of schedule.

L is all about layers - I tore and overlapped about 7 colours of tissue paper, then added threadwork and beads. This is my favourite so far.

M is all about the paper, not the letter. Momigami is a technique of oiling, then crumpling and kneading paper which makes it stronger and gives it a different look. I could definitely tell it was stronger once I started to embroider the letter.

Now on to N and O.
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Grow Your Blog - January 25, 2014

1/24/2014

 
I've been artistic all my life but it's only since I retired almost 3 years ago that I've really had the time to dedicate to doing creative activities. And I haven't looked back since.

I love to share what I'm working on and maybe even share a few techniques for others to try.
That's why I love to blog.

By making the commitment to blog (fairly regularly) it inspires me to keep learning and challenging myself. I love to see what others are working on - and I hope you like what you see here.

I love to make handmade books and mixed media art - incorporating thread drawings, or fabric, or coloured pencil or even acrylic into the pictures and the books. Taking art courses keeps me inspired too, plus teaching to kids and seniors - this too forces me to keep coming up with new ideas, some of which I've been able to share with others.
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And here is a link to the "Grow Your Blog" site - with lots and lots of creative  blogs listed:
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Week 2 at Ottawa School of Art

1/22/2014

 
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Perhaps I have been overly ambitious.

We started our first project in class yesterday doing a contour drawing of an item of our choice, then learning  techniques to embroider the drawing on paper. We are using Tibetan paper which is very thin and translucent but quite strong and fibrous. It wrinkles easily but can be ironed later.

Clearly this is a work in progress. The bits in light blue are my working drawing. These lines will get washed out once the project is complete. The dark lines are what I have completed so far in thread.

Out of interest, the dress and suit are from my parent's wedding photo, taken almost 52 years ago.

I have no idea how long this will take to complete. It's now homework as we move to another project next week, but I am not alone as everyone in the class was quite ambitious. We did promise to bring in this project once it's done and I will continue to post updates as I work on this piece.

Letters I, J & K

1/19/2014

 
This first picture, not part of the alphabet book, is of an embroidered photos that I just finished this weekend.

Now, on to the book.

I'm happy with the I,- an illuminated letter, done
in coloured pencil (including some gold metallic pencil) and in ink. Some illuminated letters are very elaborate, I prefer ones that have a cleaner look.
  
  
  
J (junk) - I actually made two, but this is the better one. The first was made of mesh from an onion bag, scraps of yarn and other junk, all in orange and blue.

For the one pictured here, I raided my  sewing cabinet of items that have just been sitting there for 20+ years - an old measuring tape to form the  shape of the "J", then safety pins, little sequins and snaps added to embellish & finish.
   
   
  
The K is "Kirigami" which is the art of 3D paper cutting. Not easy and it took me 3 tries to make one that had tidy cuts. I don't think this is something I would do a lot of. 
 
 
Two more letters and I'll be at the halfway point of the alphabet.

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Art class - week 1 - Ottawa School of Art

1/15/2014

 
We didn't actually start to make anything at yesterday's class, but there was lots of information and discussion and sharing. The instructor and the women taking the class have an amazing variety of experience. I just know this is going to be a great experience.

And with a bit of homework assigned to gather the needed supplies and to come up with ideas for what we'll work on over the coming weeks, what I'll be learning should fit just fine with the plan for my next book idea which, until yesterday, had not quite come together. But more on that another day.

In the meantime I'm playing with distressing fabric to make a background for one of the projects, and which I hope to include in said book. Forget using tea to distress fabric, walnut ink seems to be working out extremely well. It certainly has more punch than tea. Glad I had tried this on my letter "D".
 

Letters F, G and H

1/12/2014

 
I was able to get 3 letters done this week.

F is foiling which I did on fabric. Not easy to keep it clean looking, I think a smaller iron would have worked better. I used a gold foil, multi-colour foil, then blue over top.

G  was fun, all pencil work. Good practice for me as I don't do enough work with graphite.

H is herringbone embroidery stitch which I had never done before. I used 2 thread colours (blue and green) to try to create more depth.

Some changes to upcoming letters: J will now be "junk" and K will now be "kirigami". I had originally chosen jute, but it's just too thick for this kind of book.

I hope to post I and J by January 19th.

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Letters D & E of the alphabet book project

1/5/2014

 
I'm pretty happy with how these turned out.

The D is distressed paper. I used a tea bag for part, followed by walnut ink (which was pretty strong so I had to soak up much of the ink), then juice from some blueberries.

The E is embossing on metal. This piece really brought back memories from my grade 8 metalworking class. Now I am wondering what ever happened to the embossed piece I did back then. I think it was of a sailing ship. 

The challenging part with this letter was not the embossing, but rather with colouring the metal; I used black acrylic paint, then wiped if off in circular motions to leave some of the paint in the grooves and to tone down the copper colour of the metal. It took a few tries before I was satisfied with the look.

Ready to create F & G.
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Which works better: Making New Year's Resolutions or choosing a theme to guide you for the year?

1/4/2014

 
I chose a theme for 2013 - Connections - and made lots of new connections, connecting with people and connecting the dots. My theme for 2014 is Innovation. And I'm already starting to see it being realized.

Here's to 2014!
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    It's taken years to discover the medium I enjoy the most. And how what I have learned before somehow fits into what I am doing now. Even when I travel my needles and threads are with me so I can continue to create while away.

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