From Monday to Thursday I was on a course 'Beyond Background' with Leslie Morgan of 'Committed to Cloth'. They have a wonderful purpose built studio formed from an old barn. Everything is perfect. A large table for each student which is easily height adjustable, an IKEA storage unit on castors for under the table. Masses of tools, paints, dyes, sinks. The only imperfection was me. The other eight students were all quilts/textile artists and had a much better grasp of shape, design and colour than I had. One of the next sessions was where every student in turn pinned up a work and everyone criticised it. I learnt a lot from the discussions on all the works. I managed five works but only one of them is finished.
The above shows two completed works on cotton. The piece on the left is dry-brushed and I will use the top part as covers for books. I don't like the tartany bit at the bottom.
These two need further work. The fifth and last piece is in an early stage and I might show it when I have decided what to do with it!.
On Thursday I moved to Reading and stayed over. On Friday a gang of us hung the Weaving Exhibition. We had a good 'do' on Saturday evening and a fair few visitors during the day on Saturday and Sunday. I have a load of photos and will save these for a later blog.
I am not at all sure about the pieces I did at the course. I can't think what to do with them. Everyone else was a quilter and I shall not be making a quilt any time soon - certainly not the size these pieces are. The smallest is 1.5 yards long. The techniques were interesting and useful and could be used elsewhere.
Your garden is more than beautiful. Right out of Kyoto. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI regret that we missed the autumn colours in Kyoto but a later date was impossible for Ruth. And I am thinking of re-doing a bit of the garden in Japanese style! Pat
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