In this class you will make connections with the obvious and the unexpected. You will create a variety of pieces that will be sewn together to create a beautiful, organic wall hanging using fabric, fibres, paint, carved lino prints and natural elements. What kinds of connections can you make with your materials? How do they connect to your soul? To Mother Earth? What are the unexpected connections you’ve discovered in your journey through this project that may connect to your life’s journey? What are the metaphors that may arise as you create?
Through a series of open ended techniques, you will work at your own level to experiment and explore boundaries of your materials and how they can work and affect one another; you will create a variety of works that will be cut, torn, and stitched together as a unique wall collage.
You will be gently encouraged and guided to be curious and try new things as you assemble your elements to create a visually and kinesthetically stunning and soulful piece.
Materials Fee paid at beginning of class includes:
$2 (for newsprint under paper)
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:
- cotton muslin approximately 24x24 inches
- fabrics you have in your stash. Choose blues and neutrals or choose your own color palette. eg) denim, neutral fabric, with texture, eco dyed fabric, printed fabric
- a variety of fibres eg) wool, embroidery floss, hemp twine, leather rope
- sewing needles with an eye large enough for the fibres to pass through
- scissors (large and small)
- 2 - 4x6 inch easy to cut lino or Speedball pink rubber (“Speedy Carve”)
- lino carving tool with a variety of tool sizes
- brayer
- 4 pieces of water color paper, approximately 9 x12” each
- acrylic paints in neutral colors eg) Burnt Sienna, White, Black, Paynes Gray, Titan Buff, Raw Sienna, Naples Yellow, Turquoise
- acrylic inks eg) Payne’s Gray, Indigo, Sepia, Black, Transparent Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna
- brushes - 1 medium brush for spreading paint, 2 for inks
- gel medium
- old brush to apply gel medium
- heavy mat gel for adhering natural elements
- ephemera of your choice eg) twigs, bark, stones, feathers, shells, beads, wire, metal, buttons, sea glass, coral
- a large branch to attach your finished piece to
- twig, feather for making marks
- sewing pins to hold fabric together
- glass to hold water for cleaning brushes
- paper towels
- apron
Optional items:
- Frixion pen for drawing on fabric (It will disappear after adding heat)
- seam ripper (just in case!)
To pre-order supplies, click on this link for Runaway Art and Craft Studio...