The Sewing Machine Studio Students learn to work with electronic, digitised machines… …and old-school machines for sewing, knitting, embroidery and serging. The Weaving Studio I have very limited knowledge on looms but could see the room was filled with many different types – small and large. The largest one in the back is the only […]
Read More...“Forest Flowers 3” Here is my entry in the VISDA Current Threads 2015: Garden Tapestry exhibition. Triptychs were accepted as long as each panel fit the specified size. The first step in the making process was to dye a well worn bed sheet with a number of different coloured earth dyes. Small torn squares of cloth […]
Read More...This is the project station, with its wheels attached. The open space is for long things, like bolts of fabric and long rulers. Mick is asking us where we would like to have the drawer handles placed. It is hard to make an on the spot decision about something one hasn’t considered before. Ron is […]
Read More...The hot water tank is installed in the crawlspace below the tub. This energy efficient placement means little heat is lost between the hot water tank and where I need the hot water. South Shore Cabinetry made and installed the cabinets and some of the furniture. Here are my drawing and design desk areas… …backed by […]
Read More...I had another session experimenting with deconstructed screens. Oh oh – the wet screen sagged and touched the plastic lifting off the thickened dye. This screen, made from drapery fabric, will not hold much dye. Playing around with bubble wrap. And stencils. Just playing, Kerr Grabowski style.Another great learning session.
Read More...The messy bits off the edge of the screen were caused by saggy screens. One of the drapery fabrics I used to make screens stretches when wet. More embedded screens. I used a variety of grids collected from produce wrappings. Extruded technique. More extruded play using a squeeze bottle full of thickened dye.
Read More...Next technique was to embed a variety of materials on a screen painted with thickened dye. Once the screen was dry the materials were removed. This screen produced 4 images before it was exhausted. This screen produced 12 images before the dye was finished.I suspect the variable making the difference is the fabric on the screen. This fabric […]
Read More...I made a print board from insulation foam, an old wool blanket, vinyl and an old poly-cotton bed sheet. Ready to go, starting with primary coloured Procion MX dyes. Working with a newspaper stencil is the 1st technique on Kerr Grabowski’s ‘Deconstructed Screen Printing for Fabric and Paper’ DVD.The image fuzziness is an example of learning from mistakes. The cloth […]
Read More...I am exploring screen printing techniques.I made a pile of screen frames from stretcher bars, picture frames and bits of wood then sealed them with 2 coats of marine varnish. I bought a variety of drapery sheers from thrift stores and gave them a good wash.I experimented with different ways of attaching the screen to the […]
Read More...After completing a screen printing of a wallpaper over the whole cloth, I put on a wash of light blue paint beside the yellow. I put it out in the sun and manipulated it to get the right flow of soft lines. I added leaves and flowers as resists – the same plants/shapes as the […]
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