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Tuesday 26 May 2015

Friday 5th June, "A View through the Window" - Talk by Susan O'Grady

Susan says that the images she creates begin with the wildlife around her home and garden.  

"I develop my observational drawings as freely as possible into fabric paintings in a range of sizes.  These initial paintings are then embellished with fabric collage, machine stitching and additional paintwork."
















Saturday 16 May 2015

Recent Recycled Books Workshop

We had a great time sticking, stitching, tearing paper and assembling our books - a bit like being at play school again.  As well as the benefit of her experience, Christine fortunately provided us with a kit of materials, or we might have been spent an awful lot longer at play!



Christine Plummer showing us how to line up our book signatures for stitching
Christine Plummer showing us how to line up our book signatures for stitching




A small sample of the results from the workshop can be seen below.  What a great feeling to be able to produced a completed article during the workshop and not have to finish off at home.  The books are a great opportunity to use up those stashes of hoarded and recycled papers, and there's plenty of opportunity for customisation.







The previous evening's mini workshop to make gift tags had got us warmed up to the task, and there's now no excuse for not bringing all those lovely bits and pieces out of the closet.