Paulette C.
/LESSON #5
OPTION #1
TOOL ASSESSMENT
- Handi Quilter-Medium-Arm Sewing Machine
- Janome-Home Sewing Machine
- Large Ironing Surface+ Cutting table with drawers + all the tools for that
- Wet Studio
- Thermofax(my designs) & Silk Screens(blanks for deconstructed work & Gel Plates
- MX Dyes;Setacolour paints;Silk Screen Paints;Gel Mediums; Stencils (mine); Lucky Gal;-)
- Computer
ART WORK
Current
Digital Prints & manipulation on IPad apps
Printing on fabric(weird ones beside cotton—cheesecloth; Tyvek; Lutradur et al)my larger format printer or Spoonflower
Thread sketching layered pieces do give dimension & accent focal points (big challenge here I seem to have too many)
Historical work
Spontaneous Piecing (Nancy Crow influence)
Quilting & Design of Quilts
LESSON 5-OPTION #2
PART 1
#1-TOPIC SELECTION —AGEING
#2-FROM ESSAY OF LESSON 5
What I care about (long long list)
- people in my life family; friends
- colours I love
- Aging -tough parts -best parts—connected with that is my 3 series focusing on my Madrona /Arbutus trees on our property..I realized that they very much are a symbol for aging for me!
#3-Skill Assessment
- Need to learn &/or perfect surface design skills moving away from quilting as such
- Ahem fusing in particular as I haven’t had much success with it but your video Jane has given me hope;-)
#4 Colours
- Yellow-green + red-violet (complements)
- Split complements of the above
- Triadic of yellow-orange; red-violet; blue-green
- Triadic with orange-yellow; blue-green; purple
Part 2
Aging—Best Parts & Tough Parts ( will concentrate on Best Parts for now)