Ballarat Fibre Forum

Well, I have not posted for a month!! And today is 23/4/23, had to post. 

I did go away to Ballarat for the Fibre Forum workshops again - I think I have been going for about 10 years! It was fun, as usual. I did a workshop with Juliet D Collins. It was advertised as a drawing focus, then going on to use the sewing machine. 

I am not a drawer - I don't say I can't draw but I definitely choose not to! So the 5 days were quite challenging. We did a drawing exercise (or two!) every day - different styles of drawing. The one that appealed to me the most was using ink and a stick, I knew I couldn't get it right. Very freeing.

There was some sewing on the machine but, overall, I didn't do that much. And some of the sewing was of collage, mostly on paper, with a little bit of fabric if you wanted. 

We used a still life set-up that Juliet provided. I did some different ones but the two capsicums took over. 

My ink and stick drawing, very freeing.

This is our display - as you can see, there were quite a few pieces that used the fruits and vegetables. 

Mine is the one at the bottom left, using fabric and paper for my still life. 

April is almost gone!

Well, I missed  22/4/22 but that was because I was away at the Ballarat Fibre Arts workshop. I was in a tapestry weaving class with Ema Shin, advanced tapestry weaving. 

It was the usual wonderful week away with a whole lot of like-minded textile artists with the added benefit of some tapestry weaving techniques that I remember we were introduced to in my initial course but have not done for ages. 

We made a small sample - which took two days, tapestry weaving being slow. 

II couldn't decide which way looks better but it doesn't really matter. 

Here is the setting up for the final display of all workshop pieces. Ema's samples were amazing. 

There were only 3 of us in the class. Luckily we all got on!! It was a wonderful week of learning, experimenting and weaving. 

Now to try to keep experimenting and remembering the different techniques. 

Visual Diary

As part of our course, we have been encouraged to keep a Visual Diary.  I have not been much good at that in the past but have found my subject specific visual diaries, that have to be handed in, very useful.  I just don't do one by myself.
Then I found out about the Fibre Arts Artist's Notebook Project.  I have decided to try it, it has a deadline of March and no strong restrictions, apart from being small - I can do my own thing in it.  I am hoping it allows me to develop my own thing!

Follow the link and see if you are interested in joining in too.