Christmas seems to have come up very quickly this year & I’m not well prepared! Lucky I’m not hosting anything but I did manage to make my present for the family secret Santa – a tote bag made of upholstery fabrics that had been gifted to me. I tutored some print workshops recently for a […]
I’m back from Geraldton, had a good workshop with great hardworking students. The workshop was held in conjunction with the WAFTA Mysterium exhibition some of which also travelled to Geraldton and was on display at the ACDC Gallery where the workshops were held. It was all part of G Fest, a regional, annual festival. We […]
equipment for thermofax printing sunflower image architecture image I’m doing a demo and information session on thermofax printing at the WAFTA workday at Craft House Menora this Friday morning 5th September. I’ll have some new and a few used screens for sale too. This is not a hands on workshop – just a chance to […]
Today’s workshop for Threads in the Valley ASG group. My table Love these wooden circles – they were great for texture rubbings. The students got some great results and I think they had fun. Good use of leaves for resists
I’m tutoring a Dispersal dye workshop in May. I’ve had these dyes mixed for ages so needed to test them in case I have to re-stock. They are still fine but some will need topping up. I used a fern as a resist when transferring from painted paper to the fabric. The same leaf can […]
Last Saturday I went down to Bunbury to tutor a workshop for the Stirling Street Art Centre. We only had 6 participants but they produced lots of good prints and I think they enjoyed themselves. drying prints We also did discharge printing, still using the thermofax screens but with decolourant instead of paint. Below: Julie […]
I finally finished my Mysterium piece, right on the deadline after many long days and nights sewing.I can’t show it yet and the exhibition is not until October. The work had to be in early so a catalogue with photos etc. could be prepared. I’m now working on my DW blue challenge piece – also […]
Some of my demo pieces from the heat transfer workshop – above was a fairly random arrangement of torn painted papers and resists (fern leaves & yarn) which were heat transferred onto delustred satin – came out surprisingly well! In this sample, a lace doyley was used as the resist. The paper (right) was painted, glad […]
Here are my fabrics from the workshop with Kerr Grabowski, batched and washed out. The above fabric I actually did later at home. It’s another layer over a previous piece that washed out too pale. I love it now. It uses the same paper stencils as the much bigger fabric below. I think […]
The above piece was done with heat transfer dyes on a bright yellow polyester, linen look fabric. Not my usual colours but I really like it. I also painted lots of other papers to transfer later. The painted papers last indefinitely as long as they’re stored away from light. The workshop with Kerr Grabowski last […]