Wednesday, March 7, 2012

A Bittersweet Evening

Catherine Muehleib: Block printing

Tonight is the last session of my winter Exploring Surface Design class. It's a little bittersweet. Sweet because I will now have a month of not having to drive an hour during rush hour to Old Town Alexandria. Bitter because I have been fortunate to have a wonderful group of students this term. I will miss teaching them and will miss learning from them. Here is selection of their work.

Catherine Muehleib: Multiple layers of paint and blue glue gel resist

Catherine Muehleib: Block printing

Janel Russell: Nature printing
Janel Russell: Block printing
Janel Russell: Block printing

Mimi In: Printing sampler
Mimi In: Gelatin monoprinting sampler on "wipe up" cloth

Susan Prytherch: Cut freezer paper mask with silk screen

Susan Prytherch: Block printing

Susan Prytherch: Torn freezer paper mask with silk screen
One student's work is missing and that is Halle Butvin. She did some wonderful block printed pieces and I didn't have a camera, at the time. Halle had to leave the class early as her business was calling her away. She is the owner of One Mango Tree, a fair trade textile business in Africa. She is doing wonderful, worthwhile work and was delightful to have in class. I am so sorry that I didn't get a chance to photograph her work and hope she will send me a few photos when she has time.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Julie! I'm so sad to have missed the last few sessions of classes. I will definitely take photos and send them to you when I am back in DC. Thank you so much - I learned a great deal that I know I'll be able to use for One Mango Tree!

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  2. Hi Halle...so great to hear from you! Hope things are going well with One Mango Tree. I would love to have photos of your work. I hope to get photos from the class up on my flickr page soon so you can see more of what the other students did in class. Glad that you felt like you got something out of the class for your work..let me know if you end up using your new skills for the business.

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  3. thank you for posting these. I am horrible about taking pictures and sending them off. Thanks to you I was able to send friends and family to your blog.

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  4. Hi Susan-
    Thanks for the "plug" with your family and friends. I haven't downloaded the kites yet but some of the pics look really good. I'll try to send them along to you soon.

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