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| "Twiggy" by Janelle F. |
The spring session of my surface design class wrapped up this week. I gave you a look at some of the work produced in class, here. I thought you'd like to see a few more photos of work from the final class.
One of the techniques I show students is how to take a high contrast photograph and turn it into a design for a carved print block. It's a step-by-step process and I talk about how it's possible to produce the "grey values" of a photo by carving different textures or line weights in the final block design. Janelle took on this challenge using a photo of the model, Twiggy. I love all the iterations of prints...very Andy Warhol!
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| "Twiggy" by Janelle F. |
On the last night of class, I gave a Shiva Paintstiks demo. Here is what Janelle did using a cut freezer paper mask.
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| Janelle F.: Paintstiks and freezer paper mask |
Lissette used Paintstiks to add details to some of the fabrics she created using resists. She slipped texture plates under the fabrics and made rubbings.
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| Lissette V.: Paintstik details on top of flour paste resist fabric. |
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| Lissette V.: Paintstik details on top of glue stick resist fabric. |
Amy continued to work on one of her stitched pieces about her trip to Israel. She added painted lace to the water section of this piece. I think this works really well...I'm reminded of light bouncing off water.
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| Amy L. |
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| In this close up you can see the dimensional applique treatment of the water. |
Amy also brought in the piece that she started at the May Stitch-In. She completed it and will be giving it to her sister. The piece shows the two of them as youngsters on a tree swing together (I'm in love with this piece!).
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| Amy L.: Sisters swinging. |
All in all.. a great group to teach! Hope to see some of you in a future class!
