Kitchen Couture at Artistic Artifacts

Marine W.: Autumn scarf in process.

This past Saturday, I taught my workshop, Kitchen Couture: Print-Your-Own-Scarves at Artistic Artifacts. I had four very industrious and talented students.

Marine W.: Autumn scarf in process.

Marine W.: Adding the final layer.

We covered a number of printing techniques and created a number of print blocks including: hot glue on cardboard, adhesive craft foam and Speedy Carve.

Lexi T.: Printed with a cabbage!

Lexi T.: Detail of cabbage prints.

We also printed with fruit and vegetables...some that we carved.

Marjie C: Corn and Star Fruit prints.

Jodie F.: Rubbings and prints with hot glue blocks.

There was a lot of experimenting, a lot of beautiful color mixing and just a fun day!

Jodie F.: Corn prints, plastic needlepoint canvas and Speedy Carve blocks (scissor blocks designed and carved by me).

Lexi T.: Corn prints and adhesive craft foam block.

Lexi T.: Detail.

Marine W.: Detail of scarf printed with corn and Speedy Carve fish.

Marine W.: Rubbings with hot glue block.

Marine W.: Monoprinting.

Marine W.: Final scarf

Marjie and Lexi working on scarves.

Marjie C.: Scarf printed with foam and adhesive foam blocks.

Thanks students...great work!

Celebration of Textiles!

Star fruit, limes,  and corn.

Yesterday was my first teaching event of a five-weekends-in-a-row teaching marathon!

Lots of activity at my printing hands-on.

I was at Celebration of Textiles, the annual event at The Textile Museum where fiber is the focus. There are demos of fiber techniques including needle felting (by my friend, Erika Cleveland--who makes incredible felt dolls and sculptures), weaving, knitting, quilting and spinning. This year, there was also African dancing and music (which I only heard). There was also my hands-on where folks could hand print a bandana using veggies and fruit, craft foam stamps and textures.

Some of the fruits and veggies for printing.

The hands-on was definitely a hit! We started with at least 100 blank color bandanas and used them all. I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all the helpful volunteers and especially to my great friend, Laura Freeman. Laura was the perfect person to help out since she is a pre-school teacher (very organized and patient!). The crazy wind gust were our only challenge...which I'm assuming had to do with hurricane Hermine.

Here is a selection of the printed bandanas. It was really interesting to see families interacting and in some cases the results were a group effort.

I had to laugh at one sweet little toddler who managed to paint more of himself than his bandana!

And leave it to kids to come up with some fabulous painted designs...

One young boy walked away wearing his bandana as a super hero cape....Perfect!

Printing Adventures in Woodstock, Virginia

Phyllis A.

I am just back from teaching a one day printing workshop in Woodstock, Virginia. Well...actually...I don't know if we were exactly in Woodstock for the workshop itself...but close by. My friend, Trudi, asked me to come give a workshop for her quilt guild. Trudi lives in Woodstock in a beautiful home on 11 acres of land. I was invited to come out the afternoon before the workshop and spend the night. I spent a lovely dinner and evening with Trudi, her husband, George and some of the quilt guild members.

Skeeter S.

The workshop was a variation of my Beyond Potato Prints workshop. I lugged two big bags full of veggies from home to play with. Also, moldable foam blocks and craft foam blocks. You can see that students had fun designing their blocks and carving vegetables...

Glenna D.: Print blocks

Lynne C.: Carved vegetables

Marty H.: Print blocks

printing samplers...

Zoe H.: Print sampler

Glenna D.: Print sampler

Skeeter S.: Print sampler

Nancy R.: Print sampler

Lynne C.: Print sampler

and then putting it all together to create some fabulous fabrics!

Margie M.

Margie M.

Mary

Mary

Casey

Lynne C.

Marty M.

Phyllis A.

Phyllis A.

Skeeter S.

Trudi V-D.

Trudi V-D.

Nancy R.

Zoe H.

Thanks to all who came from near and far to take the workshop. I really had a great time watching you experiment and stretch!