Saturday, 30 September 2023

Maps & More

This month I rejoined the Art Textiles monthly group at Littleheath Barn.  This years theme is Maps & More.

We started with a warm up exercise in our sketchbooks.  I'm using a 20cm square Pink Pig sketchbook.

 
We had been asked to take a map with us and I took a map of Venice - where else?  It was that or the canals of the UK.
 
The next exercise was to take just part of the map and draw 3 lines then 5 then 7.

 
We moved on to A3 paper, drawing with ink and adding watercolour


 
I made my second piece of paper square.


And add handmade paper to the piece I had cut off.

The last exercise was to draw with a wax candle and put a wash of colour over the top.

 I folded the square paper into 16 squares and cut them out and put them randomly into my sketchbook.


With the large rectangle I made a book (surprise! surprise!)

 
I made a zine with the added paper piece.

I used little brown paper bags as pockets to keep the books in. I had made a collage using the pattern from the 5 line drawing


 We made a Turkish Mapfold booklet with the wax and watercolour wash paper.


It doesn't help that the writing is upside down but I'm not going to worry about it.

It was a really enjoyable and productive day.

To be honest I think I make a dreadful student and feel really sorry for any tutor who has to cope with me.  I frequently want to be doing my own thing!

But before I went I promised myself that I would be a good student and do what Liske suggested.  And it worked.  I had a lovely time.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

1 comment:

  1. Thanks, Bernice, that’s a huge help for me to start my map work! You got such a lot done and absolutely love all your little books and pockets, very inspiring

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