Finding Sanctuary 2

I had hoped to spend more time at the three day workshop on actually assembling things but I didn't get round to that until the last hour or so of day two.

I worked on a zigzag book.  I glued all the bits of collage items down and was able to add a few stitches to it later that evening at the hotel.

On the last day I collaged a series of 8 inch squares.  They could become a book or a hanging - I'm not sure yet.  What I do know is that they all look a bit flat and need some 'jushing' (I don't know how to spell that but say it out loud and you will know what I mean!)

And here we all are at the end of the workshop.

Thanks for stopping by
Bernice

Finding Sanctuary 1

Last week I spent three days at The Bramble Patch on a workshop led by Hilary Beattie.  As ever Hilary was bouncing with enthusiasm - and this time sported bunny ears!

I really tried to pack lightly for the 3 days knowing that Hilary takes everything for us to use but still managed to have all this with me.  The sewing machine never left the car!

I painted papers and fabrics.  I used my specially made thermofax screens.  I dyed papers and fabrics and also worked into a sketchbook. I took the fabrics that I printed at Liske's Print & Dye class.

Some sketchbook pages - ready to be worked into

My friend Sandie was doing the workshop with me and she and her husband were staying in their camper van at a site on the side of the canal.  A family of ducks and ducklings visited them each day and one morning when I picked up Sandie there was this swan family.

On Friday I'll show you the things I started to make during the last day of the workshop.

Thanks for stopping by
Bernice

Almost finished or possibly not!

In my post I've been a bit busy! I showed you the start of my pages in my Art-full Attaché.  I have continued to work on it and I can now reveal two thirds of the Attaché journal.

This journal is not a prerequisite of the Finding Sanctuary workshop but I know that if I just take lots of photos, bits of paper with quotes on and other stuff on the supply list with me, I will waste a considerable part of the 3 days trying to make up my mind what I am doing.  This journal will hopefully pin my ideas down a bit more.

The cover with the handles showing

The front page

I've added quotes since you saw this page last

I used a paper napkin on this page and the one above

More pages

On the right is a plastic pocket to put bits and pieces in.  I collected feathers from the beach so I may put those in there or the spare photos that I have.

The third signature in my Attaché journal is about the inside of my friend's house so I won't be sharing most of those photos and pages here.

I am hoping that when I am on the Finding Sanctuary course I will be able to add to this journal.  I know that Hilary will talk to us about making our own stamps and I envisage making some using the bird outlines.  I shall then stamp them on the pages of my journal.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

I've been a bit busy!

I did it again.  I signed up for lots more classes.  Not just online ones but some real life ones too.

One of the online classes I signed up for was a short duration class with Dione Swift - Developing Sketchbooks - which was excellent.  I wasn't thrilled with some of my pages but the techniques and principles apply to anything and I hope to get back to it sometime.

I went to a 2 day class in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire taught by Kim Thittichai where we played with Lutradur, Tyvek, Bondaweb and polyester organza using irons and heatguns.

There's nothing like a bit of bling!

A 3D thing!  It was supposed to be a bowl.

And other exciting bits and pieces.

Last Saturday I went to a Shibori Indigo Dyeing workshop led by Liske and Claire at Littleheath Barn.   We tried lots of different ways of tying the cloth and then dyeing them in the indigo dye.

I have also been working on the art journal I'm making from Roben-Marie Smith's online class: Art-full Attache.   I added the handles and stitched the signatures into the folder.  I have started on filling the pages.

I am going on a 3 day workshop with Hilary Beattie called Finding Sanctuary in July and I am using this Art-full Attache to collect together the photographs and ideas for the class.  I'm also looking at colour schemes mostly in blue, sand and neutrals.

I can't tell you whose photos have been used by Design Seeds as I can't find the information on their website.  I had downloaded the colour charts from Pinterest.

Hilary is repeating the Finding Sanctuary class in October at The Bramble Patch if you are interested.

And there are some other classes I haven't mentioned One Little Word (I'm nearly 2 months behind!), Art and Spirituality (3 weeks behind) and Pathfinder.

Come back on Monday for those updates and a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice