Expressions

On Tuesday this week Becca and I set up our first exhibition together.  It's called Expressions and it's on at Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch.

I put this video together of setting up.

 Here are some of the pieces I have in the exhibition.

Dancing to Freedom

Chaos to Calm

'O Sole Mio'

Venice Disappearing

I will be at the museum today for a Meet the Artist session and plan to video the exhbition.  I'll share the video next week.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

Days 14-20

Currently I'm doing better than I thought I might with the 100 day project.  Although some days I only think about what I'll do and then do 2 days worth the next day.  Is that cheating?

Day 14: watercolour paints and cling film

Day 15: Letters stencilled and coloured in with glaze pens

 Day 16: spray inks through alphabet stencils

Mop-up page to remove excess ink from the papers above.

Plus several hours at a Studio Day at Littleheath Barn working on machining the lining of a kimono and handstitching a wall hanging.

Day 17: sprayed White Linen ink over day 16's papers to quieten the rather strong colours
day 18: zines folded and letters added

 Day 19: ink from stamp pads applied with brushes through stencils.

 Day 20: zines folded and letters added with glaze pens

So there's me up-to-date.  I also put together a couple of PowerPoint presentations using the photographs I mentioned last week and made title slides.

And with the help and support of a friend, continued to declutter and tidy my craft space (dining room!)

Next week Becca and I will be putting up our exhibition which opens on Wednesday.

 An exciting week in store.

 
Thanks for being here today
Bernice

A Slight Hiatus

Before I get on to what happened let's examine the word: hiatus

According to Dictionary.com it means:
1. (esp in manuscripts) a break or gap where something is missing
2. a break or interruption in continuity

Well, this is true of my 100 day project but the word hiatus feels to me as though it should mean chaos, complete disorder or utter confusion.

Not a gap in something.  Hiatus sounds like a LOUD word not the quietness of a lack of something.

Anyway on to what I actually did with my zines since last Saturday's post.

I was distracted during Days 7 & 8 by needing to come up with an idea for a creative session at my Lifegroup.  I decided that we would make zines.  So whilst I wasn't continuing with my A-Z zines I was still doing zines!

On Day 9 I printed out the photos I mentioned last week and glued the pictures relevant to A, B & C in.

On Day 10 I got my gel plate out and printed 8 A4 sheets of paper.  The papers ended up with rather too much Buff Titanium!

On Day 11, having ordered and received some new Glaze pens, I added letters to the front of the 8 folded gel plate printed zines.

The hiatus occurred on days 12 & 13.  These two days were spent with a friend who was photographing my work for me - 32 fabric books and 15 textile hangings in preparation for talks I am doing later in the year.

Here I am trying to arrange the next shot.

 

Today is day 14.  Who knows what I will get up to.

Thanks for being here today.
Bernice