Alchemy 2013

Now I have begun a 12 week on-line course - Alchemy - with Karen Ruane. So I'm busy working on my ledger - sketching and stitching, and learning about flickr.

Here are my first 2 pages. My theme is Lake Weyba at Noosa, maybe stretching to all lakes around Noosa. The landscape was sketched from the scene while the kids were out sailing. I wasn't brave enough to try to put the pelicans on the rocks, so I've added them on the next page.

 

On this page I have machine stitched the pelican - not quite the right shape. The landscape is a collage made with scrim, with a lace tree and organza overlay, and machine stitched all over.

Final piece (a work in progress)

 

Here is progress on my final piece

 

 

Its not big - just 10 x 23 cm, but there was a lot of planning went into it.



McGregor Summer School

 

I have just returned from McGregor Summer School in Toowoomba. What a creative extravagance. I did a class with Judy Wilford - she has an amazing wealth of knowledge, not just about her unique layered landscape technique, but also design and the interpretation of the Australian flora and fauna.

We did design exercises every morning

 

 

Loved doing this pointillism one - lots of ink dots (now to translate this into French knots!)

 

 

black and white grids

 

 

and another grids

 

 

Judy made us each a design book - one "challenge" was to make the front decoration

 

 

and this was my interpretation of the second "challenge"

 



 

Night Sky

Inspired by those time lapse photos of the night sky where the stars show as a circular trail …



… and thats about it for my rugs for the time being. I have made 26 complete rugs in all – more if you count all the ones that were pulled apart during my process of finessing my technique.

I now need to concentrate on Christmas, embroidery in preparation for 2 classes in the new year and give my hands a rest. If you like my rugs and cushions and would like to purchase one, please contact me privately and I'm sure I could bear to part with some.

A Watermelon

Reminds me of a watermelon anyway ... sort of? very fresh looking

A long runner

A very long one for a kitchen

Warm Colours

This is nice in pink and green



and more warmth in orange and pink