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| Work-in-progress by Gillian Cooper |
Over the past month
or so, I have been working concurrently on lots of small pieces. Some have worked; others will remain samples
(a polite term for failures!). What is really
exciting is that they are all coming together now and will be ready to take to
Holmwood House for the Meet Your Maker event next Sunday (23rd
November 11-4).
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| Work-in-progress by Gillian Cooper |
The completed
pieces will be hand-dyed then mono-printed using acrylic paint, followed by
more colour added using Inktense pencils.
I’ve made stencils and used them with Shiva Paintstiks over the
top. Parts are then padded before they
are machine quilted.
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| Work-in-progress by Gillian Cooper |
I met my dear
friend Marjory Mackinven for lunch today and showed her some of them, saying I
was worried that these are too simple.
However, having listed out all the techniques involved, I think I am now
agreeing with her that they are more complicated that I had realised! It was lovely to see Marjory and catch up and
we had a fabulous lunch at the new Three Sisters Bake Cafe in Killearn Village
Hall. Highly recommended if you are in
the area.
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| Work-in-progress by Gillian Cooper |
Finding the balance
between strong design and suitable levels of detail is an interesting
challenge. I often find that as I add
more and more detail, the composition becomes less clear and so the overall
design is not as good. The good news is,
though, any overworked pieces can always be cut up and used in another
piece. Do you know when to stop?
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| Work-in-progress by Gillian Cooper |
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| The back of one of the pieces, showing the padding |
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| Work-in-progress by Gillian Cooper |
2 comments:
I don't think they are too simple either. There is a lot of detail anthem so plenty to engage with. Have just done my monthly JQ and didn't know when to stop!!
Thanks Maggi. It is definitely one of the hardest things about creating knowing when to stop. It is my response when someone says 'but a child could do it' because from experience a child never stops and it ends up as brown mush!
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