My students this week have been very busy adding textures to their maps, the results have been fabulous. Many arrived with their ’mapcloth’ a bit disappointed, but by printing with letter stamps and taking some colour out with Formosol, the fabrics gained a lot more interesting contrasts etc. Every piece is very individual and each group produced different results. February’s classes should be good with ideas already forming on how to progress.
I’ve also been collecting the black and white drawings of the maps and they are soon available in a little ring bound little book: TextileARTistS can do MAPS…..
Gill has been taking a different view and with the help of dip pens and a selection of nibs, drawing with transferpaints on A4 paper then ironing the drawings onto a poly satin produced some gorgeous little gems – what to do with them next??
this last piece was made by Sophie Banner, she’s working on her A level art and is really enjoying the Saturday at the studio!