we finished the final of the summerschool sessions on wednesday
This was a gorgeous second piece Eileen made after this one below
And some more:
The view from Jenny’s house towards the Malvern Hills
These are Maryanne’s circles made of the fabrics she dyed and printed the week before.
And some more, as ladies were travelling back to their countries [...]
transparencies from summerschool no. 5
August 26th, 2010 by ineke
More dyeing and printing
August 19th, 2010 by ineke
Yesterday we finished yet another print and dye summerschool – the class graduated with the brightest of colours! We had a truly international crowd with ladies from Holland, Germany, Scotland, US and the UK.
All the fabrics turned out brilliantly.
A perfect colour run from indigo to orange….
With bleached out indigo and discharged and bleached [...]
Dye and Print
August 13th, 2010 by ineke
This week we had another creative couple of days dyeing and printing at Bromsgrove Rugby club.
A colour-run was dyed, designs were made for printing with thermofaxes.
Black fabric was discharged and overprinted
Even t-shirts for the grandchildren were discharged and printed and overprinted.
and fabric for a shirt …..
look what can be done with one design in two [...]
transparencies summerschool
August 7th, 2010 by ineke
Last week we did the first of our summerschools ’Degrees of Transparencies’ – we only had 7, but that meant plenty of room and lots of time. Here are some of the fabulous results. We’re doing it again on the 23, 24 and 25 of August with an international cast.
All totally different and all as [...]
new fabric
July 23rd, 2010 by ineke
Here are some of the fabrics I’ve been printing in France.
There are the very dutch houses and tulips and above the fabrics inspired by the ammonites and oyster catchers found on the beaches of the Vendee. These are just a sample of what we’re going to do at the summerschools in August, all the classes [...]
Printing fabric in France
July 14th, 2010 by ineke
Finally I have found some time to update my blog.
I’m in France and its raining – the first in three weeks so not complaining.
I have been very busy dyeing and printing.
Here are some of the results. This is a piece purely for self indulgence. Dyed in a rainbow of colours then bleached thermofax screen with [...]
Exhbition
June 2nd, 2010 by ineke
It’s exhibition time again!
We’ve got our yearly exhibition at Bromsgrove Rugby club on the 4th (2-5) and 5th (10-4) of June – brilliant work, traders and lovely cakes! Do come along.
See you there
Extra workshop dates
April 14th, 2010 by ineke
I’ve just added a new date for the Black Magic Workshop, 16th June and a new 2-day dye and print workshop on 4th and 5th August.
Ireland
February 15th, 2010 by ineke
Valentines weekend was spent in Ireland – teaching first in Kerry, then we Nikki drove us all the way through Ireland just north of Dublin, Drogheda.
After the long drive I couldn’t wait to stretch my legs and walk to the beach, just in time to see the sun set and to find some gorgeous [...]
SCREEN PRINTING
January 20th, 2010 by ineke
THURSDAY 28 JANUARY at Bromsgrove Rugby Club
A DAY OF SCREENPRINTING or half a day for half the price!!
If you’re free why not come to Bromsgrove and have a great day printing your own fabrics. Start with plain and go back with lots of interesting textiles . The picture shows what I’ve done with Elvis!
Or have [...]
Snowy Worcestershire
January 14th, 2010 by ineke
It’s still very snowy here and an ice cold wind. Still have to walk the dog everyday and I remembered to take my camera. This is the picture I will use for my January journal quilt.
As I’ve been snowbound for a while I’ve had time to make it as well. First of course is [...]
CORNWALL
January 11th, 2010 by ineke
These are a few pictures of the sheer pieces that have gone on show at the Cowslip Gallery in Launceston, Cornwall. This is inspired by St. Ives
One of my favourites – a VW sunset
As always, tulips have to put in an appearance.
Sunflowers in a vase to make you happy! and a landscape [...]
Happy New Year
December 30th, 2009 by ineke
I’m off to Cornwall to celebrate the New Year and also will be dropping off 20 new pieces for an exhibition at the Cowslip in Launceton. It’s on from the 9th of January.
Wishing you all a very Happy 2010.
DVD
December 4th, 2009 by ineke
Just a quick update without pictures, to tell you about an exciting day I had yesterday filming a DVD called ‘Inspired Lutradur’ with Talking Threads. The DVD will be available early next year. It will show lots of different techniques and projects all using Lutradur. You will be able to buy copies of this DVD [...]
autumn
October 26th, 2009 by ineke
This weekend I was teaching in Cornwall at the Cowslip workshop in Launceton – a wonderful venue on a farm. We were creating landscapes using all kinds of different sheer fabrics, like organzas, metallic organza, painted different thicknesses of Lutradur, dyed scrim and some lovely hand dyes fabrics as well.
This was my first sample, I used [...]