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April Meeting – The Heat Is On…
Our meeting this month was full of contrasts – from the calm, quiet, reflective task of keeping an art journal, to the serious ‘hot tools’ activity of fusing synthetic fabric together! Firstly, Virginia O’Keeffe’s demo inspired us all to have a go at keeping an art journal, as she led us through the many options … Continue reading April Meeting – The Heat Is On…
April Meeting
At our April meeting we will be hotting things up… Helen O’Hara, who produces such magnificent original pieces, will be demonstrating her techniques using a soldering iron. The ‘specific tools’ needed for the activity are a soldering iron, a heat gun, a metal ruler and a glass chopping board. These are obviously very different to … Continue reading April Meeting
Studio Day 1
Just 4 members came to the 1st Studio Day, but the facilities available and the comradeship made it a very successful session. Jan did ice dyeing (she didn’t have time last Friday!) and immersion procion dyeing. Susan experimented with little satisfaction with soy wax resist and then nicked some of Jan’s ice (it’s all about … Continue reading Studio Day 1
Studio Day Reminder
Susan is getting ready for the first cqg studio day on Wednesday… ‘I am doing various methods of applying soy wax resist to cotton & silk fabrics and to the rope bowls I’ve made. All been washed and soaked in soda ash because I plan to dye everything when I get home. I wonder what … Continue reading Studio Day Reminder
