A number of us joined the Grassington Branch for their annual 'Stitching in the Dales' workshop. We spent two and a half days with Lynda Monk making a huge quantity of fabulous pieces. We worked really hard and were exhausted at the end of each day but we came home with lots of wonderful ideas and plenty of work to finish off. Thanks to Lynda for such a comprehensive workshop and thanks to Grassington Branch for arranging it all. Also, a huge thank you to Rachel and her team for the wonderful lunches she provided. Here are some of the things we made:
This was my panel with the stitching and the tyvek scrunched scrim attached all ready for the gesso to go on. These next pieces are lutradur which has been stenciled with various pastes and gels and then painted.
Next we were using expandaprint onto lutradur through a themofax screen. We finished some off with foil and some with embossing powders. Some will go home plain to be painted.
Friday morning we were making flowers using the same technique as above. They are so beautiful you don't need a vase to display them, they look good anywhere.
Ann's daughter may recognize these hands.
Here is some of the finished work at the end of Friday afternoon.
Not to forget the ladies who were beavering away upstairs with Kate Stewart making these lovely landscapes using watercolour paint and organza.
A wonderful few days with lots of good food and good company. Looking forward to next year.
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