Marking time and making

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Marking time and making

In the vibe. Mixed media collage.

Gosh, is the first of April. I’m not sure what I’ve been up to in the last few months Ive been busy but with bits and peice.

Fabric Book - A4 spread

I started a fabric book iren January. I still have a few pages to go. I have used bits that I have connecton with. Its interesting to leaf through it and remember. The lace a remant from a dress a friend made for her son's wedding, the bobbles from another friend, the printed blue fabric was a left over from a fun day at a friend's studio.

Isolation - central panel A4

Muse (A4)

I have been working on collage and experimenting (sometimes rather unsatisfactorily) with different media

I’ve definitely been thinking and working on some items for an exhibition with RE-create Collective, a small group I belong to. There are four of us and, after a throw away line about chairs, we are now working on a chair themed exhibition.

RE-create Collective, as its name implies, values no waste, reuse and recycling. Added to this we have a focus on textiles and fibre.

So wasn’t it a bonus that I have two dining chairs I picked up from the roadside (and been hanging on to for too many years) because they were too good to leave for hard waste collection.

Another abonus, the local community centre runs an ongoing upholstery class.

Progress so far:

· Removed all fabric from one chair and reglued it. And in the process discovered it had been recovered twice. Twice the number of tacks and staples!!!
· Removed all fabric from the other chair. Its is yet to be dismantled and reglued.

Awesome Eddie our tutor tells me that they are very good quality chairs.

· Chosen my fabric. I have made a decision about how they are to be presented but won’t let the cat out of the bag yet. It is more a bit of a word play – I love puns 😊.

Of course, once bitten I had to do another chair. I found a lovely one at the tip shop in a very sad state. It's also on its way to be undressed but will need tender care in deconstruction and reconstruction as it is broken in a couple of places. This one has been recovered 3 times! I've got ahead of myself and have hand printed some fabric for this one.