Rusty Relic

The final class at Artsy Crafts was the rusty relic - a frame with wire mesh and lots of embellishments. There were lots of techniques to try and I had a fantastic time playing.



This is the finished project [please forgive the background but I was using a blanket to try and keep it from sliding under it's own weight]. I had to make more bottles when I got home because the ones I made in the class were too bright.



I loved the colours of these but they just didn't work with the rest of the embellishments once everything was assembled.



I think these are much more in keeping with the rusty relic theme. The wire mesh was snipped into and textured with tissue and puff paint before we painted it.



On the right side is a 'rusted' wooden bird embellishment, some clay layered with metal leaf that was stretched for a crackle effect, an inset mini canvas and lots of brass charms.

The left has more rusted wood and frames etc but blogger is not playing and won't let me upload anymore photos.

Sara

The Sewing Box

The Saturday class was called the sewing box but there wasn't much sewing involved. We painted two frames, hinged them together and added embellishments.



The front cover has an embossed image on a metal/card sandwich, painted and coloured with mica paste that we made from mica powder and glaze.



There is a painted quilted and beaded [so a bit of sewing] panel hung from eye hooks with jump rings, sewing themed brass charms and little bottles of beads.



The cotton reels are cast from plaster using moulds and the picture frame is filled with glossy accents.

Again it was a technique packed class, from dry brushing to making plaster embellishments, I had a great time again - there are still a few bits I want to add [if I can find them].

Sara

Fabric Book

These are the pages of my fabric book. We made enough panels to do 4 pages [including a blank back] but Linda's book had 5 pages and I liked the balance of it so I made a further two pages when I got home.



This is my front cover - I added a beaded tassel to my illegal flower. The images were stamped on white cotton material and coloured with diluted fresco paints.



Inside front cover - a stamped scrunched dragonfly on crunchy paper with a printed chiffon pocket [it still needs a tag for the pocket].



Extra page made at home - with another stamped coloured panel and scrunched flowers - that drops down to reveal





the facing page - the bird is stamped on acetate and coloured on the reverse, with a layered tulle & crunchy flower and Tim Holtz book plate



another page done at home - using my favourite quote stamp, some stamped & coloured Dyan vines and a die cut flower from a recycled babywipe that had cleaned up dylusion inks - that folds out to reveal



my art nouveau page - including the charm I made before I went from graphic 45 paper and glossy accents, a stamped & coloured image layered with chiffon that was randomly stitched on and then randon areas were burnt away with a "soldering iron"



and another page - with a padded heart on painted interfacing and a stamped image under a mica tile - that drops down to reveal



the penultimate page - a gothic window that was transferred to fabric and a lady panel



and the final page - another transfer but this time I also added what remained of the image after I had transferred it



the whole thing folds up like origami - but you had to be careful to attach some of the back panels upside down so that they are the right way when unfolded in the correct order [it was panic stations when I folded it wrong! I though I was going to have to do a load more unpicking, and I'd already had to do quite a bit of that].

As you can see I went a bit frayed edge mad - some of them should probably have been left straight for contrast. I thought Linda & Leandra did an amazing job of letting us play but keeping us on track. Every book I saw was very individual - however I was so involved in my own book that I didn't see enough of everyone elses work.

Sara

Artsy Crafts

I was fortunate enough to be on what turned out to be the last Artsy Crafts workshop weekend in Warrington on 08/06/12 to 10/06/12. The descriptions of the workshops really appealed to me and I have to say that they didn't disappoint.



I sat with some great ladies over the weekend, for the fabric book I was sat with Thelma [not in the photo] and Nicky, on the Saturday for the sewing box I was sat with Nicky, Ruth and Andrea [who seems to be distracted by something] and on the final day Andrea was on the next table as another lady joined Nicky, Ruth and myself [and I can't remember her name - sorry]



This was Linda's sample for the fabric book. The workshop started at 9am and, with breaks for lunch, buns and tea, continued until 10:30 [or that's when I called it a draw, some people were still there when I went to bed]. I don't know how Linda and Leandra kept going as they had the following days class to prep.

I finally finished my book after a week at home [including some late nights/mornings - 2:30 on Friday/Saturday]. I am going to put the photos of mine into a separate blog as I took a photo of each page.



And these are Linda's samples for the sewing box. It is two frames, painted and hinged together with sewing related embellishments.



The other side of the box. This class was shorter but not by much - we actually finished at 9pm and my box was just about complete [although I think I still want to make a few tweaks to it].



And the Rusty Relic was the final class. It was a shorter class as everything had to be packed up by 6:30, it was brilliant though. I learnt how to do so many new things over the weekend it's sad that it was the last one.



We did a collection and [someone] got flowers, wine, chocolates and a union jack rubber duck for each of them. Having seen the amount of work that went into the event I'm not surprised that they need a rest from it.

Sara