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Pickalili: Chapter 5 module 2 patterned papers
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Monday, 12 October 2015. Chapter 5 module 2 patterned papers. SIn this chapter we are asked to produce a series of printed papers based on our research and animal sketches from the previous chapters. Mono printing using pieces of tomato puree tube with pencil etchings to create animal patterns. Printing using bubble wrap, tomato puree etchings, dry sponge dipped in paint and corks.
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Pickalili: August 2016
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Tuesday, 16 August 2016. How quickly time flies by. module 2, chapter 5 revisited August 2016. I can't believe it's been such a long time since I posted or completed any course work! I hope I have a wide enough selection of tones and patterns for all the exercises in future chapters. Thank you Sian for the email message, it has given me the boost I needed to pick things up and get motivated again.
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Pickalili: Chapter 6Preparing fabrics to dye
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Friday, 16 October 2015. Chapter 6Preparing fabrics to dye. Having read through the chapter. I decided to make a resist to paint over a piece of cotton, so I mixed flour and water to create a simple paste and painted it quite thickly onto the fabric. I tried to take a picture of the process, not a particularly easy task! Next simple Arashi Shibori tied and ready for the dyes to be dripped on. And wa...
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Pickalili: machine strips and Chapter 4 Drawings from animal markings
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Friday, 11 September 2015. Machine strips and Chapter 4 Drawings from animal markings. Can't believe it's been so long since I last posted anything here. Things have been pretty busy and so the course work had to be put on hold. But I am back and hopefully able to stick at it more regularly from now on. I started by making 3 stitched strips to get me back into the swing of things. I thought I would ...
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Pickalili: August 2013
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Monday, 19 August 2013. New or rather the not so new Chapter 10 Making ripples chenille orslashed reverse applique. Thanks for the feedback Sian I know that I have taken so long to complete this first module but I can't believe it's over a year! I had a quick go at this optional section of chapter 12. Firstly I painted the material with watered down acrylics. In this test I put 2 squares of diff...
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Pickalili: Module 2 chapter 3 stitched strips
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Friday, 17 October 2014. Module 2 chapter 3 stitched strips. Following my latest feedback from Sian, I have created some blocks of stitching rather than strips. Sample a: Butterfly wing as inspiration. Module 1 chapter 3. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Module 2 chapter 3 stitched strips. Stitching in the sun. EB's Blog.I'm in Stitches!
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Pickalili: May 2013
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Tuesday, 21 May 2013. It's been a while. Recap of previous chapters and more samples for Certificate Module 1 Chapter 7. I've been neglecting my blog and my course work over the last few months,however I now feel ready to get back into studying. So after chatting with Sian I decided to revisit the chapters I had already completed,just to get back into the swing of things. Sample 4: 4 layers of sheer...
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Pickalili: Module 2 chapter 3 machine stitched strips
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Monday, 29 September 2014. Module 2 chapter 3 machine stitched strips. Befor I start stitching I decided to have a go at drawing from some of the animal mark photos I had collected. Now to make a few strips. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Module 2 chapter 3 machine stitched strips. Module 2 Chapter 3 cable stitch effect. Module Two Chapter 3 Whip stitch samples.
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Pickalili: October 2015
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Friday, 16 October 2015. Chapter 6Preparing fabrics to dye. Having read through the chapter. I decided to make a resist to paint over a piece of cotton, so I mixed flour and water to create a simple paste and painted it quite thickly onto the fabric. I tried to take a picture of the process, not a particularly easy task! Next simple Arashi Shibori tied and ready for the dyes to be dripped on. And wa...
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Pickalili: October 2013
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A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin. Friday, 25 October 2013. Thought I would have a play around in photoshop with one of my favourite coloured paper pieces. here are the results. I have only just started using photoshop, but I am quite please with the results, I know there is so much more that it can do. So my first idea for my resolved sample is one of these. Here is the reverse of the piece. The piece was then painted using fabric p...
