play day
Posted: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
I had fun today, at the Blue Pig studio has open sessions a few days a week and Wednesday is one so today I went along and just play with my ‘stuff’,
Some may remember my post about the in the cave on Mull, I recently found a book on rock art in Stornoway library and it explained quite a lot about it, there are lots on Orkney, it was done by ‘hunter gatherers’ about 3,000-5,000 years BC and the holes are known as cups, last night I made some printing blocks using some of the designs and I took them and lots of art stuff over to Jane’s and just tried things out, I want to do more playing but ideas for stitched stuff are forming, just for now here are pages from my textile sketch book,
I had made some string printing blocks and as I so often do I forget they need to be made in reverse, so the print is in reverse, I like this little one so I night make a block the right way round then I can play some more,
With this one it didn’t matter, I like the layers the design produces,
And this is one of my favourite shapes, I have made it dumpier than the original as that was the size of the piece of corrugated card that I had, it didn’t print well so the prints have been worked into with other stuff and I cut up the block and put the shapes on a painted background, I like the corded effect,
Some may remember my post about the in the cave on Mull, I recently found a book on rock art in Stornoway library and it explained quite a lot about it, there are lots on Orkney, it was done by ‘hunter gatherers’ about 3,000-5,000 years BC and the holes are known as cups, last night I made some printing blocks using some of the designs and I took them and lots of art stuff over to Jane’s and just tried things out, I want to do more playing but ideas for stitched stuff are forming, just for now here are pages from my textile sketch book,
I had made some string printing blocks and as I so often do I forget they need to be made in reverse, so the print is in reverse, I like this little one so I night make a block the right way round then I can play some more,
With this one it didn’t matter, I like the layers the design produces,
And this is one of my favourite shapes, I have made it dumpier than the original as that was the size of the piece of corrugated card that I had, it didn’t print well so the prints have been worked into with other stuff and I cut up the block and put the shapes on a painted background, I like the corded effect,
Comments
Rock art in the Western Isles - fab! Those hunter/gatherers went everywhere, did everything. The stuff here is abundant but confusing. The stuff in Portugal recently discovered in the Coa valley has been given an interpetation integrated into the everyday life of the poeple who made the carvings. Check out: http://worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk/frame-PortugalRockArtCoa.htm for more inspiration!
Barney from Swithiod with plenty of petroglyphs
How lovely these are! I like your favourite shape, it looks so meaningful and has that special graphical effect. Colours are great too! Have a good creative day Andrea
Andrea from Paris, France
its good just to play ... jane calls it 'just because' doesn;t she, e.g. "Why are you doing that?" "... just because ... " !! also, armed with my travel iron and pieces of wax, I had a bash at Encaustic Art, which involves using the iron as both a wax applicator and a tool for making marks ...! You must've been there in the day, cos I was there doing Art for the Terrified in the evening, and I didn't see you ...!
soaplady from making a pretty coloured mess
Im insanely jealous !! How I miss going to play in other folks studios & the input that having someone else to play with can give ! Wont be long ! only 7 days till i walk into seattle quilt shop in Aberdeen & go on a batic's & thread splurge !
Angela from Where the hail stones cant hit me !
Andrea, your in my thoughts I hope the strikes will be over soon, I have memories of long waits and lots of walking from back in the 80’s when British rail train drivers were on strike, thanks for the nice comments on my work,
island threads from lewis
Barney the rock art is on the Ross of MULL, the inner Hebrides, thanks for the link, according to the book rock art in Britain is different to else where, in Britain it is abstract shapes no pictures, rock art else where is mostly pictures like your Portugal link, also in the book he says it is in high open places, well these are in a cave near sea level,
island threads from lewis
L. I have never done any Encaustic Art must have a go one day, I was there in the day time no bus home at night :o( …….I was doing 'what if' art…….what .. will happen if .. I do this???
island threads from ness
Angela don't get too jealous as the other people there were doing pictorial painting and drawing and didn't have a clue what I was doing, so no one to play with, they were very nice and supportive though which is nice to have, Jane is always interested in what I am up to as it is different to what she knows, she is the only one that works in a style closer to textiles as she does a lot of collage work, next week she wants me to show her how I produced some of the papers I had with me ~~ they were ink and bleach papers ~~ so that should be fun as I will do some at the same time and as Jane works painterly it will be interesting seeing how she uses the method,
island threads from lewis
Looks as if IB is achieving its purpose of getting folks all over the islands to swoon together! # Quite seriously, though, I must admit to being quite impressed with the energy of the artists on the islands. Congrats. everybody, and keep it up.
mjc from NM,USA
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