Blog rolls - OCA and more. My path through the Open College of the Arts. Textile course has taken an unexpected turn, but I continue to follow the progress of fellow students in their learning blogs. See my own journey at fibresofbeing. This piece of glass appeared at just the right time for Monoprinting. It stays nice and firm on the table and it just the right size for mixing and printin.

Earth pigments, paint, painting, printmaking, eco colour and visual arts; Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. An Image in Search of a Title. Four printmakers showing at Arts in Oxford Gallery. The textiles could be passed down the generations and so also become holders of memory, in much same way as in old patchwork quilts. In this set of prints I have interpreted this textile construction method by reusing the plastic, pap.

Textiles 1 A Creative Approach. Part 1- Building a visual vocabulary. Project two Developing your Marks. Project 4 Developing design ideas. Project 5 Painting and Printing. Part 3 Creating Shapes and Three Dimensional Forms. Stage 3 Applied fabric techniques. Stage 4 Raised and structured surface textures.

Colour, shape and texture in south-west France. Ideas, analysis, exploration.

Beowulf and The Pied Piper. He drew out the shape on some ply after a bit of research on the shape, then cut it out. He left the decorating for me to do! Posted in Drawing and sketching. Ply wood, craft, props, Viking costume. Do you ever do anything on the spur of the moment? .

The first part of this assignment involves studying 2 textile artists. The brief was to pick two artists whose work resonates with me. I decided to pick two artists whose work I had not looked at in any depth before and who were quite different from one another. Image shown here with kind permission of Nicola Henley. The big kid in me wants to .

Other Textiles Adventures That I Just Want To Record! Logwood and brazilwood in the sunshine. Eco printing on paper and fabric. using four and a bit shafts! Blog at WordPress. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.

Learning log for my textiles degree. For Parts 4 and 5. After many many samples, some posted here.

The second part of my learning log for MMT. Part 5 Tutor Feedback and Response. This is something I need to continue. Research has a good range of references and sources; well analysed and critiqued; clearly related to my own work and methods.