work in progress

work in progress

I was given a sheet of magazine scraps which had been applied to a background in a haphazard manner and was asked to use this as a source of inspiration!

I find this sort of challenge VERY difficult as I usually work to an idea, not an image.

After a mild panic I decided to gesso the whole page in an attempt to tone down the images and then I used it to create a folder which I then die cut and embossed.

I then grabbed the scrap bag and started to machine embroider images which started to leap from the page.

This is one sample.

Meet Brie-Ann, Queen of the Mischievous Mice Gang (she’s a little partial to grapes!)

Detail

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work in progress, feb 14

one day, I will get to this point and say it's done. but for now, I just *need* to add one of my transfers to it.

Sample books for a Book Arts exhibition next Spring at Attingham Park, a National Trust property

King of a faction I'm working on. He has an outer cape from Royal Brick Customs, over a standard dark blue cape.

winter project

A present. It is called "Illusions of grandeur" and is a mixed media piece.

Old progress pics of the last stages of Ingenue before molding.

Cat Vitrine - The Cat Game

work in progress

Scraps of monoprint experiments with added pen drawings and stitch

I've been finishing off the edges of the ties on my Political Jewellery book.

Fabric, felt, knitted and plastic beads imprisoned in wire structures.

Carving through slip to decorate this teapot lid, like the smaller lid pictured.

I made better headway with this one than the other, thank goodness.

The Weston Sub is a work in progress, changing day by day. As you can see, the old main has been torn up in certain sections and moved off to the side, the new main to the left is now in service. In a few more months, there will be three main tracks as evidenced from the signal bridge in the back ground.

67/366 Motivate

I was motivated to learn crochet for stress relief. I must say that I'm really enjoying it and can't wait until I'm skilled enough to try to make clothes with it! 😊

decorations i am making for a fundraising ball at Project, an artist run space in wollongong

This shows just some of my thread collection.

I recently won an embroidery competition and the prize was £100 worth of threads. Help.

work in progress

Dessin d'après photo (une fois n'est pas coutume). "Work in progress" en 3 étapes. Horizon et fuyantes placées en premier. personnage et décor des premiers plans. Bar "le Bieristan" à Villeurbanne. Admirez les seize tireuses à bières locales de cette scoop !!! ETAPE 2.

fried toms, fried mushrooms, fried egg, fried sausage, bacon (fried I'm going to assume), blood sausages, baked beans, bubble and speak, toast, builder's tea

See the finished product here flic.kr/p/2gZ6QhX

from sketch to watercolour outline.

Continuing my experiments into the question of identity.

These wrapped figures are only temporarily attached to the canvas: their position in the group can change how the viewer reads their relationship.

Mixed media: brown paper, computer paper, stitch and gesso.

The second stage of the preparation of the canvas.

Manipulated in Paint shop Pro