Odd Tuesday on Friday - 3 Sizes of Gellis

OT had another Gelli print day. We now have all three sizes of Gelli pads. As Jackie put it best,  she is a quilter at heart so her 6"x6" is perfect for small prints to be used in quilts. Belinda has the BIG Gelli for her large work. Then there's me with the mid-size, undecided with my work? Anyway before Gelli time we had our usual show and tell and exchange of loan magazines, etc. Below are some of Elizabeth's pieces for exchange. Her ATC is part of a Leerix series and the front says 'Morning has broken, like the first morning' so hum along now....

  

OT ladies busy at work .... Elizabeth was in charge of the camera, hence no Eliza in the photos.

 

 Above, Jackie's small prints ready for more layers and foreground additions.

 Above, some of the mid-sized prints.

 Below, a piece of fabric drying ... yes that's my pottery wheel .... anything works for drying space.

 Below, Belinda's large sized prints.

Thanks ladies for another fun get together!

OT at B's - Gelli plate printing!

Gelli plate printing!

1) Image to replicate

2) roller plate with Ultramarine Blue liquid acrylic

3) OOPs! wrong image here!!

4) place doily and make GENTLY squiggly lines with styro rake

5) place fabric across plate

6) brayer back of fabric (also cleans brayer)

7) pull up fabric to show layer one of print

8) Apply Quin NIckel Azo liquid acrylic paint

9) Make more squiggly lines

10) place fabric on plate and brayer across again

11) pull up print

12) compare (noting that second print was slightly muddier due to slight residue on plate from original efforts

A) A selection of Gelli plate prints
B) Jackie's bundles - packages of coasters made from our painting in the round fabric (and watercolored Gina clay embellishments)
C) Little trees - J's stitchy Bits
D) postcards and ATC's swapped

Next meeting Friday Dec 21st? TBD location and time.

Making Fabric Paper

A couple weeks ago Elizabeth sent us this link from Diana Trout's blog, on making fabric paper, suggesting we make some of our own fabric paper on OT. So today we did just that. Elizabeth brought some fabric paper she had made some time ago but at that time didn't know there was a name for it! I'd also made some but with a little different twist, inspired by one of the articles in Sue's and Terri's book, Creative Ways with Fiber and Stitch.

 Above .... Elizabeth's work drying on the walkway .... and below Belinda's drying on the hedge.

E and B working together in a unique style .... in a successful attempt to not get paint on the chair.

And the artists ......

 

Below, Gina's pieces still drying....

Belinda's findings....

1. my pieces were dry by the time i got home.  they peeled right off the plastic sheet.  So, the dryer sheets worked great so far.  not sure if they will be heavy enough for the bookbinding project??  the muslin/tissue piece will work great. 

 

2.  didn't need the elmer's art paste.  i like the soft gel medium with a bit of water or the polymer medium with less water.  does make a shiny surface.  

Thank you ladies for another fun OT and we missed you Jackie!

 

 

World Quilt Show 2012 sneak peek!

 

  Jackie's flickr slidesow of Saturday's World Quilt show

Making Paper on Halloween

At Belinda's today we made paper from pulp that we colored with craft acrylics (again thank you, Susan)

Gina adds some texture to her paper

Belinda making a 3D sculpture from paper pulp

Eliza's paper drying in the garden

We really liked the addition of color to the pulp along with the textures.

Now to USE our creations!

Painting in the Round at Jackie's

Belinda working on the paper piece

Painting in the round inspired by Ro Bruhn (and others) blog posts

Base layer of the fabric piece

Muslin napkins

Overpainting

AAACK eighties plaid table cloth!

Absorbed!

That's better

detail

Painted Fusible Web at Jackie's

Show'n'Tell.........

 

 

...... then it was on to painted fusible web ......

 We found the brand of webbing made a BIG difference. Belinda's Steam-to-seam 2 worked much better than the WonderUnder. WonderUnder seamed to be too fused together, the water didn't separate the webbing from the glue very much so didn't create the cool effects we were going for. Plus afterwards the Steam-to-seam separated much easier when adhering to fabric or paper.

 Hey Elizabeth, you left before I got camera crazy!