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Presenting Works

Posted in 3D, Design, Exhibitions, Fabric manipulation, Mounting work for exhibit on May 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

May’s meeting was led by Jenny who took us through several considerations when thinking about how to present works for display, either in an exhibition or in your own home.

Some points to consider are:

  • Focusing attention on your work
  • Extending the feel of what you have created
  • Preserving the work – enemies of textiles are light, moisture and insects
  • Securely fastening all aspects of your piece  – safety and climate
  • Being mindful of the finish of the work – doesn’t mean the finish has to be traditional but purposeful. Be aware of all aspects – front, back, all around in 3D

We then discussed artworks people had brought along and how they might be presented. Some novel ideas were led lights and a wire lamp frame and a Les Mis guillotine, as well as some serious feedback. See below for some items subjected to the brainstorm of presentation ideas.

Claire’s roses also fulfilled the challenge topic of ‘twist’.

Thank you to Carmel who brought her design book along and took us through her process from photograph to finished and framed artwork.

Thank you Jenny for an interesting and informative workshop.

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Mounting collage on canvas

Posted in Collage, Mounting work for exhibit, Texture on July 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »

We had a full house for Kerrie’s great tutorial on mounting paper and fabric collages onto canvas (with thanks also to Sue Dove for allowing Kerrie to share this technique with our group). Some of Sue’s inspirational collages are shown below with the one’s Kerrie created at her workshop.

Canvas x 4

demo 1

Demo 2

Hopefully we will see lots of finished items back next month at the August meeting to go onto the gift stall at our upcoming exhibition in September.

Several members attended a fantastic book making session with Lyn Dixon recently, making some very clever books from the miniature to the larger. Some of Rosalie’s books:

Lyn Dixon workshop

Finally we critiqued our ‘Golden scrolls’ which are in progress. They will make a very striking exhibit when finished and hung-well done Jenny on all your hard work and leadership for these-no pictures; they are under wraps until the exhibition!

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