Wheeeee! Here we go!I am surprised we were not evicted from the library. The second meeting of the Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Arts Alliance was a fun and wild ride! Tonight's member-led workshop was Exploration in Surface Design and Sharon Ahmed took us on quite a trip. She set up stations for members to play with Shiva Paintstiks, DynaFlo, and an assortment of pastel and watercolor pencils.
Our alliance has artists of all levels and it was thrilling to see some of the more experienced artists discover something new through this journey.
Best of all, it is all done within a friendly and welcoming group. Listening to members chat and share techniques, information, comment on work, equipment, hopes and aspirations makes all the hard work of putting (and now keeping) this together worthwhile.
Show and tell was incredible. Members took the time to share process and techniques with eachother.
Shiva Paintstiks were used to do rubbings on stamps, texture mats and a variety of household items.
Using Shivas with a stencil brush and stencil yields lovely results. Try it on velvet.
Dyna Flo Dyna Flo, gotta try that Dyna Flo. How about this, Shiva Paintstick rubbed over stamp. Dyna Flo next. Shiva acts as a resist and the results are incredible.
And for anyone who has made it this far into my blog. One shy member hates to have her picture taken. Can you guess who it is?
3 comments:
Looks like a BLAST!
It looks like Jan, I also recognized Carla from our once a month classes at FOAW.
~kim
I recognize the large meeting room at the Central Library. I work for the Cobb County Library System. Looks like a fun group!
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