Looking out and down.

Deryll has also decided on windows but the view through them.
 She began by playing around with collage and adding drawing to extend the view ,intending to create a triptych.
However ,it did not please her so she rejected it as a workable idea.

Instead she has pieced a number of green fabrics in a long thin shape and will work her magic on this .

Viv,meanwhile was fascinated with the once magnificent ,but now threadbare carpet.

She has looked at the colours and motifs within and has begun to

sample 'reverse applique'

It's quite amazing how a place can provide such rich inspiration for such diverse talents.

New work for Newark

Jane,like many of us,visited the Grayson Perry exhibition at the Arnolfini.She really liked the hanging above and the layers he managed to depict.

It gave her an idea and a starting point for her Newark work.

She took a photograph of the window above the stairs at Newarkand used Photoshop and her embroidery software to create a five colour gradient and sfumato.

This took ten colours ,making use of Madeira 'frosted', which are matte threads and the shiny rayon ones

She intends it to be a free standing piece three sections.

Sally is holding up the mid section.There is a great deal of working out and playing around before it comes to this .Jane is a technical wizard!

Last meeting of 2017.

As is usual for our final meeting we each make a card,

they are put into a basket and shuffled.

The basket is passed from person to person

and a card is selected until there are none left.

It is not until they are opened are we able to see who has created our card.

Every year they are a delight and entirely 'one offs',

this year trees seem to be a favourite motif.

Sorry ,you missed it.

Catch up with us at NEWARK PARK in MAY.

Details to follow.

November's final offering.

Debby's CROWD piece takes the form of a large soft hanging.She has painted it using a mixture of fabric paint,Intense pencils and fabric medium to ensure colour fastness.Then she has machine quilted.The angle of the photo above has animated the trout so he looks to be swimming along!

The bug below has had a similar treatment,thought the iridescence doesn't show here.

She has begun to stitch into some of her prints from the lino printing  course.

She also shared with us some Cyanotype fabrics she had experimented with from some ready prepared fabrics.They are such an intense blue,and the images so clear.

Lastly some delightful brooches,many on a cacti theme,so on trend.

You can pick these up in Nature in Art if you're quick.Debby's wares just fly out.

Nature and nurture.

These piece done by Carol are influenced by her interest in Nature.They are currently on display at Nature In Art.The one above 'What Lies Beneath' show  what goes on beneath our gardens.The one below deals with the demise of Corals in our oceans .From brilliant vibrant colour and diversity to bleached out and lifeless.

Jane has a friend for whom a baby quilt is a lovely gift.She is very technically adept from computers to digitising to perfect patchwork.

She didn't want to go down the traditional baby colours so plumped for this colour way which will fit both.

Kirsten has been creating some fabulous felt birds,which are in Nature in Art as from today.We are sure they will fly out!