Severn Vale Art Trail

Ira Wood 
Ira is exhibiting as part of a group this year at ;

The Elms,Earthcott,Alveston BS35 3TD
Directions: Travelling north on A38, turn right at Rudgeway onto B4427 to Yate. After 1.5 miles turn right to Hambrook. The Elms is 0.3 miles on the right. 

There will be;

Textiles, pastel and graphite drawings,paint,print.
Open 28th April- 7th May
Daily 10am-1.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm

        

Rust and walnut.

Liz had been in Cornwall 

 and as usual had made good use of her time beach-combing for rusted pieces ,as well as making use of the sea to soak her fabrics.

Above is a close up of the seeding stitch  she has been adding to the piece.

She talked about tin mining and the scars left on the Cornish landscape by it.She is wondering whether to add words to this piece,interestingly "cousin jack' is the local parlance for tin miner.

We loved the colours within the piece,Liz explained that when eco dyeing the blacks and greys are caused by the Tannin in tea.She also said her fabrics 'take' much quicker in Cornwall as it has  softer water than Bristol.

Rusted strip cloth pieces beginning to be stitched.

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Jenn had just spent the weekend with Stitch Textile Artists at Ammerdown with Sian Martin.The group were challenged to make brushes out of anything and then to use them to make marks and then write with them.Walnut ink,emulsion paint and Quink ink were used.

They worked on paper ,then fabric choosing a word that related to their current theme.

Jenn chose GROW,for her seedpods.

Eventually pieces were chosen,arranged and stitch added.

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Birds and interiors.

Kirsten brought along more of her birds

she had applied them to some acid dyed wool.

We liked the way the colour was not one solid hue.it added to their charm.

She had also recently taken a two day workshop with Gladys Paulus,creating seedpods.The one above was made flat and used alpaca.They are amazing !There is still some work to do on them according to Kirsten so we may see them in future posts.

Sally has also been working on birds,namely the ones from the NiA dish.She has done a great deal of research and may well produce something to display with her piece.Here are some she has stitched below.

She was thinking of creating a book from them,we favoured mounting them in small frames to hang together as they are individual little gems.We thought they deserved to be looked at as individual pieces,there is such a lot in each.

She has also been pursuing a Drawing Interiors course with Hannah Murgatroyd at the RWA over three weeks.This has involved visiting the Holborne Museum and Victoria Gallery in Bath ,Bristol Cathedral and King's Weston in Bristol

Exercises included using focal point,looking through,use of negative space 

using tone to rather than line to show an object 

and use of pattern.She has really enjoyed this and will continue into May at the Suspension bridge,Red Lodge and Bristol Museum.We look forward to her sharing what she produces as she hopes it will sparks ideas into textiles.

Finishing.

Viv brought along her 'Skies' as it is at the stage when it needs to be finished she  had decided on a soft hanging rather than a frame. We liked the way she had extended the stitching into the backing fabric.  

She was unsure about the wadding she was thinking of using.It seemed too 'bouncy' so the quilt makers among us thought she should reduce the bulk by separating into a single layer and then perhaps stitching through to incorporate the piece with the wadding  .It is going to look stunning and really captures the colours of her inspiration.

She then brought out this little box of hexagons.They are TINY !

She is piecing them by hand from little scraps of Liberty lawn.The finished patchwork will be a quilt for an antique doll's bed .A future heirloom.Any tiny scraps of Liberty lawn would be welcomed by Viv.