Victorian wallpaper ,bags and camels.

 

Viv has finished her interpretation of the scrap of Victorian wallpaper.It was uncovered while decorating at her house .She has deliberately dyed and distressed the background fabrics as the fragment had obviously darkened over time. She has used a mixture of vintage fabric appliqué ,hand and machine stitch and picked up the rich maroon of the flower to edge the piece.

She had been given this bag by a friend .It is a Banjara embroidered piece

It has bands of satin stitch ,with ricrac braid and shisha mirrors.

She also brought this camel neckband from Egypt, with a photograph of the border force camel handler.

Both are showing the use of traditional  embroidery, the former from India and the latter from Africa.

Such a lot of care and effort  lavished on everyday useful items .

Work in progress .

Sue has been attending water colour classes and is making great progress.This time it was about populating places .So with a view to that they practised people. 

These are so simple but characterful.
 

Then they added some to a view. It makes all the difference ,making it come alive........where is it ,who are these people ,why are they there ? A way to engage the viewer with the painted scene.

Sally ,meanwhile has begun to order her thoughts by collaging pages in her concertina sketchbook.She has started to add in some of her own interpretations and expressed how problematic ellipses could

 be .She has a lot of those with jars, bottles and jugs .

 

Debby was wondering what to do with a failed gelli print ....work fast adding found fabric ,collage papers without overthinking? The fluorescent pink is outside her comfort zone ,but often provided at Sue Brown's .Could she turn it into a window view of St.Ives ?