Well yes, it all started with a workshop with Nicki Stewart in preparation for the Fibre Arts New Zealand annual even in Whanganui last week ( and before it’s fully booked, check out the offerings for 2017). I was pretty much hooked by the possibilities of working with encaustic medium when we were shown a canvas vessel she’d made . . . more and more, for now at least, I’m thinking that two-dimensional work is not me unless it’s heavily textured so I was immediately smitten.
Nicki taught us a whole raft of techniques that we then put into practise . . . it was a wonderful weekend workshop which I highly recommend. I was really pleased with this piece at the time.
Encaustic on custom wood substrate.
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
But Whanganui! Peta Lloyd turned out to be not only a terrific teacher but, more important to me, a great facilitator. She reads the needs of the students and helps them meet those needs. I did one little 2D piece and that was it . . . for me, it just wasn’t happening until I broke out and followed my impulse to stitch and make objects that didn’t lie flat.
Stitched Sample Book: Paper, fabric, cotton and linen thread, wire, wax. Each panel, 11 x 19 cm. When closed, pages open from alternate sides.
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
Pod: wire, plaster, wax, oil paints. 17 x 10 cm
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Small Pouch: Canvas, waxed cotton thread, wax, 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
Escaping the Box: paper, thread, wax, wire. Overall, 14 x 36 cm.
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
A fabulous week . . . I have ideas for developing each of the samples above so now all I need to do is maintain the momentum!
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Amazing pieces Wendy, I to feel a need to break out of 2D mode but haven’t quite worked out how yet.
Thanks Debbie. Maybe with textiles it might be more difficult unless the weaving becomes more basket-like or has a frame . . . certainly you Rotorua series had lovely textures . . . maybe that’s a start?
Wow Mum fantastic stuff
Thank you Dortz.
Oh so lovely! I wouldnt mind giving it a go some time, I know somebody who knows just in the same village I live… And I agree, 3 dimensional is more me too! Keep up your exciting work.
And you can give it a go! We need a playdate soon I think . . . a skill exchange.
fanTAStic! love that tied shut pouch
Thanks Arlee . . . it’s surprising how strong it is . . . I must make another with a little decoration. There’s so much I want to do which slows me down . . . I feel like a possum caught in the headlights.
Wow. You really did some wonderful work in the class!
Wonderful FANZ event (worth coming to NZ for she hints), wonderful tutor and wonderful classmates! I couldn’t miss!
Love that movement into 3-D. I can never seem to balance another dimension!
Maybe the felting will take you there . . . Pam DeGroot was a tutor this year and the work from her class was stunning! Check out her page on FB ‘Pam de Groot Fibre and Textile Art’
Good thinking!
love that black thread on the white waxed pouch!
Trying to keep it simple Mo.
I can see your imagination jumping up and down with joy and relief and finally being free of the flat page! Such great work, filled with real enthusiasm.
I definitely need a much bigger space to work in with a floor that doesn’t have a light-coloured carpet on it!
Just Amazing!!!!!!! SOOOOO GREAT!!!!! i can feel the Energy……..
My grandhearts are coming for a few days so I hope they’ll want to make some pods . . . such fun!.
Yay – good to see you feeling such joy in your creations 🙂
And with my grandhearts here, well I’m getting them on board making pods . . . if my home-made plaster bandages work.