Weaving, Printing and more..

A sample of  ‘Summer and Winter’ Weave using a cotton and merino wool blend:

The reverse pattern shows on the back hence the name Summer and Winter.

I have been experimenting with monoprinting:

Collagraph printing:

And solar plate relief printing:

Also bookbinding –trying a new style:

And baking new recipes. A healthy bread recipe from a new acquaintance Sue Kerr:

This one I put walnuts in

And finally playing with paper just for fun:

Experimenting with some old children’s books.

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Collage

Collage on board. 

(Just to see if I can post from the 'blogger' ipad app). 

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Weaving

‘Monk’s Belt ‘ Design cushion cover.

Must take some more photos.

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Member’s Exhibition at Hutt Art Centre

I have 3 pieces in the Member’s Exhibition at the Odlin Gallery in Lower Hutt:

Two Scarves both 100 % Alpaca – beautifully soft.

And another woven piece made from a cotton warp , a linen paper weft and book text weft, mounted on handmade paper.

The piece is called “Imagination Wander” - the idea being that you flick through the text and make up your own story.

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Update

This is some of what has been keeping me busy over the last couple of months:

Doug made a fringe twister for me to make it easy to finish weaving ends.

From this:

To this: a throw made with alpaca warp and variegated alpaca weft, so soft.

I have fallen in love with alpaca as it weaves beautifully and is so soft. This is the next project on my four shaft loom at the moment:

I have also been busy making solar plates and have been cutting up the resulting intaglio prints to make collages for an upcoming exhibition.

and with these I am aiming for a ‘tile’ idea and I have coated the collaged prints with a high gloss resin.

I have been experimenting with altered book art:

And when I am relaxing I have started knitting socks using variegated yarn . It’s so much fun as the colours keep changing. This is the first sock of a second pair I am making.

Cheers

Rx