What a hectic week! It started with me cutting up a piece of work and then deciding to make something new (that’s another story) and ended with setting up Chinese Whispers which is the new ex…

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This week we were using acrylic paint on fabric to create different effects. We started by stippling some calico with a dry brush using 2 colours - blue and yellow in my case, resulting in lots of green and looking like a flowery meadow! Then we moved on to using a diffuser and thin paint to give an effect like airbrushing, holding a piece of ripped paper in front of the fabric to act as a mask so that some parts stayed white. Then we moved on to a way of making monoprints on glass. We put…

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There are some other textiles I've designed working on my collection.

Ocean Art called "Ocean's Colors" collage - could use tissue, fabric and yarn

There are a lot of fiber artists out there whose works create a juxtaposition between the traditional and acceptable ‘feminine’ medium of embroidery and the macabre or sexual subjects they choose to depict, but Lorenzo Nanni takes this contrast to a whole new level. His …