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Thursday 10th March

10/3/2022

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What a beautiful sunny morning it is!  Makes you feel all’s right with the world.  But of course it isn’t. While artists try to be creative and positive, elsewhere others seek power over their fellow humans causing fear and destruction. Let’s hope our artwork at least helps to keep us sane in these trying times. 
This morning’s enjoyable session was masterminded by Lesley and Avril and was all about Textile Collage. Here are a couple of photos of members at work, sent in by Diana, and some more received from Lesley


We also have some of Diana’s own work.  She says, “Really enjoyed this morning.  Based on Zennor sketch, playing around with denim and ticking, which I will finish at home with stitching.”


​Jane
has come up with this pleasing image.  She says, “Great fun this morning.”


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​Frances also says it was great fun today and that Lesley and Avril gave excellent encouragement and instructions. She says she began her peice at home using her embellisher, which she hadn’t touched for ages, and she then embroidered and wonder webbed it this morning. This is her beautiful result.
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Embellishing (in this context) and wonder webbing are a mystery to me.  N.


​In sending her work in, Sally P says it was a very interesting and different EAG meeting today. She anticipated some great work on the blog.  She was right - lots of interesting results.  Her unfinished picture was taken from a photo of Ayers Rock.  She says, “I didn’t get time to do any machine stitching on it.  If there was a complicated way to approach this, I managed to do it.
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Here are more pictures of members at work, all sent in by Avril and Lesley  Good on you Les and Ian for joining in.  Lesley says, "there were 9 collagers present. See Ian hard at work on his wife’s sewing machine. Sadly 3 others who wanted to participate were unable to. Harriet also came - see below..  Ian said today was a very good session. It was his first effort at sewing of any sort - well done, Ian! - and he will finish it sometime. Unfortunately they ran out of time (there were requests for a whole day another time), so the images show unfinished work. However, everyone seemed to be enjoying the process and intended to complete the sewing stage at home.
Lesley also sent us Angela’s landscape using upholstery samples,  Les’s, showing excellent drawing with the needle and Ian's brave effort.
Jackie also found it an interesting morning, creating fabric collage accompanied by the whirring of many sewing machines.  She has included her sketch of Sandra from last week, now painted.

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This is Lesley’s demonstration piece, unfinished.

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Harriet said she was late arriving to the session this morning, so gave the textiles a miss and had a go at part of the still life.

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First off the blocks this morning, though not present at the workshop,  was Carolyn, with her portrayal of a plant in a pot with some lovely leaf shapes.

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Ian also contributed two non-collage pieces of work, the result of a day’s workshop with Hashim Akib. The seascape is unfinished.
I wasn't at the session today, but I would like to have been as it sounds a lot of fun. I certainly wouldn't have been able to bring my sewing machine, as it is very heavy, on four legs, and made in the early 30's. Moreover, the drive belt is broken.  
​Apologies if I have got any pics the wrong way up. Let me know and I'll correct it.
Have a good week and remember to send your entries to Hannah next week.
​Cheers, Noreen
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Frances
10/3/2022 07:26:40 pm

Couldn’t agree more with Noreen’s introduction. This morning certainly kept my thoughts away from the news. Thank you.

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Frances
11/3/2022 01:46:59 pm

Oh dear I meant Bondaweb!!!

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Hannah
10/3/2022 07:36:59 pm

So sorry I couldn't join you this morning - it looks like you all had such fun!

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Freda
10/3/2022 08:25:45 pm

I would have enjoyed the activity this morning, but have to be home due to covid isolating. I will be doing my collage at home having been ready with materials etc miss being with you some very interesting work splendid. b w freda

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