February Meeting

Weird and Wonderful Dolls

Our speaker this month was one of our own members---Jenny Legge

Jenny has a large and fascinating collection of dolls, some of which have been bought over many years, and some that she has made herself

As you will see from the photographs, these figures are not what you

 expect to see from a traditional doll collection.

About fifteen years ago, Jenny started experimenting with making 3D figures

 based on images by well known artists. No need to name this artist.

The collection includes ethnic dolls and dolls made by other doll makers 

 that Jenny admires.

Her cloth dolls are often inspired by phrases or quotations that have caught 

her imagination.

Jennie's main interest now, is in using and incorporating found objects, such
as beachcombings, and distressed and recycled items to construct .figures that
could be found in museums, such as primitive fetish or ceremonial objects

January Meeting

The Story So Far.

Our speaker this month was Liliane Taylor, who told us about her

varied and very interesting career in textiles, from designing

clothes to teaching, workshops and artist in residence. She is also a member of the Ten Plus group.

Liliane hand dyes her own fabrics and threads, and uses a lot

of vintage and recycled fabrics such as lace and embroidered pieces.

She  brought many very interesting pieces for us to look at.

Liliane modelling a jacket made from recycled fabrics with inserted decoration

 

 

One of her humerous figurative pieces

Some of these pieces have been made into Giclee prints

 

SOME OF THE SAMPLE SHEETS

Looking at Lutradur.

Sandra bought in some ready painted pieces of lutradur in different weights for members to explore and experiment.

  

Below are some of the initial experiments
Hopefully there will be some completed projects at a later date.

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In April, , Sandra, Diana  and I talked about our work in preparation for our swap with the Merseyside branch.

 

                             

                                           

               

 

                    

 

 

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It seems a long time since I last posted anything

on this Blog, due to various computer glitches and refurbishment of my workroom in which

my P.C is housed.

I thought I would just show a few pictures to cover the meetings missed since the last post

 

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Liz Almond – Whitework.

 

In-House Session

Christmas – Two Inchies.

        A mini workshop making Christmas 2inchies

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

Sewing Days

After several members said how much they had enjoyed spending a few hours sewing together at the National Sewing Day, We decided that we would like to continue the experience.

Members volunteer to host the afternoon sessions which usually last from 2.0pm to 4.0pm. on agreed dates.

Joan Smith will be hosting the next session on Monday March 19th from 2-4pm.

The pictures below are from our last meeting at Sandra’s house

Silk Squares

Our speaker in June was Rubina Porter, who described to us her work at the Sreepur Village Project.

Amongst the items that she had on display was a silk embroidered quilt, which was not for sale. When we expressed some interest in it Ruby invited us to embroider a square.We took 20 squares and stitched a flower of our choice on each.

The squares will be put together by the ladies at Sreepur  to make a quilt that will be auctioned or raffled for fundraising.