Sunday, February 14, 2016

White and white and black and white

I was a bit worried that I wouldn't have anything to post about this weekend as I seem to be doing mostly documenting and other types of art work at the moment. But today I sat down and went to town as they say, making samplers for my white on white course. It was fun.  Gradually the book is building...

Piercing tracing tracing paper


Gelli-plate printing



Hand stitching - testing length of stitches and threads.


Embossing with lino


Embossing with desk mat



De-bossing with desk mat



And then I had to print on black paper to see what happened - very happy! Nothing to do with white on white but you know when you just want to head off and try something?



And to finish off, I came across these stencils at a recyclerama show on the weekend and think they will be fun. Plus they look gorgeous. A kiss and a hug.

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  1. Love this..... I like stitching white on white paper, gives a different perspective, and surprising how many shades of white there are!

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    1. I agree Beverley - white is not simply white is it?!? I think hand stitching on paper is such a lovely way to spend your time...go well.

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  2. LOVE-LOVE -LOVE Your amazing work Fiona, so jealous- lol

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    1. Lovely to know you LOVE the work Kate! It has been fun fiddling and creating samples, the book is growing larger than I imagined, there are so many things to try! Go well.

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  3. The embossing is just delicious ... those shadows are wonderful!

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    1. I agree Charlton/Margaret - embossing does such wonderful things to paper...go well

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  4. Always lovely is the white on white ... and black on black ... Beautiful creations here F.

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  5. The best way to discover how many whites there are is to visit a paint shop and pick up white swatches. Then put them all next to each other (even overlapping) and laugh at the quest for sexy white names :) xx

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    1. I made a book once of white paint swatches but I never played the sexy name game! Will go have a look and see how they rate. Go well!

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  6. So much beautiful tactile-ness (tactility?)! It's amazing how much depth pieces with only white + some intervention/manipulation of it can have. And how exciting that it led to your explorations on black paper...love when following the process just sweeps you along!

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    1. They do make you want to reach out thru the interweb and touch them don't they? I am easily distracted and found it hard to stick to the business of white on white - and yes, got lured to the dark side for a bit!

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