Monday 27 February 2017

To make the landscape sing the day

At our February meeting we listened to Sue Astles giving a fascinating talk about the life and work of her uncle, the artist Harry Ousey.  She showed a range of his art, from the representational paintings of his early days as an artist to the abstract work he produced as his style developed.

After a very sociable lunch, Liz Smith explained that we were to work together in producing a group textile work based on one of Harry's untitled paintings:



(apologies for the light reflections, unable to avoid as the painting was covered by cellophane!)


The painting was photographed and divided into sections with each section handed to a member.  Using the photo, the plan was for each of us to produce a drawn version and then use that to create a textile version.  Liz had brought along a wide selection of papers, fabric and threads for us to use in our drawn collage and stitching - compare the colours (below) to those in the painting (above).


The first step was to create a cartoon (a preparatory drawing for the final stitched work), and we all really enjoyed this part of the work:

 


At the end of the meeting, all the cartoons were collected to show how they are starting to represent Harry's painting:


Armed with clear instructions from Liz, we set off home to translate our cartoons into a textiles - everyone was looking forward to the re-assembly of the finished pieces.

Our next event is the Wet Felting workshop on 8 March - only one place left!  Contact Judi or Ann to grab the last place.



2 comments:

  1. A big thank you to all members who took part in the workshop and who worked so hard to get through the initial design stage. I am looking forward to seeing progress with the textile pieces at our next meeting. Thank you also to Sue Astles for sharing her insights into her uncle's work. A real inspiration and a very enjoyable day.

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  2. It was a really fun day and the finished piece should look great. Sue's talk was very interesting and a big thanks to Liz for organising it along with all the paper and fabric provided. Tanya

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