Black and White

Black and white is not even normally in my spectrum, I am a colour girl!!

So for me to accept the challenge of working in black and white is progress of sorts.

The reason for this madness??? well, travelling to Switzerland in early spring is the motivation. There was still heaps of snow and the magnificence of those snowy alps just drew me in.

I have been working steadily on various experiments in order to depict the beauty and awe I felt when in the alps.

I will give you a peep at the experiments. These involve wood engravings on slices of fruit tree wood, printed in white on a black background.

printed on paper

wood engraving, printed on black silk 

                                                   lines in the snow

                                           
                                                        paintings for idea making

                                                    birds, painted and stitched on silk

                                                 snow covered village from above, painted and stitched on silk

Spiral stairs

Cutting, tearing, folding and stitching.... thus a book is made. the next piece ready for my solo exhibition, booked ( ha ha, no pun intended) for May next year.. believe me I need the time to get everything made.

This book is made from maps and brochures from England, specifically, London, York and a few other surrounding areas.
Stone spiral stairs featured a lot in our travels, we climbed sooooooo many of them. always worth the view and great for the leg muscles!! Therefore a set of stairs had to made somehow...

Once again a shoe last has been very useful for the support it provides.

Bookmaking class

What a great day we had on Saturday.

Three participants created a beautiful book each from various papers. I even made one so I could demonstrate and handily, became a gift for a 21st I was going to that evening!

21st present...

 

Student at work

 from this......

to this

 Three beautiful books

On the Bench

While it has been quiet from me lately I have been working. i thought Id show you what is on the bench at the moment. 

This piece is my Gaudi and Barcelona inspired piece. A combination of my photos and various stitched fabric pieces. 

Reminder

The book making class is coming up very soon. If you want to join it, send me an email asap. sally.darlison@gmail.com

Book making workshop : June 22!

I know, I haven't run a workshop for ages and I have a number of people who have requested a stitched spine book making class. 

so.......... here it is, all this, and a yummy home cooked lunch and morning tea. 

what better way to spend a winter saturday?! 

Stitched book making workshop

June 22 2013

                                                       1 day class 

9.30am - 3.30pm

This class explores coptic stitched book making techniques

Maximum of 6 students per class. 

Classes held in Sally’s studio in Balwyn. 

                        Cost $160 for the day includes materials and lunch

rush to book.. email me on sally.darlison@gmail.com

see below for examples of student work from the last class for stitched books!

5 Frames

 I was asked by a friend, whose daughter worked as a teacher in Ernabella Anangu School for a number of years,  to provide some art work for the 5 Frames exhibition.  

5 Frames was established as a fundraiser for the Ernabella Anangu School Ceramics Work Project. Ernabella is a remote Aboriginal community in the north-west corner of South Australia. The Ceramics Work Project provides senior girls in the school with the opportunity to study ceramics as a Vocational Education and Training unit in an environment where employment options are very limited.

 Each frame holds a piece 14 x 19 cm. The resulting art works are sold for $100 each with all proceeds and donations going to the ceramics project. 

The opening of 5 Frames 2013 is on Sunday May 26^th at the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. The Club generously provide us with the venue at no cost and works will be exhibited until the end of June.

Here are my contributions. Get down to Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club to view the whole exhibition from may 26 until end of June

Windows and Doors

Fiddly little books.. what was I thinking!?

This week I have been cutting small pieces, my glasses have been in full use! Gradually I have been filling each window of the French house box with tiny little books.. why did I make so many windows?

Anyway questions about my sanity aside they are all slowly coming together. 

Here is a little taster of the pieces I have been making. 

The overall theme of these books are windows, doors, thus shutters, ironwork and views.