Our second day of class at Mid-Atlantic was so much fun! Most of the students were able to come, although we were in a band of bad weather that stretched across the middle of Virginia into Virginia Beach, and some of the girls were snowed in from that area and couldn't make it in.
But those who did all had a great time I think! We played in shaving cream with inks to marbleize wool, then stenciled designs over the marbled backgrounds. Each student did their own amazing little works of art and had fun creating and experimenting with some new techniques. We also dyed silk ribbons to coordinate with the wool, and even pearl cotton to use in decorative stitching on their future projects. Lastly, we heat-set everything and dried the inks, then needle-felted flower centers and such to add a bit of texture. Each student's work was unique and gorgeous, here are some pics of their wool, I hope to someday see the beautiful projects they use these in!
This was a beautiful piece, she added a wonderful gold needle-felt center to the flower too.
Love her chartreuse background she mixed and marbled, and the purple coneflowers just popped!
This clever gal used a mask technique to add a flower "behind" the blue flower, love it!
I love the clean lines and colors of this very elegant piece, can't wait to see what she uses it in!
And I also love the layering this student used in her mixed media art piece, she chose a busy background and layered her stencils over it and then painted details, very rich!
This clever girl combined a couple of stencils for her flowers, and then layered her curly fibers for her flower centers, just gorgeous. Each student truly put her special spin on her art, I can't wait to see what they do with their pieces...maybe they'll bring them to the show next year so I can see!
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