MrsJonesMakes: January 2013

City and Guilds: Texture and Pattern

The third chapter: Texture and Pattern

So this is where it started getting interesting and I started to get to play around more. this also included a two day course with Kim Thittichai. I really enjoyed the course but needed to learn to relax more. I would love to do the course again and play around more, it turns out that soldering irons are quite fun.

My City and Guilds: Pattern Cutting which I did at IDC- Redditch.

Some of my experimenting with Kim Thittichai

Playing with cellophane, foils and an iron

Playing with Tyvek


My second day with Kim Thittichai

Experimenting with pattern

Overlapping lolly sticks with infill

Doodles based on zentangles

More pattern making

Creating a pattern from a photo: part one

Creating a pattern from a photo: part two

Second pattern from a photo: part one

Second pattern from a photo: part two

Second pattern from a photo: part three

Using lace to print onto paper- my favourite page

And because it is my favourite, here is a close-up

Another close-up

Printing lace onto fabric, painting lace and paper cutting lace

Looking at poppies in Norfolk

Taking the poppy idea and doing some embroidery

Printing onto old book pages and then embroidering over it

Close up of an embroidery

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing my first folder. I will look up upload the photos of my second folder, the one that focuses on the actual pattern cutting, very shortly.

Love,
Mrs Jones,
x

City and Guilds: Lines and Mark Making

The next chapter- drawing lines and making marks.

I enjoyed this chapter slightly less than the colour chapter but it does lead nicely into design and it has some interesting techniques mixed in.

My City and Guilds: Pattern Cutting which I did at IDC- Redditch.

Lines to express emotions

Lines to express confusion

Lines to express tranquillity

Making marks with different mediums

More mark making

Making marks with calligraphy ink and a brush

Paint effects

Using a toothbrush to flick paint onto the paper

Using a dry brush to apply paint onto the paper

Printing with paint and various objects

Using string and cardboard to print swirls

Using leaves to print

Using bubble wrap to print

More printing techniques

Looking for lines around us

A leaf skeleton

More lines

Next chapter is texture and pattern.

Love,
Mrs Jones
x

City & Guilds: Colour

As promised I have been photographing my folder, it is lovely to go back through it and see all of the work that went into it. It is a very inspirational folder (I think!) and I may even drop the photos into college once all of it has been recorded.

My City and Guilds: Pattern Cutting which I did at IDC- Redditch.

This part one: colour.