I've had confirmation from Sian that I have now completed Module 6 and the Certificate. Wow - at last!
Here is a photo of my finished wallhanging. The theme I chose was conservation of water.
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| 'No Rain Today' |
Here is the supporting design work:
And some detail photos:
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| 'Drip, Drop' |
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| 'Wavy' |
Those of you who were at Summer School last year will recognise a technique learned with Sandra Meech - using printed black and white images and adding colour, then stitch. I used this to create my quilted background. Dense machine stitching creates the wavy effect in the reservoir motifs.
What next? Another challenge:
When adding colour to the background I used masks:
You can see in this photo that I have already removed one mask and another is partly lifted from the background. This is what happened after:
I immediately linked this back to my Washburn Wild Water design:
So next I shall consider what technique to use to produce this 3D interpretation of wild water ....
