31st Monday March
The first part of the session saw a sharing of all the fabric strips, we took time to study the different effects, the backs and fronts, the myriad textures and tones created by the reaction of tea, metal, and fabric. We were all fascinated by the differences. I decided not to try and photograph them in the Library, the light was terrible, time to get my digital camera out of mothballs where it had been languishing since 2019.
The second part of the session was spent stamping and collaging paper the inside and outside of the ‘kimono’ templates, trying out ideas for the Beech Tree Kimono Tent part of the final installation.
I had copies of the 100 paper patches and designs that relate to the themes of above and below in Rockingham Forest to help keep a unifying structure, then everyone stamped and collaged following their own design aesthetic.
