It's no secret that our members are multi-talented. They often delve into different art mediums such as sewing, painting, and dyeing to name a few. Our member from Eureka, California, Lynne Gurnee, is one of these artists. She recently shared some of her latest projects that I thought would interest our blog readers.
Slow-stitch stitchery has become popular on YouTube with some instructors running weekly challenges. Here is some of Lynne's work done with k3n (Kathryn) at https://www.youtube.com/@k3n.clothtales
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| This photo shows Lynne's embroidery around one of Michele Kamprath's eco-dyed "blankets". Michele had given away a bunch of the fabrics that she uses to wrap around her ecodyed papers. This piece has a forest theme giving impressions of fungi, spores, and slim molds. |
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This project from k3n was to make a crazy quilt, but Lynne changed it up a bit to make a right-angle version.
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| The Mandala project was another one from k3n, but Lynne did not want to make a traditional one. This is her version of a leaf-flower that she had seen on Pinterest. These projects are all made in the 5-7" size. The button in the middle is made from an avocado pit. |
Have you ever thought of making buttons from avocado seeds? I love this idea and have a seed drying right now to work on. This is another YouTube project at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORUNwbKx91E. The written instructions are in the "more" section of the video.
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| The two on the left are finished and the other two are still in the process. |
Weathergrams are fun things to make with leftover scraps of paper. Lynne takes them on her walks to leave on trees or bushes in the forest.
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| This weathergram has been hanging in the forest for a few months. |
Mail art has become quite popular with many different groups that you can join or just branch out on your own.
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| Lynne used her carved rubber stamps and made a collage with fabric scraps. |
Another technique Lynne has tried is Shibori, a traditional Japanese tie-dye. With this method you clamp, bind, fold or wrap fabric to achieve an endless number of pattern variations.
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| Lynne already had this RIT dye called Eggplant, but next time she wants to use RIT dark blue to imitate the more traditional indigo color. |
Thank you Lynne for sharing photos of your wonderful projects. Hopefully they will inspire more of our members to branch out a bit from their usual work and try something new. If you do, please consider sending us photos and short descriptions that we can share on the blog.
CALL FOR NPBAF WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
DEADLINE: October 04, 2024
The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts is accepting proposals for the annual Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival. The 2025 festival dates are April 10th, 11th & 12th 2025. The workshops will be held at the Newport Visual Arts Center as well as other classroom spaces in the area. We welcome new and innovative techniques as well as traditional processes, including but not limited to: Assemblage, Book Arts, Collage, Dyeing, Mixed Media, Paper Making, Paper Manipulation, Printing, Specialty Binding Techniques and Surface Design. We encourage you to submit multiple workshop proposals for consideration. The deadline for submitting proposals is October 4, 2024. For more information go to https://coastarts.org/newport-paper-book-arts-festival/submit-a-proposal/ or contact Christina Carlsen ccarlsen@coastarts.org or call her at 541.574.3364.
