All the leaves are turning...

Were we back at the marbling today but we ventured onto fabric and surprisingly the paint seemed to like sticking to the fabric much better than the paper. 

Four hands needed in the fabric marbling operation to get a nice even coating of paint. We are using acrylic liquitex, which has the right consistency for floating and keeps its vibrancy. 

With some pretty amazing results all round, it's really pot luck to see what will happen to each bit of fabric or piece of paper, as what you see floating in the mixture is often not what ends up on the page. A bit of magic...

Autumn - a return to making

We started back the crafty Autumn 'term' with something completely different - paper marbling. 

Paper treated with a special substance called alum is placed on top of a liquid mixture that has paint floating in it. The paper picks up whatever pattern the paint makes. You can make all sorts of patterns when the paint is floating and the results are, well, psychedelic!

Summer holiday

Our crafty gatherings have been on a wee holiday for the summer as a lot of us are travelling from here to yonder over the next few months.


I did however attend a horse-hair weaving workshop that the Chile Makers ran, facilitated by Varignia. The workshop happened on the last day of the pop up shop - Micro Techniques in Carnaby Street. 

This is my first attempt at horse-hair weaving and you need super concentration. This small disc is about the size of a two pence piece. A magnifying glass would be useful! The Chilean women who have been doing this for years put me to shame, they are so fast at weaving very elaborate creations.  

This picture is the start of a wing for a butterfly, I'll have to continue making this as the time seemed to fly during the workshop, very stimulating. We will have to get Varignia to run another one for the Frizzle Circle group.