It is a reminder to return be a “Fly on the Wall” as I proceed to work on my African wax-print cloth collage leopard, now named T’swana. I started this cloth portrait final November, in a earlier Fly on the Wall: Studio Watch collection. Inside these 4 weeks, I obtained so far as the primary draft of her facial options, as you see above—and under, in a brief overview of the the primary 4 classes.
Now I’m able to get again to her—ending her ears, head, and progressing into her higher physique—there’s lots to determine. I’m not precisely certain the way it will all find yourself, that’s the character of how I work, however you may be there to see what I do, hear what I’m pondering, and ask questions as I’m going.
This subsequent Fly on the Wall: Studio Watch begins at 7pm Jap Time, Thursday, September 12. The next evenings can be September 19, October 10 & 17. Please notice the 2 week break within the center.
The idea of the Fly on the Wall collection is to permit you an prolonged glimpse into my cloth collage working course of. Over the course of 4 Thursday night time classes, I invite you into my studio as I work stay and reply your questions as I minimize, pin, glue and layer cloth.
Every session will kick off with a brief slide present to carry you recent with the place the piece is at that second and, if attainable, the way it obtained there. Then with a digital camera peering over my shoulder I’ll do an prolonged work session.
I’ve been completely having fun with utilizing the massive, daring, and colour saturated prints from my assortment of African wax-printed materials. Whereas they’ll pose a problem to make use of in a collage akin to this, these materials are vibrant and thrilling and simply the type of vitality I hoped to inject into this portrait of a feminine leopard calling for her cubs—based mostly on {a photograph} taken by my cousin’s spouse Tanja Bauer, whereas on safari in Botswana.
Fly on the Wall: Susan Carlson Studio Watch—African Wax-Print Material Collage Leopard—Half 2
September 12 & 19, October 10 & 17, 2024—7:00 p.m. Jap Time
Every session will final roughly 1-1/2 hours.
All classes can be recorded for viewing later in the event you can not attend a number of.
Value: $78
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Within the Half 1 of the African Leopard Fly on the Wall, I started engaged on this portrait—concentrating on African wax-print materials. I waited till the primary session (images under) to start the primary draft, so of us may see it stay from the start, trying over my shoulder, as I defined my ideas and collage course of as I went alongside.
Different quilts with related challenges of utilizing large-scale design materials embrace: “Dixie Dingo Dreaming“, which used the big scale designs of Australian Aboriginal materials; “Gombessa“, which employed an African “complete material” for the background and Indonesian batiks for the fish, reflecting the house ranges of the coelacanth topic; and the net challenge of my Fantastical Fish eWorkshop (information under).
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Susan Carlson Material Collage: Fantastical Fish eWorkshop
INCLUDES:
• All 4 recordings from the four-week class.
• Prolonged 10-minute version of piecing time lapse (see under).
• Over six hours of video instruction.
• Annotated movies with “soar factors” to assist discover the knowledge you want.
• Supplies listing
• Hyperlinks to useful weblog posts.
• Free fish sample of your alternative.
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Susan Carlson Material Collage: Sea Turtle eWorkshop
Study cloth collage via a start-to-finish challenge—from sample and cloth choice via quilting and binding. Every step is clearly written, illustrated with images, and additional demonstrated with movies. Study the approach with a Sea Turtle then launch into any cloth collage challenge you would like. Lifetime entry and appropriate for all ranges, together with newcomers. Sea Turtle Sample included
Learn all concerning the Sea Turtle eWorkshop on this weblog put up: Material Collage Sea Turtle eWorkshop Launch.
Material Collage On-line Grasp Class
The Susan Carlson Material Collage On-line Grasp Class Guide is a multi-media useful resource information to the course of of cloth collage. Utilizing video, images, textual content, and hyperlinks to my weblog posts for additional related studying and data, I take you from starting to finish in creating your personal cloth collage masterpiece, following my tips in a step-by-step format. Lifetime Entry. Appropriate for all ranges, together with newcomers.
Learn all concerning the course of of making the Grasp Class—clarification of its genesis—the whys and hows Tom and I made among the choices we did on this put up: On-line Grasp Class Now Accessible: Some Reflections.
Facial Options eWorkshop
Designed as a complement to the Material Collage On-line Grasp Class, or for individuals who have an excellent understanding of the fundamentals of Material Collage. Lifetime Entry. Intermediate or superior ranges advised.
The Facial Options eWorkshop comprises 8 movies and over 8 hours of in-depth instruction for creating every characteristic of a portrait in cloth. The movies are annotated with “Leap Factors” permitting you to scan ahead and backward to the knowledge you want. Facial options PDF templates are included as reference and primary designs to work together with. Just like the Material Collage On-line Grasp Class, membership on this eWorkshop is for all times.
E-book: Serendipity Quilts—Chopping Free Material Collage
Full colour all through. 5 initiatives of accelerating complexity, 4 patterns to enlarge are included.
These books can be signed by Susan and may be inscribed to a specific particular person.
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