October Talk: 'A Sense of Place in Stitch' by Haf Weighton

Our next Zoom talk is on Friday 2nd October.

Members should log on to Zoom at 6.45pm for a prompt start at 7pm.

Haf Weighton is a Welsh-speaking artist, based in Penarth, South Wales.  Working with paint, print and stitch, her pieces are responses to the many places she has called home.  

In 2018 Haf Weighton's work was showcased at the Saatchi Gallery, London and at her own gallery at the Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London.  An experienced teacher, Haf has also judged many competitions, including the Art and Design Competition for The Urdd National Eisteddfod of Wales.

On Friday evening Haf will talk about her work, the stories behind her favourite pieces, education, influences and techniques.

Saturday 3rd October - At home stitch session follow-up.

At the end of her Friday talk, Haf will set us all a task to sew at home the following morning, and then there will be a short show-and-tell / questions session on Saturday afternoon.

Those who would like to take part can log on to Zoom at 1.45 for a 2pm start for a short show and tell/questions session, finishing at 2.45 / 3pm.

 

 

At home work session: Painting, stitching and embellishing buildings

Is there a building that is important to you or holds significant memories? 

For this workshop you will need a photo of a significant building to work from.

Haf's work ranges from large, imposing public hospitals to pretty, chocolate box cottages. Using Haf’s work as inspiration, you will learn at the end of her Friday night talk how she drags paint across the surface to create backgrounds.  She will then show you how to use tracing paper to create an outline of the building. It will be up to you to embellish the piece using fabric collage and stitch for our show-and-tell on Saturday. (See suggested requirements list.)

This will build on skills we have already learnt and tried out recently with Nicky Barfoot's stitched selfie summer workshop, and will allow us to be even more experimental in our approach to stitching buildings. Your finished picture could even have a bicycle or car in it, or a front garden of hand stitched flowers.