Illuminated Letters by members

Anne Griffith's talk and demo were very timely and appropriate for the season, and it's great to realise that fabulous designs can be produced from such humble materials as tomato puree tubes.

Anne generously provided us with templates and design ideas to get us started, and members present for the afternoon show-and-tell session had produced some impressive pieces. Anne's comment was that people working on their own seemed to have made much quicker progress during the morning than if we had been in a group - a salutary thought!

Thank you to members who sent their photos:

Carol:

Liz:

Sue:

Jenny (painted on a fine cotton using acrylic paint and Lumiere metallic acrylics):

Margherita:

Gill:

Gill says she learned that next time she would outline her letter in a much paler colour.  She adds that she is putting her sample in her lockdown book - this is the cover (made on an embroidery attachment - not free machined, in case you were wondering): 

Finally, following up on the discussion about the use of Ormoline, Anne sent a photo of her bottle for clarification:

 

Illuminated Letters by Anne Griffiths - 6 / 7 November

 Illuminated Letters

by Anne Griffiths 

Talk on Friday 6 November, 7 pm  &

Workshop on Saturday 7 November, 2 pm via Zoom*

Our tutor, Anne Griffiths, is an experienced textile artist, who has worked on a number of community projects and residencies.  She was Artist in Residence for Diamond Light Source, funded by the Wellcome Trust, and presented the project and a gift for HM The Queen on the opening of the installation.

Anne's Fine Art practice revolves around collections and taxonomy, and she hopes to extend her practice to include her love of both history and textiles.

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Friday 6 November - members should log into Zoom, as usual, from 6.45 pm. 

Anne will give a 25-minute talk using a Powerpoint presentation of a seasonal book she has made using illuminated letters, text and seasonal embellishments and images.

Following this, Anne will give a 15-minute demonstration of how to prepare a tomato puree tube and transfer and stitch a letter onto it. She will also demonstrate how to copy a design onto fabric. Both can be stitched either by hand or machine, and embellished with beads, stumpwork, contemporary or modern embroidery. The metal letter would be suitable for attaching to a greetings card for Christmas. 

Anne will set a small activity to be done on our own on Saturday morning, and the Friday session will finish about 8.15 - 8.30 pm.

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Saturday 7 November - log into Zoom from 1.45pm.

Anne will be present for a show-and-tell session and to answer questions.

* Members have received materials list and login details via email, but if you need these again, please contact leamingtondistrictdaysch@gmail.com