It is a reminder to come back be a “Fly on the Wall” as I proceed to work on my African wax-print material collage leopard, now named T’swana. I started this material 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 beneath, in a brief overview of the the primary 4 periods.
Now I’m able to get again to her—ending her ears, head, and progressing into her higher physique—there’s loads to determine. I’m not precisely positive the way it will all find yourself, that’s the character of how I work, however you will be there to see what I do, hear what I’m pondering, and ask questions as I am going.
This subsequent Fly on the Wall: Studio Watch begins at 7pm Jap Time, Thursday, September 12. The next evenings will likely 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 material collage working course of. Over the course of 4 Thursday night time periods, I invite you into my studio as I work dwell and reply your questions as I minimize, pin, glue and layer material.
Every session will kick off with a brief slide present to deliver you recent with the place the piece is at that second and, if doable, the way it obtained there. Then with a digicam 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 will pose a problem to make use of in a collage resembling this, these materials are vibrant and thrilling and simply the kind 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 periods will likely be recorded for viewing later when 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 beneath) to start the primary draft, so people might see it dwell from the start, wanting over my shoulder, as I defined my ideas and collage course of as I went alongside.
Different quilts with comparable challenges of utilizing large-scale design materials embody: “Dixie Dingo Dreaming“, which used the massive scale designs of Australian Aboriginal materials; “Gombessa“, which employed an African “entire 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 beneath).
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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 beneath).
• Over six hours of video instruction.
• Annotated movies with “leap factors” to assist discover the knowledge you want.
• Supplies checklist
• Hyperlinks to useful weblog posts.
• Free fish sample of your alternative.
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Susan Carlson Material Collage: Sea Turtle eWorkshop
Be taught material collage via a start-to-finish challenge—from sample and material choice via quilting and binding. Every step is clearly written, illustrated with images, and additional demonstrated with movies. Be taught the method with a Sea Turtle then launch into any material collage challenge you want. Lifetime entry and appropriate for all ranges, together with rookies. 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 Handbook is a multi-media useful resource information to the course of of material collage. Utilizing video, images, textual content, and hyperlinks to my weblog posts for additional related studying and knowledge, I take you from starting to finish in creating your individual material collage masterpiece, following my tips in a step-by-step format. Lifetime Entry. Appropriate for all ranges, together with rookies.
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 selections we did on this put up: On-line Grasp Class Now Obtainable: Some Reflections.
Facial Options eWorkshop
Designed as a complement to the Material Collage On-line Grasp Class, or for many who have a very good understanding of the fundamentals of Material Collage. Lifetime Entry. Intermediate or superior ranges recommended.
The Facial Options eWorkshop accommodates 8 movies and over 8 hours of in-depth instruction for creating every function of a portrait in material. The movies are annotated with “Bounce Factors” permitting you to scan ahead and backward to the knowledge you want. Facial options PDF templates are included as reference and fundamental 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—Slicing Unfastened Material Collage
Full colour all through. 5 initiatives of accelerating complexity, 4 patterns to enlarge are included.
These books will likely be signed by Susan and will be inscribed to a specific particular person.
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