As a regular member of the International Felt Makers (IFA) I
got the opportunity to do a workshop with professional artist Valerie
Wartelle Valerie.lehipduhop.com . This
took place at our regular venue in Arnesby.
Wool is an amazing medium and is used for practical items as
well as art. Valerie took us through ideas on composition and colour, something
that is very familiar to members of the HAC. She gave us with a few tips about
her adaptations of a very basic technique.
The photograph is of the work I produced, and I am pleased
to report it got 32 votes and sixth place for a favourite artwork at a local
exhibition. I am delighted with this on a personal level but more that I feel
textile art is becoming more acceptable to the public. Craft and art is one
kind of discrimination that is addressed in the current exhibition Criminal
ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare MBE being held at the Richard Attenborough
Centre till 16 December 2018.
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