April 13, 2008

The small but mega enthusiastic group here for the Rosemary Eichorn workshop left yesterday and we miss them already! If you weren’t here you sure missed a lot of fun.

Here is the Divine Ms Eichorn, who taught everyone the secrets to making a fabric collage.

Rosemary gave everyone a goodie bag full of fun materials to experiment with, such as tyvek, felt, lutrador, chiffon, metal screening, Model Magic, and more.

She show us how use an embellisher’s heat gun, fabric paints, expanding paints, and Angelina fibers.

Besides the wonderful fabric collages, Rosemary also show the class how to make fabulous scarves from just yarn and thread. This was a great project to work on while the fabric collages were going through the laundry to soften up the raw edges.

As an added bonus, Wacky Wendy was in the house! Wendy Brackman is a professional entertainer who has the amazing talent of being able to quickly cut out these wonderful, colorful and quirky hats from paper plates — all freehand and in a matter of minutes, all the while telling jokes. She had us holding our sides from laughing too much!

Here is Wendy wearing the hat that she just created for Mark.

Here is Andrea with mouse and cheese hat!

Wendy made each of us two hats – one wacky and the other glamorous.

Here is Hudson’s reaction when he saw the hats. He loved them — but I think it was because they were made from paper — his favorite thing to chew!

Everyone said it was the best workshop they’ve ever been to. We certainly look forward to having Rosemary return in the future. Don’t miss out next time!

Who is up next? It is Margot Lovinger, here to teach her class how to use layers of sheer fabrics, such as tulle, to create shadow and depth. Margot herself usually works with figures and portraits, but she is going to be showing you her technique using simple still life set ups. Below is an example of a still life created by Margot.

She will show you how she uses a light box and overhead projector to create her composition and then how she sews layers of sheer fabric over the printed fabric to create the shadows and value changes that bring the images to life.

There is still room in this workshop, so don’t miss the opportunity to learn this creative technique.