Thursday, 13 April 2017

Making and using hand made brushes

Our challenge was to make a variety of mark making brush like tools using found materials and use them to create marks relating to our chosen story. My story is family history related and I chose the word 'memory' for my experimental work.  J. R.
creating a collage of my word on paper and fabric with rust dyed samples, lace and stitched work
collaging rust dyed fabrics, silk paper and stitched samples with 'memory' mark making samples
mark making hand stitched sample with lace  
 
writing the word 'memory' across a variety of fabrics using walnut ink, procion dye and emulsion paint
 
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Marks using walnut ink and birch catkins brush
 
Marks made using walnut ink with brush made from 'bird of paradise' plant stems
 
 

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