So for Von's theme this week on JFF I decided to marry Bargello with one of my favourite designers Erté. "Erté is perhaps most famous for his elegant fashion designs which capture the Art Deco period in which he worked. One of his earliest successes was designing apparel for the French dancer Gaby Deslys who died in 1920. His delicate figures and sophisticated, glamorous designs are instantly recognisable, and his ideas and art still influence fashion into the 21st century". (Wikipedia)
Luckily I have lots of rubber stamps showcasing Ertés style (naturally since I am a HUGE fan) and the hardest thing was deciding which one to use. In the end this was my piece for the Challenge with not one but two Erte images:
For this one I just used Designer paper from one of my 6 x 6 pads cut into strips but I decided to leave small gaps between them on the first stage.
I once taught Bargello at a Stamp Camp run by Cath Wilson (Inky Fingers) so somewhere in my stash of things I have a storyboard which I used for the classes. Not promising it will be soon but I will put a tutorial up on here at some time.
This is the display I did at Stamp Camp showing this technique but this time I created my own backgrounds by using Alcohol Inks on some glossy card and then stamping patterns all over. These were then cut into strips and the Bargello technique used:
Bet Jo remembers this
