Bottles covered in clay
underneath - close up of pattern and an embellishment
Brooch/Pendant Heads with left over clay
Decorated Spoons
The morning was spent covering the bottles in clay and then using the left over clay to make embellishments for the bottles - any still left over clay was then used for making the heads using my moulds so they could be turned into brooches or pendants.
After lunch I had taken some old spoons and these were handed out and the group then proceeded to cover them with alcohol inks and fussy cut out some flowers and words I had taken with me on some sheets that I had stamped. They had been asked to bring ribbon/wire etc and I took some beads to thread on the wire.
The last half hour of the meeting showed everyone having a go at the bleeding tissue technique. For this I had gessoed some tiny canvasses (my treat - big spender, cost me all of £3) twice as the canvas seemed rather rough. I had also cut out lots of different sized circles from all my tissue papers that would work to varying degrees. They just produced the background for a canvas which they could then take home and stamp on or simply put something on top of.
Hope you enjoyed seeing the sort of thing we sometimes get up to at Victoria Stampers and now I think you need to go and see what Julia and the WOYWW'ers are up to today. I hope to join in soon.
