Chinese Thread Books

We do have a meeting on Monday April 12th – it just managed to slip off the programme for 2010. Those of you who started your Chinese Thread Book with Marge at out last meeting will have a chance to work on it further – if you haven’t already finished it.

Anyone who missed the last meeting still has a chance to start one of these intriguing books with their secret compartments. Marge will have her samples and pieces of paper and I will bring another set of instructions for anyone who missed the start.

Here is mine so far ‘work in progress’. I created a design using some pencil crayons and then waxed over the paper with some acrylic wax. Some clear acrylic paint would work just as well. The crayons I used are  Derwent Inktense – they are water soluble so the lines and colours blend when moisture is added. I wanted to create this effect to give a look of and old piece.

I didn’t take any photographs at the last meeting so hopefully I can photograph more work in progress, finished books and Marge’s samples and put them in the next post.

            

I now need to make a cover for the pages and then hopefully it will be finished.  If you don’t want to start one of these then please do come anyway and take a look at the ones started last time. Kathryn will have all the latest news us fresh from the AGM in Nottingham. I think it was going to be a very interesting meeting!!! A lot of members want to have answers to a lot of quite serious issues.

If you can’t be there I will keep you up to date with an email.

We also need some help bundling the Journals ready for Regional day and Kathryn would appreciate some help putting leaflets in bags ready for Regional Day.  I hope to see you there.

Ann

February Workshop

Our first workshop of 2010 was on Chinese Tassels with Marge Quinn. Marge was very generous with her time and her expertise and brought several displays of beautiful tassels.
Most of those present made two tassels and everyone came away with a very pleasing result. As one person present was heard to say - ‘I don’t normally go home from a workshop with 1 never mind 2 finished pieces of work’!!!

It was nice to have members from 3 other branches join in with us at the workshop.  (Preston, Lytham St Annes and North Lonsdale)

Thanks Marge – it was a great workshop.

      

                     
                     

             
                                           Didn’t we all do well!

January Meeting

The speaker for our January meeting was Julia Karling talking to us about her experiences as an art teacher not only in teaching a varied age range of children in art and design but also about her love of creating 3-dimensional pieces.

She used a computer to demonstrate how she get her students to develop their skills and techniques and then she talked about the pieces that she has brought to show us. Her enthusiasm for her work really shone through. She was involved in creating the costumes and props for a musical performance of the ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at King Edward and Queen Mary School, Lytham St Annes.

Julia brought with her ‘Audrey’, the giant man-eating plant, that she had created, for us to look at. There were 3 versions of Audrey – demonstrating 3 stages of growth. The largest had two young people inside it when it was used in the play. The pieces were really impressive and Julia was most enjoyable and encouraging to listen.

Sadly I did not have my camera with me so I do not have any images of he lovely work.

Branch Programme 2009 -2010

Blackpool Branch Programme 2009 -2010

October 2009

19^th AGM and Trudi Goodenough Competition

November 2009

9^th Biscornu for Christmas

30^th Biscornu continued

December 2009

14^th Christmas Party and Biscornu Competition (Members evening)

January 2010

11^th Committee Meeting

16^th Day School Art Doll details Kathryn Thompson

25^th Julia Carling Textiles and Scultpure: hands on evening

February 2010

6^th Day School Chinese Tassels Marge Quinn

8^th Hands on Evening Gifts for New Members

22^nd Variegations demonstrations and sales

March 2010

8^th Spring Clean Bring and Buy for Guild Funds

29^th Maxine’s Feathers Talk

April 2010

10^th National AGM, Nottingham

17^th Regional Day, Manchester

26^th Patricia Bennett Textiles from Around the World Talk

May 2010

10^th Mini workshops

24^th Elizabeth Cousins-Scott My Work Talk

June 2010

5^th Day School Dorset Buttons Margaret Waring

14^th Committee Meeting (5pm) followed by Own Work

28^th Sandie Maher Charles Rennie Mackintosh Talk

July 2010

12^th Summer Trip – to be arranged

15^th -18^th Summer School Alston Hall

26^th Priscilla Jones My Work talk

August 2010

No Meetings

September 2010

4^th Day School Heirloom in a Day Golden Hinde

13^th Committee meeting (5pm) followed by Brooches – for the Trudi Goodenough Competition

27^th Blackpool Illuminations from the design point of view Talk

October 2010

11^th AGM and Trudi Goodenough Competition

16^th Regional AGM, County Hall, Preston

Trudi Goodenough Competion

The subject of our Trudi Goodenough competiton at out AGM this year was ‘Holiday Postcards’.

We began working on them at our September meetings.