Wednesday 26 August 2015

Alice Fox Lost and Found

Today was the first day of the Summer School at Art Van Go.

This year Alice Fox will be leading 4 wonderful days of Eco Printing, Dyeing and Stitch and I am one of the lucky ones who managed to get a place on this great workshop.

I love dyeing with rust and natural materials and Alice's work in this field has a delicacy and depth of feeling that is breathtaking. When one of my bestest friends told me she had put my name on the list for 'Lost and Found' with Alice I was so thrilled.

We had to take along a collection of found objects to add to our work. I took some beautiful sea washed shells which have the most subtle variations of greys, blues, pinks and creamy white. They are so matte with little hints of pearly shell showing through. Others are really pitted and textured. So very beautiful.


We also had to take rusty things with us. These were for  making  prints and marks onto paper and fabric. There is a kind of magic that happens when time and chemistry combine to make Art! 

I took these huge rusty nails!


They are about 6 inches long and came from a proper old fashioned hardware shop. They were found in the back of the store room where they had been for 3 generations of the family owners. They were so amused that I wanted rusty nails and were quite happy to see them go I think. I was so happy to have them.

I will show you tomorrow what we did today. It was so lovely, so exciting and a little bit magic.

7 comments:

  1. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to!!
    I would love to take a workshop with Alice!

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    1. You'd love it Gill! She is really inspirational. x

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  2. I am pleased to have met you on this course Paula and love what you are doing. I look forward to your next post and browsing your blog

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  3. Lucky you, I am looking forward to see what you produce. I wish I was nearer Art van Go.

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    1. I wish you were nearer too Wendy. You'd have loved this. Your books are always so beautiful x

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  4. So lovely to spend time with you Sandie. It is always so great to share and learn from the other people on the course too. Your books are beautiful.x

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    1. Thank you Paula, hoping we will keep in touch. Love that I have your book )and signed!) and just off to have a read. I will let you know how I get on using my Big Shot.

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