alice fox summer school

i've just spent 4 days on a workshop with alice fox at art van go - wonderful

the focus was found objects and using them with paper and fabric - alice guided us through a range of processes and stages:

paper and fabric bundles ready for steaming

• mark making on paper and fabric, using rusty items, tea and plant material 

rusty nails, paper,  tissue & tea

wire wool, paper
& tea

• leaf rubbings and prints onto tissue and paper
• stitching found objects onto and into surfaces in different ways 

• layering papers and fabric with wax

• simple book forms

for scale

• combining found objects with the surfaces we created in a variety of formats

there was no planned end product but i've come away with a new appreciation of how i can use book forms and book making techniques, a refreshed interest in eco-dyeing and loads of ideas on how to use the lovely surfaces i made as well as stuff i already have

i'll probably post more of the pieces i make with the papers and fabrics - i'm working on a couple more small books, so i'll see how they go