I wanted to share the results of a Making Workshop, held yesterday, as part of our ongoing Stitch Story Project. The idea for the workshop was to produce small patterned fabric pieces to use with individual Stitch Stories (read back on the blog for lots more on the Stitch Story Project). All our Makers produced amazing pieces of printed fabric. We used small (5x5inch) Gelli plates with acrylic paints to produce the patterned fabric. Makers used colours and images which reflect their individual Stories and experimented at the same time. No one had any previous experience of Gelli Plate printing, so the results are very impressive. We had some plastic printing plates with lots of different patterns as well as found objects (from around the home) including plant leaves. The main idea was to simply play with making marks in the paint.
Gelli Plates are an amazing tool. Essentially, the plates allow mono printing without a Printing Press. The Gelli Plate people produce great You Tube videos demonstrating how the tool can be used. Check this particular video for fabric printing https://youtu.be/A_fxu4HuLFo. There are lots of videos on the Channel sharing all types of ideas for using the Gelli Plates.
The idea for our experiments yesterday is to use the printed fabric in some way with Stitch Stories or simply frame the pieces for display. Everyone had a lovely time getting messy and playing with shapes and colour - I love to see adults enjoying themselves in this way. Lots of smiles and quiet satisfaction! I had a lovely time, just watching the happy Makers.
My own Stitch Story is moving on and Im hoping to start stitching the patches in place today, again read back for more on the Stitch Story. More on the progress with my Project next time.
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