
This first week is working with "found" stencils - so that means not having to cut one's own yet.
I'd gathered quite a stash to play with but constrained myself to a few to begin with. Though just choosing to use the big jigsaw pieces added in rather more complexity than I'd been expecting. They are gigantic pieces from a child's floor puzzle - it was one that had pieces that had been mended and was reduced in a charity shop. It was quite easy to do when the picture was visible. This is what it looks like now:
I used one of the big plastic "lace" things and it picked up the jigsaw pattern rather well:
Though having used it like this for both these pieces I feel its a bit too static and would move a smaller piece around instead if I was using it for a background like this again.
So far its been lots of fun!
11 comments:
I just saw your work over at the class blog and I love it!! The big puzzle pieces are great. Isn't this just the best class!!
Carol! This is brilliant! Love it!
Janet - Hi! Yes its a fabulous class - most inspiring - stencilling in a way I've never done it before - at all! It took me a while to see the potential of those big pieces...
Brian - Hello to you too! Thank you. What fun it is to be playing this way!
I LOVE what you've done! Yay for you! you rock.
Chris - thank you - I'm so glad I took the chance to stencil yesterday - today there's been no possibility whatsoever!
Yowza! Gorgeous! I hope to do mine for the class tomorrow.
M
arghh!
YOu have begun and I am merely procrastinating,. getting UFO's out of the way so there is mental and physical space..
I didn't realize this one and the stenciled hands were yours too. I saw them and thought of Michelle Ward's "Shape" challenge. I was going to do a hand stencil but got busy with other stuff. Thanks for the inspiration!
M
grrl - I'll do some procrastinating later - promise!
M - thanks - I don't do Michelle Ward's challenges - those are on GPP street aren't they? - I've just never got around to taking part in them...
Caroline, your peices are great and I like the different stencils that you used and colors.
Using the giant puzzle pieces was a grand idea! These are some beautiful portfolio covers!
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