Continuing to work up Journal Quilts using samples from the devoré workshop in September with Dionne Swift, here is one using a piece of velvet. To teach us the basic technique and to get us thinking about positive and negative shapes, for our first task we cut shapes out of a sheet of paper which we then arranged to form a negative mirror-image. We then used this to screen print with the devoré paste. Here is my piece:
I used the top half for my JQ and added buildings in the background using layers of nylon organza. Here is the result:
It looks like a typical day in Manchester, low clouds, rain and not much light. Note the lights on in the tower blocks in the background.
