lost and found
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006And the last of my Artfest saga… On Friday, I was Lost and Found with the talented, delightful and down to earth Lisa Engelbrecht.
In class, we experimented with adding washes of color to canvas and cotton muslin using a variety of inks, including liquid acrylics, gouache and walnut ink. Then we practiced lettering on paper before making the jump to lettering on fabric.
The most important lesson learned in this class: I am not a calligrapher, nor do I possess the patience, drive and self-displicine needed to be a calligrapher. However, I love typography and lettering, and I will definitely make use of more informal, alternative lettering in my projects. I like the process of lettering on fabric, possibly more than on paper, and Lisa’s class gave me an opportunity to explore this technique and try a range of different inks and tools.
I have opted to forego finishing the piece I worked on during class (shown left). I was definitely having an off day, and I wasn’t really thrilled with a single thing on this piece. I misspelled the word daring, I am not crazy about the lettering or colors, and I lost a few of the elements I had planned on embellishing it with on the way home. So it’s now in the scrap pile.
Instead, I turned my attention to one of the washes I did during class. I added a quote with some very impromptu lettering, then I finished the piece with the addition of stitching, a rusty metal star charm and some fibers for a hanger.
Voila, but there is one thing I am questioning: I know that when you use a quote it is best etiquette to include the name of the person it is attributed to, but what if the source is unknown, such as this quote? Should I add unknown under the quote??
