Colour and Design Exercises for Fibre Artists
by Elaine on May.29, 2012, under Blog Posts
In April I was invited to give a two day workshop on colour and design for fibre artists in Campbell River, BC. We wanted to include all practices…weaving, spinning, dyeing, knitting, felting, etc. The two days worked out well with many exercises completed in class time and then some homework. We had a great space…lots of light and right on the shoreline, so lots of inspiration too. The success of a course like this one depends alot on the students, lots of yarn choices (colours, shades, tints, textures, materials) for the exercises. I have included some photos showing one of our last exercises using found natural objects for our source of inspiration. Students really looked hard to see and find the nuances of colours as well as the proportions and textures. They did a great job!
colour wrapping using a feather for inspiration
another feather for inspiration
shell for inspiration
