Wow! Amazing use of colour and texture in particular when creating dragonfly wings! This workshop was in a new venue with a different twist to my normal
creative days. Working with the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, we designed
this workshop to take inspiration from pond life, especially
dragonflies. A few Derbyshire landscapes snuck in but I think that's ok
and when everyone's work looks this good for the first time.... what
more can I say! Its great!
Click here to see the album.
I wanted to draw particular attention to a few pieces, I'm only
sorry I don't have the time of blog space to write about everyone's
unique creations!
Firstly a set of 4 fishy coasters by Gill. Apart from the wonderful
shapes and textures involved we worked upside down in order the
guarantee getting a set of functional coasters once fired. This way any
air bubble that might be trapped within the glass wont effect the
stability of Gill coffee cup or glass of wine!
And secondly the beautiful Poppies by Hazel. An emphasise on bold
colour combinations has created some wonderful stylised finish to these
confetti flowers. I hope she doesn't mind me saying this but Hazel was
wonderful to work with, being partially sighted, she had a wonderful
overview of her designs. Wanting a variety of bright colours to enjoy,
the challenge was that some of the coloured glass are Striker colours,
meaning the may look very pale almost clear when working with them but
the colours change and intensify after firing. See Hazel's Butterfly in
the
facebook album.
Thank you to everyone who attended to course, You have given me some lovely ideas to develop for future workshops.
Feel free to comment, get in touch and spread the word.
Stevie