Workshops

A little while ago I had the pleasure of photographing a few classes at the workroom, and this is a very edited selection of the results. The first photograph is of the test sheet of a pysanky student (wax on paper). I think the process of pysanky is quite beautiful. The first time I finished an egg, I immediately wanted to start on a new one because I had all these great new ideas!

The last two pictures are of the french-stitch cushion class. In this class I was a student, in addition to being photographer. The green and white print is Kristiann’s cushion. I wanted to show the lovely contrast topstitching on the corner of the cushion here.

The bottom photograph is of my fabric being measured. My cushion was so big we needed to clear off the sale fabric table for me to work on it! And I kept misplacing my yellow tailor’s chalk on that piece of nani iro because it totally blended in with the print – so funny! (have a look for yourself in the picture – spot the chalk!)

It was a really cool class, as I’d been very interested in the bright and colourful Roche-Bobois french-stitch floor cushions for some time and they are very similar to what you can accomplish in the class. The nani iro is still a work-in-progress for me (or a work-on-hiatus rather), maybe in part because I chose to make it really big. So it could be like the Roche-Bobois. But it’s ok because I’ve been working on other exciting projects in the meantime! Projects I will hopefully share with you soon!