Angela Yoder In my studio-drafts and scribbles of a small instruction booklet. If you wanted to learn about sewing oilcloth-I can share my experiences. I’ve done it for a really long time!
Color coded steps. Little drawings. I think it’s important to start sharing what I know. If you learn to sew, think of all the things you could make! Bags, clothes, Art. <3
Post update: 11AUG17 Finished piece.
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Doing research at the Washington State Archives I found this wonderful photo of a restaurant that used to be on 5th in downtown Olympia. State Legislators met there. There was a separate “ladies” entrance, to ensure there were only proper outings and no mixing of the sexes.
Before I commit to cutting the paper, I rough sketch and sort out how big I will make the piece. On the table are my tools for working. Sometimes I journal about the picture and ask the people in it questions. They were very happy to be working there and got a long really well. They were always busy and the restaurant was very popular. of course, there is no way I can know if that is true or not; it’s what I got while I journal-ed.
The next step is choosing the building, trim, and window colors. I use a heavy colored paper from the craft store. I used to mount the finished piece on black paper and I’m trying to get away from that and use some sort of color instead. I think it brings my work alive and, what can I say? I love color! Once I choose my colors I sketch out the building, trim, windows and such with a pencil and then I check my angles and cut them out with scissors or x-acto.
I love cutting the windows and doors out! I then very carefully glue the trim pieces on. With this I use YES paste and a broken toothpick. TIP: if your YES paste is getting a little hard to manipulate, just sprinkle a little water over the top of it, close the lid, and let it incorporate for several hours to overnight. I then mix it in a little and find it reconstitutes my paste and makes it pliable again.
I can’t really write more about the glue-ing process. It takes patience and time. I put on my bifocals and move slowly. It is very meditative for me and I get really excited when I envision the final piece. The Joy I get from doing this is monumental. I hope my work brings you Joy and makes you smile.
Spring. Cool breeze. Bird songs and buses.
I could take pictures all day! Back to work…sigh.
The coast is a special place to me. I grew up in high altitude where the plains meet the Rocky Mountains. There wasn’t a lot of standing water there. The ocean was this amazing, mysterious place that I saw maybe a few times when I was a child. It was vast and blue. Moving to Washington has been so great since I see water almost every day.
Here’s a link to one of the pieces I made of Ocean Shores, Washington. What did you do when you first saw Sharky’s? I think I hollered, “Whoa!!”
https://villaparkhearts.com/product/sharkys-ocean-shores-series/
A custom order flew in from the ethers when I sported my Sacred Heart Margaret last month. Here are some pics during the process this weekend. Thank God for 3 days off! There are four pieces to this purse; 8 total with inside lining. The matte board is for the bottom reinforcement.
A custom order came out of the venture! Huzzah! or however you spell it… 🙂
