Class Collages

In our Print and Collage class, we provided some guidance on using the students' printed fabrics to create a collage.  While some chose to continue printing a stash of fabrics, others went on to play with their fabrics to come up with an arrangement that they could tweak at home, as well as add stitching and other embellishments.  Sue explained her process of starting with either a color story or theme/focal point and auditioning stash pieces to come up with a pleasing composition, while keeping the elements and principles of design in mind.

Here she's working with analogous colors (blue & green), with the dark blue providing the contrasting pop of color.

Mary auditions fabrics for her collage, and finds that sometimes just changing the position or width of a piece of fabric can make a big difference.

Jane likewise auditions fabrics to provide balance to her composition.

Barbara had a great piece of batik (the turquoise on the right) in several colors that was a perfect complement to the mum screen printed in white. Here she's playing with various elements for her collage.

Etta used her leaf screen in 3 sizes with an organza overlay to create her composition.  Isn't this a great leaf design?

Here's a look at our extensive collection of screens that the students had to work with.  We look forward to seeing pictures of their completed collages!