House Bill 60 in Utah allows adults 62 and over to audit any public university/college courses for just $25 a semester. The law was passed in 1977, and as a youngster of 22 working at the University of Utah, I remember hearing about the benefit for seniors and felt very excited to get older. Here we are, 40 years later and I've finally reached the ripe ol' age of 62. I signed up for my first class in Relief Printmaking. I am enjoying this class immensely. The professor, Justin Diggle , is a talented printmaker, and all of the students in class are wonderful artists. I'm humbled by their enthusiasm and skills. I didn't realize what I was missing out on by being at home working on my art. The class is teaching me new skills, and challenging me to grow as well. I look forward to more classes in the future. Some of the mark making work from the class My mark making/printing on top. Fish - experiments in mark making and printing So far we have worked on mark making, and c...
Good Morning! I just want to say "Hello" and welcome to my regular readers as well as anyone linking over from Se w, Mama, Sew 's May Giveaway Day. I am very excited to be participating in this fun giveaway. Bloggers across the internet are giving away homemade items this week. I am giving away this festive handmade red, white and blue basic garland as well as a copy of my pattern "Garland Galore" which retails for $9 (US). If you would like an opportunity to win these two prizes please leave a comment telling me what is your favorite thing to do in the Summer. The contest will remain open through Midnight (central time) May 20th. I will use a random number selector to pick a winner from the many comments and post the winners name on my blog May 21st. Please make sure I have an email address to contact you either through your profile or in your comment. If you would like to purchase a "Garland Galore" patte...
Here's the Gelli Plate Tutorial you asked for! My Gelli plate has been well used and well loved. 1. Place Gelli Plate on a flat, covered working surface, and place small dots of paint onto the plate. My demo photos are with me using acrylics and paper but it works exactly the same with fabric paint and fabric. I like using Jacquard Textile paint when I make fabric prints. 2. Use a brayer to spread the paint evenly across the plate. 3. I used the leaves as a resist for the first print. 4. Place the paper/fabric on top of the printing plate and smooth it out nicely to get an even print. 5. Carefully lift up the paper/fabric. Found a photo from when I printed the fabric - see same process. This is a first print. 5. I know that MONOprinting means ONE print but seriously, when you remove the leaves from the plate there are these beautifully textured leaves left on the plate just dying to be printed. I couldn't ignore t...
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