Following Daphne's talk a couple of weeks ago, the day school was eagerly anticipated, and did not disappoint. Daphne brought a mountain of stuff for us to use, all the Powertex products, things to make texture with, paints and tools, and as it is a messy business, protective gloves.
The Powertex liquid is poured into a tray, and we used cut up T-shirt material to fashion a brooch or fridge magnet, to our own taste, using things we had brought, or raiding tables full of things Daphne had brought. This was a small project designed to give us a feel for using the material. The fabric is dipped into the Powertex, allowed to dry a bit, and then manipulated into shapes, and things added to make out desired item. The Powertex sticks to itself and also acts as a glue, it's very messy, so we played like children again! Then we moved on to other larger projects, everyone could make whatever they want, and people had brought boxes, bottles, canvasses, all sorts to decorate. One lady had brought an armature of a chicken, and made a delightful garden ornament by adding T-shirt material, bits of lace etc.
When the items were dry, we added colour with powdered pigments and varnish, lightly dry brushing to give more of a highlighted look. Everyone made two or three things, and had finished objects to take home, and it really was a lovely and creative day. Many thanks to Daphne for a great day school.
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| Daphne's tools of the trade |
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| Hard at work! |
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| Beautiful bowl moulded in a frying pan |
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| Husband's box of keys transformed! |
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| Brooches |
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| Ready for colouring |
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| Green Man |
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| Tree Stump |
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| Brooches |
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| Vessel moulded round a glass |
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| Petalled box |
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| The fabulous chicken |
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