On Saturday I travelled over the border to Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire. When I say over the border, it’s literally less than 30 minutes away. It was to attend a one day workshop titled ‘Styling A Scene’ and was facilitated by the talented and lovely Java in her studio in an old weaving mill.
I’m not exaggerating when I say I was actually fizzing with excitement and I got more fizzy as the day went on.
You see the thing is when all my textile pals are stitching, dyeing, printing, weaving, collaging and all the other techniques they are so good at, I know that it’s not truly me.
This is me ……. Gathering, collating, faffing, arranging, displaying, tweaking.
And so with the abundance of treasures that Java had in her studio we were given free range to get creative.
Java gave us different scenarios to work on.
Firstly styling up three objects, all the while thinking of structure, softness and the story,
Next up we had to style up an old typewriter using the same format.
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It was like being in the best sweetie shop in the land choosing what props to work with
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Our next task was to choose an object for someone else to style.
Emily chose this bowl of white cotton balls for me
That was different as my favourite thing is working with colour
For our last task we worked on a joint scene which we pulled together quickly
and easily with the starting point being Emily’s vintage enamel pan set.
Honestly the whole day was a dream and I wish I could do it all again.
I could live in Java’s studio
Until next time, thanks for calling by
Lynn
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