Design Stella Schofield Adams January Meeting 2019

Stella arrived ready to inspire and introduce us to the elements of design so our work would become more personal.
We had been asked to bring a few items which we liked and intrigued us to use as our inspiration. The items for inspiration included stones, amethyst, citrine ,shell, wood, a flower and a silk rod.
 Our first task was to choose one of our objects and without looking at the paper draw it in various ways with our non dominant hand. 
This was to encourage us to look closely and carefully in different lights at our chosen object.
After the drawing we were asked to choose fabrics and threads in appropriate colours and "stitch a sketch" of our object or a part of it. [See our efforts below]

 

We were then  asked to make another design from our "sewn sketch" Our second design was completely different from the object we had started with.

 It was a very enjoyable day and very unlike our usual workshops where we produce a textile item. 
A big thank you must go to Stella for setting us along the road to design and hopefully over the next few months we will be able to observe  better and feel more confident in having a go at designing for ourselves.