Showing posts with label Hoop Embroidery on Felt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hoop Embroidery on Felt. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2018

NEW ASSIGNMENT - PART 2

HOOP EMBROIDERY ON FELT
BEGINNING 3-D ART
embroidery hoops, felt, perle' cottons, crewel or embroidery needles

Well I hope you enjoyed the Hoop Embroideries from yesterday's post.
There were so many outstanding pieces
 that it was just too hard for me to pick only a few to showcase.
So let's take a look-see at the others I have picked for you.

We start Part 2 with junior Angelica Luza
and her fish & bones.
Everyone loved her quirky subject matter as well as her lovely stitching.
The chain stitch makes for a really swell filler stitch.
If you recognize Angelica's name 
it's because she has also been showcased this year 
for her pieces in the Intermediate 2-D art class.
A talented young woman.

This next one was crafted by junior Dustine Ansiboy.
It was so clever of her to make the braid separate from the felt,
this way you could make the young woman a completely different do.if you wanted to.
An interactive piece.
Hummm....next year?

And vivacious little 8th grader Annie Nguyen created this delightful piece
with the title "Art 2017".
So very sweet Annie!

And oh my, 
what do we have here?
Complex thinker and 8th grader Sophia Oporto embroidered almost an entire piano!
What a hard worker this young one is to pull off something so difficult!!

And check out the gorgeous design and craftsmanship in this next one by senior Sophie Yang.
Everything is so delicately and perfectly placed and executed.

8th grader Kira Curry always comes up with highly unique ideas.
When I look at this I see a young girl looking into a bowl and out floats some scary eyeball.
But when I double-checked with her today, 
she told me it's a  mermaid holding a dolphin with a jelly fish floating nearby.
Wow, completely different interpretations.
She spent a lot of extra time putting in all those French Knots and Satin stitches.

I wish I had a better pix of this next one.
We all loved how the balloon strings trailed off the edge of the hoop.
And the craftsmanship that 8th grader Shivani Kedila displayed was impeccable.

But like I always have a tendency to do, 
I try to save the very best for last.
And as much as I loved all the others,
it was this one that called to me the most by junior Rachel Tibayan.
I think it's because reminds me of a bygone era,
it transports me to a time 
when women used to sell their wooden baskets full of flowers on the streets, 
and probably still do in some European countries.
It just really spoke to me.

I hope you all have enjoyed seeing these beginners put their needles into work.
It's so satisfying for me to know that I've shared with them a life skill.

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

NEW ASSIGNMENT - PART 1

HOOP EMBROIDERY ON FELT
BEGINNING 3-D ART
embroidery hoops, felt pieces, crewel or embroidery needles, pearle cottons

Oh boy did we have fun with this new assignment.
In years past,
 to teach the embroidery unit,
 I've had the kids make Preliminary Felt Embroidered Pouches.
But ever couple of years I like to change things up a bit.
Or I'll see something done by another artist in a gallery, show or magazine
that causes me to pause and think,
hey my kids could do that!

I've also been noticing in all my Fiber magazines that embroidery is coming back into vogue.
How wonderful!

We start with this incredibly well designed and crafted piece by 8th grader Bhumika Kalaimalai.
Besides bringing in all the stitches I taught the kids,
she also brought in a few of her own.

This next beauty was made by senior Vivian Shi.
Viv also did an extra stitch that she taught herself in the middle flower.
For each assignment,
 I bring to school my art books to share with the kids
for additional resources.
And in this unit
 there was so much interest that many of the students took advantage of learning a few extras.

How sweet is this next one by junior Kiana Hernandez.
So delicately balanced thru both color and design.
And also beautifully crafted.

This next cutie patootie was made by 8th grader Yusuf Karan.
Yusuf loves cats and usually uses them as subject matter in all his assignments. 
:)

One of my personal favorites was this one by junior Ann Luong.
Just lovely!

And check out this coilorful peacock by 8th grader Heer Patel.
One of Heer's signature moves in all her pieces is to try to use every color in the rainbow.
I really like how she was able to distribute those colors in a balanced way
by filling up a lot of the negative space..

One of the classes favorites was this one by senior Inna Sikar.
She also made great use of her negative space and color choices.
And don't you just love that tye-dyed felt backdrop?
Perfect!

I'm so thrilled to show these off.
Tomorrow will be Part 2