Mixed Media textile art on felt - students work #3

Two wonderful sessions of mixed media textile art have been hold online in February to March 2021, I’m again so amazed by the inspiration and beautiful work achieved!

A growing mixed media community

While 16 newcomers in two classes discovered the endless possibilities of enhancing the felted surface, former MMTA students were evolving either on their own or in one of the two follow-up classes. A private Facebook group enables all to keep connected, share and inspire above the initial classes.

Fir the slideshow below I mixed all works submitted. This way it becomes the largest I have ever been allowed to put together. I‘m honored and proud!

From mark making to beautiful mixed media art

The slideshow is a free mix of all work submitted by my students: it shows the first steps into mark making with self made brushes to beautiful finished cowls, brooches and wallhangings. I hope it inspires you, wether you are a lover of textile art, a fiber, felt, textile or mixed media artist! Don’t hesitate to leave a comment below!

Gratitude

I’m so grateful for the power and great vibes online teaching allows me to spread. Nearly every day I get beautiful messages either on social media or in a private message from students letting me know their excitement about the new opportunities they are able to see. Most often they state that the MMTA class allowed them to become brave in trying out new things, not looking for perfection in each step and this in my eyes is the most important thing to learn if you want to be an authentic artist!

Inspiration is spreading in both direction!

It’s wonderful to hear that I inspire others! In the same time I feel so much more inspired ever since I started the online classes. My inspiration comes so much from my students! With every exchange, every question, my creativity is challenged and enabled to grow. My creative wings have stretched during this last year because of all the beautiful likeminded persons I meet!

What students say about MMTA

In my last blog post I already shared a lot of the wonderful feedbacks I got over the last months and as I don’t want to bother you, this time i share only a single one. It’s written by award winning artist Judy Weiss from Canada. She used her scholar ship prize to sign up for my MMTA class. Her feedback resumes perfectly what the MMTA class is all about:

It was a pleasure being in Mixed Media Textile Art class. I feel like it was six weeks well spent. The greatest thing for me was that I learned new ways of thinking about the process of making art from you and from my fellow students. I have always felt like an 'experimental' artist because I like to combine traditional techniques with modern materials, or adapt time-honoured materials to new techniques. The class challenged me to push my materials (silk, felt, paper and colour) further, to use digital processes in design and production, and to be unafraid to ask 'what if' at any point in the process-- that experience is never wasted and variations are wonderful stepping stones to fresh ideas and new work.  It also gave me ideas for what to do when a piece isn't working, or I am not satisfied with it.  My next challenge is to apply what I have learned in the context of my own body of work. So excited for that!

You can get insights to Judy’s art here:  

 https://www.fibreartnetwork.com/gallery-artist-detail.php?memID=151&imageID=1796

A huge thanks to all who have joined the colorful MMTA community and nourish it with their inspirational art!

Next classes & waiting list

I’m so much looking forward to the next two class starting in Mai and grateful how fast they filled. I will launch new dates as soon as I know a little bit more about mu personal situation in septembre. So if interested stay tuned or send me a message to join the waiting list!