Vicious Threads

I heard about this MCA workshop a while back and was sorry to have missed it. Then on a recent visit to see the Louisa Bufardeci & Zon Ito exhibition saw it was running again.

Kate Scardifield – an artist experimenting with fabric, stitch, appliqué and soft sculpture – gave us a brief tour for inspiration before talking about her techniques; mainly the creative use of Vliesofix (iron-on appliqué webbing) in collages, but we did some stitching as well. With just over an hour to put pieces together it’s more about giving you ideas to take home, but I really enjoyed the round-table atmosphere. I met a number of interesting women (mainly artists) and was mightily impressed by the whole set-up. And get this, it only cost 15 bucks. And they gave us lovely free wine & cheese! And all the materials were included! It doesn’t get much better than that.

When I got home, I added some linen given to me by dear friend Catherine for the border, popped more Vliesofix on the back and ironed it straight to the wall. Voilà!