Up to My Neck in Scraps
For the last few weeks, I’ve been up to my neck in scraps! I’m teaching art to a group of teenagers and preparing for our glued fabric collages. That takes a lot of fabric!
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I asked my fiber art friends for scraps and they were very generous. But, then I had to go through all those donations, culling the fabrics that didn’t work, and cutting to size those that did.
Now, it’s time for the students to select the fabrics they want to use, so I’m bagging them up by color. Which takes a lot of time!
Some of the students indicated in advance what colors they wanted for their backgrounds and foregrounds and I’ve created custom bags for them.
The remaining students will get to choose two bags of fabrics in the colors of their choice.
Finally, I’m seeing the light at the end of all this scrapping.
In class this week, the students will start creating their glued collages, working with a theme of imaginary plants. We’ve already done a lot of brainstorming and sketching on that topic, so they should be off and running.
Teaching art to teenagers is way more work than I anticipated, but I’m definitely enjoying it!
Ellen Lindner
P.S. Related post: Designing with Teenagers
