Thursday 17 March 2016

On the beach again

On my travels again - this time to sunny Eastbourne and a course with Alice Fox at Studio 11. Right up my street, it's called Adventures in Beachcombing. 



We've started each day with a walk along a local beach, gathering detritus and natural items, plus words, sounds and thoughts into a makeshift sketchbook.


On Eastbourne parade seafront the haul was enormous 


Couldn't detach this wonderful collection though


Next day to the fishermen's beach, to find rusty things (didn't manage to drag the old mattress home either!)



And today to Birling Gap, between the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head.


A strange chalk landscape similar to that at Lyme and West Bay, with towering, crumbling, striated cliffs and flat pavements, but with white cliffs and grey flint pebbles instead of ochre.


Back in the studio came the bit I'm not so good at - actually doing something with all that collected stuff!


We've been rust printing on fabric and paper


Monoprinting and embossing 


Sketching and drawing 


And today we've been looking at weaving and other textile related ideas - no photos of mine, but here's what Veronica (who is a weaver) is creating 


Great to have four whole days dedicated to doing the work - lots of ideas for forthcoming exhibitions ...

See more of Alice's work on her website: alicefox.co.uk

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