Bank Holiday - Part 4
~ More Raffia ~

Another sunny day =) Spent time working on a final sample for the Natural sketch book using raffia. Being inspired by Lynda's work .... I create a sample where the raffia provided the texture only.

First layer of raffia where stitched down to a piece of calcio and covered with gesso.

Close up above of the piece after the gesso dried. Then added natural colours. Browns and reds.

Once the paint had dried I then rubbed some Treasure Chest classic over the work.
Love the effect ... so Thanks Lynda =)

When I was not messing with paints, I started to work on the two country sketch books which are outstanding. I have selected West Africa and Inuit tribes. Spent a few hours researching on the web and skim reading through the pile of books I had from the library.

I was even able to make a start on the West Africa book. Above the start of the weaving section. I am not 100% sure how these books should look. The description in the C&G book says that there should be a mixture of photos, sketches and photo copied images. The raffia work will fit here as they use raffia as one of the materials for creating cloth !

The Inuit book will start with a quote I found
"The people of the sub-Artic have no word for ART"

While searching round the web I found a link to the collection from Manoush in someone's blog, which included this coat in an inuit styling ! Cool !