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Inspired by the Story Quilts of Faith Ringgold

May 15, 2022 By Debra Disman

Keeping the FAITH through “Story Quilting”!

I am thrilled to be teaching MAKING ART INSPIRED BY GREAT ARTISTS  at Grant and McKinley Elementary Schools in the Santa Monica Public School System through the CREST Enrichment program.

After a span of two years, teaching live and in-person is exciting and energizing. The students are enthusiastic, helpful and creative and IMAGINATIVE and the parents and staff supportive and engaged.

Everyone is working together to make in-person teaching a safe and rewarding experience. Despite the challenges and great energy required, what fun to see these young artists exercise their imaginations, play, learn and create!

Students responded positively to our “Story Quilt” project, inspired by the Great Artist, Faith Ringgold.
Put cloth in their hands, and away they go!

Joyous play and exploration of fabric, cloth scrap, felt (actually made of acrylic- durable!) and tacky glue!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Art and craft, Before and after school art classes, Children's Art Classes, City of Santa Monica, Collage, Community Art, CREST Enrichment, Cut, Fabric, Fabric Collage, Fabric Collage Felt, Faith Ringgold, Fiber, Fiber Art, Glue, Great Women Artists, MAKING ART INSPIRED BY GREAT ARTISTS, Paste, Story Quilt, Tacky glue, Teaching Artist

Studio Notes: Texture Tactility Tactile Textile

April 18, 2022 By Debra Disman

Today I am sharing some explorations into “tactile textiles,”, a term coined, as  understand it, by Anni Albers, tactile textile artist/weaver!

Such works and materials become spaces, places, rooms, lands, terrain, forests…tactile explorations into the unknown, guided by, among other things, the sense of touch, a tactile sensibility.

 

Detail of “Forest Through The Trees”, book board, hemp cord, wood, canvas, acrylic paint, used typewriter ribbon, ribbon

Test piece/sample, paper, jute cord

Detail of “It’s Not Black or White”,  book board, mulberry paper, used typewriter ribbon

Detail of “FruitFull” (in process), textile samples, hemp cord

Stacked pieces of “to the trade” folded textile samples


Stacked pieces of repurposed and folded denim cut from jeans

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Anni Albers, Bind, BOOK BOARD, Cord, Fiber, Glue, hemp, HEMP CORD, In the Studio, Jute, jute cord, Knot, Layer, Materiality, Materials, Sew, Spiral, Stitich, String, Studio, Studio notes, Studio shots, Tactile textile, tactility, Textile, Texture, touch, typewriter ribbon, Wrap

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