We started our last meeting before the summer break with an extended, part-day lino printing workshop with Sean Willis. Much of Sean's work is inspired by local landscapes but he teaches classes throughout the country.
Sean was an excellent, patient tutor who came very well prepared with plenty of resources, including good quality tools, for everyone.
After a brief introduction about his work and the lino cutting equipment, the process and, of course, safety, we were soon at work making our first trial blocks to familiarise ourselves with the tools. We printed these on paper Sean had provided.
Once the test print was completed, we were able to start tracing our designs (the only thing we had to provide), transferring them onto lino before we began cutting.
Sean was at hand to encourage and help with inking and burnishing. Those whose wrists were not up to using the cutting tools had the opportunity to do some mono-printing. We could choose whether to print on pieces of fabric or on calico bags.
Thank you, Sean, for a busy but surprisingly therapeutic workshop.
You can see Sean's work on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/seanwillisprints/
After a brief AGM and lunch, we then had a talk from our member, Ro, who has been a prolific quilter since she came to the craft in 2008. Ro makes mainly traditional 'quilts', often using stripes and checks and scraps, with one of her creations winning a couple of prizes at the Harrogate quilt show.
Ro had brought many samples of her work for us to handle and look at from the early circle of hearts to the prize-winner, both shown below. We were all in awe of her work, meticulous stitching and eye for colour.
An excellent talk to complete a good year at Megastitchers, thank you, Ro.
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