Paper quilts art

"Are there any parents who would be interested in working on the class auction project this year?" Me, "YES!!!" I am usually the first one to raise my hand when a teacher asks for help with an art project. I love working with the students on group projects. Last year we made two beautiful quilts (which you can read about here and here) which raised over $1,000 for the school. It was a great project, but it was also a huge time and a bit of a financial investment. This year I was determined…

Meet Sami Lange, a paper artist in Phoenix, Arizona who has been cutting, dyeing, and stitching paper for the past sixteen years. Her work h...

Somewhat the same...yet a little different. Yesterday I started fusing some of the stripe strips with a little bit of a curve...and with some solids mixed in. My intention was to do a whole piece this way. The more I fused the more unhappy I became...so I let it sit. The minute I looked at it again this morning I knew it was too much. So I sliced it apart and reworked it and this is where I ended up. The solids are Kaffe Fassett shot cottons which are woven with two different colors for the…

Skillshare is a learning community for creators. Anyone can take an online class, watch video lessons, create projects, and even teach a class themselves.

In progress pieces before framing these mini works of art. Mixing watercolor, acrylics, torn papers, threads from a sewing machine.