October Meeting

We had an interesting day with Colette who demonstrated to us how to mixed hundreds of  colours using emulsion paint and red, blue and yellow. 

We later spoke about our project and displayed our feather stitching and illustrations of disappearing and loss   A very productive day. 

SEPTEMBER MEETING

We reviewed the FEVA exhibition, takings were distributed to members. Discussion took place about next year's exhibition as Shirley Vine intends to exhibit in 2019.  More advertising is need throughout the week to make visitors aware of the exhibition,  we need to be more proactive.  Further discussions to take place during our meetings next year.

In October our mentor Colette will be visiting and we need to prepare work using words and missing/ disappearing letters or phrases for our joint project.

August Meeting

We are busy today working with the layout of our exhibition which begins on Friday 10 August. It will be held at Gracious Street Methodist Church Hall Knaresborough, daily from 10 until 4, we are sharing the hall with local Watercolour artist Shirley Vine.  See below a selection of our work which will be on display.

FEVA Exhibition 2018

Our next exhibition will take place in August at our regular venue at Gracious Street Methodist Church. Starting on Friday 10 until Saturday 18 August.

We look forward to seeing you there.  Members of Decora will be in attendance on a daily basis to talk about the techniques used in their own work.

Decora will be sharing the hall with Shirley Vine, water colour artist.

JUNE MEETING

Working together this month we produced feather designs working on them in the morning for two hours, later after our business meeting we selected by raffle another piece of feather work and continued to add stitches to the original item.  See our efforts below.

Our AGM was held after lunch when Yvonne took over the role of secretary, Liz will continue as treasurer, Sue M will continue as chair after a three month break betweenJuly August and September when different members will act as chair on a monthly basis.  

FEVA plans were discussed and will be similar to last year setting up on Thursday 9 August with a preview in the evening, from 10 to 18 the exhibition will open 10 until 4 daily.  A rota was begun for thiese dates, with those present adding their names.  There are gaps to fill for those not present at the meeting.

July meeting will be chaired by Jill.

A selection of feathers showing the changes from the first person to the second.  We all enjoyed the experience.

APRIL MEETING WITH COLETTE

Colette visited this month and gave us lots of ideas to consider for our future joint project.  She brought along many of her own pieces of work for us to consider. 

We need to work together on single items and her suggestion was for us to work on one idea for about 2 hours then passing it to another member of the group to add their stitches, this would help us with the future project.

March - The Beast from the East

Our March meeting was cancelled due to the uncertainty of the roads with the snow and ice from the previous week. 

A business meeting was scheduled for 15 March, at the meeting we were updated by Sue M of the sub committee meeting which took place to discuss a theme for a future exhibition. The details of the meeting with Shirley V and Sue H for the FEVA exhibition were discussed and agreed, an email confirming our decision was sent to Shirley.  The meeting concluded with lunch at Stanley's cafe at Barker and Stonehouse.

FEBRUARY MEETING - ZIG ZAG BOOKS

We had a busy meeting yesterday making books during the morning whilst after lunch and our business meeting we discussed our joint installation progress for a future exhibition.

Our selection of books made by members, an excellent example from everyone.  Lots of tips on completion from Sue H; everyone enjoyed the experience.

Our rolls of paper with our ideas as they develop. From both ends of the table.

We now have a mini committee working on the Theme, they have taken away a list of ideas with a view to make a clear decision to put forward at our next meeting.

Members of the group also brought along their own examples of books they have made.  Some interesting ideas for us all to experiment with.

New Year Meeting 2018

Our first meeting of the year welcomed Graham Roberts, President of Harrogate Photography Society. He came along to speak to us about photographing our work.  He explained the best way to get a good picture was to use an easel and have a camera on a tripod at right angles to the subject.  To take care with our mounts as white can take colour away when photographing, grey was a better colour, he suggested we make a reflective sheet using kitchen foil on a sheet of hardboard. The foil sheet can be used to reflect light onto subjects.  To take photos on a dull day or use a net curtain to deflect the light when the sun is bright, not to use any electric lights.

Graham also talked generally about iPhone & camera settings, which was very useful.

A big thank you to Graham for taking the time to assist us.  I think we all benefitted from Graham's talk and look forward to see lots of professional photos later in the year.