Letters California Style with Marina Soria

This was my third time taking a class with Marina. She always has a great way of getting inspiration and extending it to make art. We were asked to bring in a piece of printed cloth or a print of a pattern that resonated to us. I had many, and with her help,

picked out one piece that was going to be thrown out by a sewing contractor friend. We were asked to study the colors and pull out no more than 6 colors from it. Mine was easy, it only had 6 colors. The pattern was our inspiration to use the colors and interpret them in various ways.

mixed colors of the print

first study

Empty space study with shape of the paisley

Study with Gilbran quote

letterform inspiration from Benoit Furet - anachropsy.com

using folded pen

Letterform I made up with inspiration from one I found online..no attribution.

study using resist

woven words from two studies

accordian book of printed pages with printed covers of fabric.

The fabric I chose and my study pages

Marina and the classmates. Great bunch of women.

My table mates, Sunny Ba and Kathy Wafer.