Another scene by Joe Wareing, a wsher woman outside her cottage.
I dressed the lady and also the little girl which was added as an extra, she is not really with the scene but I couldn't stop her helping out.
This is a project Joe is doing at Arnhem in October this year and I an doing the doll.
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I have at last finished this project.. VBG.
Joe Wareing made the box and the partition wall, window and cut the door to my instructions. The rest I have done myself. I needed to 'do' something for me again the only problem is I had to make the scene fairly quick or it would not get finished.
I still have a candlestick to make for the table, but I might cheat and buy one.
I also have to find a frame to fit the box... 8 x 12 a rather awkward size. This is one of the dolls I will be doing at Arnhem in Holland.
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DRAPING - a word that looks funny but means so much.
Draping makes a scene come to life. It always seems a shame to make something you have just made and spent maybe days or hours on anad then practically destroy it to make it more life like.
To begin draping you must have a polystyrene tile or some type of cork tile to enable pins to be stuck in it easily.
The tile must be covered in cling film.
The object you are placing your doll on, be it a chair or a bed MUST also be covered with cling film and scured to the tile with pins.
If your chair or bed is a very expensive one, then make a 'mock chair or bed' exactly the same size and roughly shape so the doll can sit or placed on the bed etc.
Once the bed has been covered with cling film, anchor this down to the draping board with pins so it will not move during the process.
Hold your doll in your hand and spray with Spray Starch or watered down Stiffy ( 20 water to one of Stiffy) mix the Stiffy to a consistancy of milk.
Let the drips drain off.
Place the doll on the bed or chair etc. arrange part of the gown under her and the rest to fall to the floor.
Pin the folds in place. If you are careful you can place the pins under the folds arranging the skirt as you prefer.
Leave the draping to 'set' If you have secured the doll with enough pins you can use a hairdyer to set the top draping....but make sure the doll and object are SECURE...or accidents can and do happen.
Leave overnight for the underneath fabric to dry completely.
Onece the draping has dried, take out the pins, take off the cling film, and replace the doll on the lovely miniature.
Now what else can you do!!!
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 At one of the clubs I belonged to we had a project for a market stall. I didn't want to make the usual barrow type or the static stall with counter but I had a framed print on my lounge wall I wanted to copy. |
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  These cards were done well before Carding and Scrap booking became popular.
I made them in 1988 |
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 This is the first serious sewing I did at age 7, in 1947 . As you can see the poor case has been used - not washed - so I decided to make another but did not add the feet this time.
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 This project was done with Sue Simpson. I didn't want nice and neat with lots of flowers so decided to do old and run down.
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This project is my own design for a future one and a half days workshop.
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I took it to the Burscough dolls house group and the children wanted to do it so I have arranged a programme of work to cover 10 months, starting with painting the inside and outside and making up the cupboard in February 2010.
The 7 children members arrange from 6 to 14 in age.
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This is a selection of Hazel's own work done at workshops. This scene was done with Joe Wareing at the Burscough club and at home workshops
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The Cottage Bakery
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The Cottage Bakery scene is inspired by Helen Allingham; the print this scene was taken from is called Baking Bread.
Helen Allingham was one of a group of Victorian painters who realised cottage life was changing rapidly and they set out to paint scenes of typical country cottage life.
Joe has a wonderful sense of colour and when showing you how to colour bricks he points out different hues from blue and yellow through to deep reds and hints of blacks. We used a well known DIY medium for covering the wooden fire place and different techniques for making the brick impressions.
Joe has done this particular workshop with the Hindley Group and also at Arnhem in Holland.
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This is another project that I have been working on at Burscough club, and at home workshops with Joe Wareing
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The Visitor
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The Visitor is inspired by the Victorian painter Arthur Hopkins.
Joe is a wonderful teacher, full of humour and gives interesting hints and tips about architecture. Once you have completed one of his workshops you are forever looking at 'bricks' with a new 'eye'
This workshop was first done at the Warrington Club and again at Burscough Club.
Joe also gave this workshop at Arnhem in Holland and I gave a workshop for the little girl.
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Hazels Work & Projects
