Hello all! Another three days of amazing classes have been shared in the Fodder Challenge classroom, and I've been on some big journeys with most of them. The overall Fodder style seems very often include to bright colours and geometric patterns - neither of which, as you'll know, are really in my ballpark. But I have found such creative stimulation and, on one occasion, pure bliss in letting my mojo re-interpret the offerings of the lessons into something that makes me happy.
And of course, that's really the whole point of inspiration - a starting point, something that triggers an idea or a question. And it's also been hugely rewarding and heart-lifting seeing the journeys people have taken from the starting point of my Day 3 Floating Quote class.
So I just thought I'd drop in and show you what I got up to with Days Four, Five and Six. If you want to see the original projects which provided the creative spark, you can still register for the Fodder Challenge, completely free, at www.willawanders.com and you can just watch for a while to get the idea, or you might get sucked in to the whole shebang and find yourself on a creative journey of your own!
Day Four - "Woven" Fodder Papers with Sarah Gardner
I went way off-piste with this one, taking the lines and the brightly coloured repeated patterns of Sarah's class into my own world of vintage lettering and subtle neutrals.
Day Five - Mixed Media Tokens with Kecia Deveney
Oh, what a wonderful time I had with this. Again, as suggested by Kecia, I went with the colours and shapes which make my heart sing - so botanicals and watercolours (specifically Daniel Smith's Moonglow and others) obviously put in an appearance.
Day Six - Gelli Printed Fabric Ribbons with Yetunde Rodriguez
It was my turn not to have any of the required ingredients, so after trying Yetunde's method with some of my supplies (with very limited success), I reverted to good old Tim Holtz stamps and Distress Inks and had a lovely messy time!
I hope that gives you a little flavour of what's going on in my interpretations of the Fodder Challenge classes. It's been a brilliant creative kickstart to my slightly sluggish mojo.
I hope you're all doing well. Happy crafting, all!
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
5 comments:
I agree you have certainly made each of these fodder challenges your own. Very different and nice to see how you interpreted each day's challenge.
Love what you have been doing, and I loved your 'class'. I really like your style and your stamps and excited that you will be a tutor on Fodder 3. The whole idea is way outside my comfort and agree it's stimulating to be challenged and have every thing stripped back. feels very therapeutic almost.
thanks C
This was extremely helpful thank you, I enjoyed your floating quote class a lot but was not quite seeing how some of the other classes would be relevant as they were not my style. I often need a helping hand there and that is exactly what you have given me.
Loving this post....I truly love your Fabric ribbon strips. WOW and the fun of the Kecia tokens are awesome colors. I've started your Floating quotes and will enjoy this process, I've collected the clear sheets...but I had issues with my stenciling / paint...too much humidity I think. THen 2 days of having 3 printers all printing pink ink.One NEW, One OLD, one 2nd yr... So Monday will be a day with HP on the PHONE.Frustration set in and we left for Sunday as his laptop had major issues also..................... Normal needs to happen. THANKS for this POST.
Looks like you've been having a lot of fun and making some great art bits. I love them all Alison, but the idea of making some look old writing is a fantastic idea. Happy new week. Hugs-Erika
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