Course curriculum

  • 1

    Let's Begin

    • Get Inspired!

    • Table of Contents

    • Welcome Letter - How to Get The Most Out of This Course

    • Materials Guideline

    • About This Course

    • Meet Your Tutor

    • Artists That Inspire

    • Recommended Reading

    • Sharing Your Artwork
  • 2

    PART 1 - Field Notes: Observe, Gather and Interpret

    • Part 1 - Welcome

    • Part 1 - Introduction

  • 3

    Module 1 - Making Field Notes

    • Module 1 - Resource Guide

    • Making Field Notes

    • Organising Your Research

    • Advance Preparation - Cards

    • Advance Preparation

    • Advance Preparation - Strip

    • On Location Kit

    • Field Notes - Ways to Record

    • Field Notes - On The Move

    • Reworking and Summary

    • Module 1 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 4

    Module 2 - Reworking a Collection

    • Module 2 - Resource Guide

    • Reworking a Collection

    • Gathering and Collecting

    • Reworking Photographs

    • Select a Colour Palette

    • Extracting Marks

    • Working with Fabric and Ink

    • Palimpsest

    • Chop and Change

    • Summary

    • Module 2 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 5

    Module 3 - Making a Mark

    • Module 3 - Resource Guide

    • Making a Mark

    • Mixed Media Grounds

    • Exploring What Can Make a Mark

    • Mark Making Tools

    • Mark Making on Grounds

    • Making Cola Pens

    • Text as Marks

    • Text on Prepared Grounds

    • Simple Printing Blocks

    • The Printed Mark

    • Other Ways to Make a Mark

    • Summary

    • Module 3 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 6

    Module 4 - Fragmentation and Reconstruction

    • Module 4 - Resource Guide

    • Fragmentation and Reconstruction

    • Fragmenting an Image

    • Fragmenting a Sketch

    • Fragmentation

    • Selecting and Ordering

    • Arranging and Joining

    • Working in Series

    • Stitched Collage

    • Summary

    • Module 4 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 7

    Part 2 - Making Changes

    • Part 2 - Welcome

    • Part 2 - Introduction
  • 8

    Module 5 - Inspired by Boro

    • Module 5 - Resource Guide

    • Inspired by Boro

    • Mottainai

    • Stitch Patch Repair

    • Distressing Fabric

    • Working in a Series

    • Reworking Work

    • Summary

    • Module 5 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 9

    Module 6 - Inspired by Kantha

    • Module 6 - Resource Guide

    • Inspired by Kantha

    • Exploring Running Stitch

    • Stitch Samplers

    • Not Quite Kantha

    • Alternative Materials

    • Alternative Stitches

    • Trapping Fragments

    • Coating Samples

    • Developing Things Further

    • Summary

    • Module 6 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 10

    Module 7 - Alteration Deconstruction Transformation

    • Module 7 - Resource Guide

    • Alteration Deconstruction Transformation

    • Making Small Samples

    • Coating With Plaster

    • Coating With Clay Slip

    • Coating with Wax

    • Making Larger Samples

    • Making Changes - Distressing

    • Making Changes - Holes

    • Making Changes - Weathering and Washing

    • Development - Weathered Paper

    • Development - Grids

    • Making Changes - Staining

    • Making Changes - Burying

    • Reworking Again

    • Resolving Work

    • Reconstruct New Work

    • Summary

    • Module 7 - Action Tasks & Ideas
  • 11

    Module 8 - Presenting Fragments: Displaying Work

    • Module 8 - Resource Guide

    • Presenting Fragments: Displaying Work

    • Multiples

    • Boxes and Containers

    • Origami Folded Box Demonstration

    • Displaying Fragments

    • Book Format

    • Hanging and Framing

    • Summary
  • 12

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion

    • Before You Go...
  • 13

    LIVE Q&A Recordings

    • Live Q&A session #1 - 16 August 2022

    • Live Q&A session #2 - 20 September 2022

    • Live Q&A session #1 - 3 February 2023

    • Live Q&A session #2 - 22 February 2023

    • Live Q&A session #1 - 14 November 2023

    • Live Q&A session #2 - 19 December 2023

    • Live Q&A session #1 - 14 November 2024

    • Live Q&A session #2 - 13 December 2024
  • 14

    Shelley's Weekly Additions

    • Shelley's Additions 2022 - Updates from Facebook

    • Shelley's Additions January to February 2023 - Updates from Facebook

    • Shelley's Additions November to December 2023 - Updates from Facebook

    • Shelley's Additions 2024 - Updates from Facebook
  • 15

    Online Exhibitions

    • Make, Unmake, Remake - Finding Fragments 2024 Online Exhibition

    • Place, Displace, Replace - Finding Fragments 2023 Online Exhibition

    • Work, Rework & Work Again - Finding Fragments 2022 Online Exhibition