Day In & Day Out: Sandra Brownlee meets India Flint: Notebook

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Sandra Brownlee meets India Flint: Notebook

Sandra Brownlee Notebook; Photo credit © Karen Thiessen, 2012

In August 2011 Sandra Brownlee braved hurricane Irene and scurried down to Haystack to take a workshop with India Flint.

Sandra Brownlee Notebook; Photo credit © Karen Thiessen, 2012

Sandra made an accordion book with fabrics that she dyed during the workshop. The off-white pieced fabrics with subtle impressions of leaves are beautiful.

Sandra Brownlee Notebook; Photo credit © Karen Thiessen, 2012

I don't know if the other workshop participants sewed the used plant material into their sketchbooks, but to me this is a true "Sandra approach." Here is the front of the notebook page with the plant material. Lovely isn't it?

On the back of the page we see the fabric that was bundled and dyed with the plant material.

4 comments:

india flint said...: you're right...sewing the plant material into the book was very much the "Sandra approach"
i recall also some exquisite pages she marked by repeatedly piercing them with a needle; 20 September 2012 at 09:57
Christine said...: Lovely.; 20 September 2012 at 10:03
Sweetpea said...: Inspiring to see such a dramatic personal departure (interpretation) of plant dyed cloth & stitch. Thanks so much for posting this.; 20 September 2012 at 12:44
Velma Bolyard said...: really lovely.; 20 September 2012 at 15:46