At the conclusion of our Online 7822 Patchwork and Quilting Course, students who have satisfied all the syllabus requirements are awarded a certificate by the awarding body, City & Guilds of London. We would like to offer our congratulations too!
Jean Grimshaw
Jean's final assessment sketchbook was this freestanding zigzag book inspired by a visit to ancient Petra.

Jean carefully shaped some of the pages to reflect the organic rock formations while other pages respect the more formal carved architecture.

Right: Pastel stencilling on to a painted background.

 

Left: One of Jean's photos placed on a painted page with drawing.

Right: A montage of source images.



Left: Painting with acrylics.
Above and right: Jean's first assessment piece was inspired by the landscape of a seaside town. The pier and rock formations provided the source for many of her pages.
Above: Collage and stencilling experiments.
Right and below right: Exploring composition ideas with collage using painted and found papers.
Below: Further stencilling and collage using architectural sources.
Left: Inspired by a seascape this page uses a collage of found papers with additional pastel colour.
Above: Cutting apertures inspired by coral.
Left and far left: Following studies of lilies Jean worked these pages which use stencilling and spraying.
Below: Further work from the lily study.
Above and top: Printing using acrylic paint and a hand carved print block. Torn paper collage with soft pastel.
Far left: Texture is added to a painted landscape with tissue paper.

Left: Printing with card to suggest trees in the snow.
Left: Landscape studies with collage and painting. Right: Zebra striped were the inspiration for this spread.
Jean has also completed 7923-04 Patchwork and Quilting Diploma. To see her online exhibition of her work please click HERE.
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© Linda Kemshall 2006