German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. Illusions have interested me for a long time. So I was very excited when there was a design course on the subject by Barbara Corbet . It was from this course that I got the idea of approaching the subject… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 11 – Illusion
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Lace Design Technique 10 – Integration
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. Collages represent for me the integration of the most diverse elements to a new whole. A fascinating process that builds on the abundance of material that surrounds us. Let’s start! Instruction Today you need a magazine or otherwise… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 10 – Integration
Lace Design Technique 09 – At Random
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. I got to know this technique during Lockdown 2020, when I took part in an online course on “urban sketching” with Gerhard Marquard. When you are out and about, houses are always a motif. With this exercise you… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 09 – At Random
Lace Design Technique 08 – Symmetry
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. I can’t remember the first time I tried this technique. Probably in kindergarten. When I came across it again and started experimenting with it, my head got in the way, wanting to set the colors in a planned… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 08 – Symmetry
Lace Design Technique 07 – Roll the dice
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. It must have been ages since I bought a dice game from Ralf Senftleben. (As far as I know it is not available anymore). The game was mainly about self-knowledge and exchange. Two dice were used to determine… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 07 – Roll the dice
Lace Design Technique 06 – Continuation
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. Sometimes a photo or a picture makes me pause. But I first had to get the idea from OH cards to use them as inspiration to design. Especially in those moments when I am a creative desert myself,… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 06 – Continuation
Lace Design Technique 05 – One Line
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. I first came across Picasso’s one-line drawings many years ago. I was fascinated by how you could express the characteristics of something so well with just one stroke and so little detail. Well, that’s just Picasso. But other… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 05 – One Line
Lace Design Technique 04 – Blindly
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. I first encountered this method in a drawing course by Martina Wald. You draw blindly by keeping your eyes focused on what you want to draw during the entire drawing process. Before I did the exercise, I thought… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 04 – Blindly
Lace Design Technique 03 – Point Connection
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. I love flipping through drawing books and being inspired by the exercises and drawings to create my own work. One of these books is “100 Zeichentechniken” by Monika Reiter and Dieter Schlautmann. In this book I came across… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 03 – Point Connection
Lace Design Technique 02 – Imprint
For the German version please scoll down. This post is part of the Lace Design Challenge 2022. In art, this technique is called frottage and many will know it from kindergarten or school. The variant with the self-created uneven surface (see picture 2) I learned in a drawing course by Pierre Fouché. Instruction Take a… Continue reading Lace Design Technique 02 – Imprint