Sketchbook and sampler progress

I've not had much to say for the last week or so, but I've been making fantastic progress on my sampler and sketchbooks.

Warning triangle, right hand side completed,
left hand side has only one layer of stitch

Warning triangle, now has complete layer of stitch on left hand side,
voiding the handles of toilet brushes

I've decided to put Asanti good luck symbols in the border.  Just need to talk to Gifti, Mavis and Sarpong to identify which ones to use.  When I stitch large area like the warning triangle, I've learned to put all the base stitches in, using one solid colour, then create visual movement by using different colours, or variegated threads on the second layer.  I've probably done about 10 days work for 3 hours a day.

I've done a couple of classes with Vanda at the Granary.  It's been going well.  I've been drawing my cleaning bottles again, this time using an identity card.  I selected red and black from the Ghanaian flag, so this nicely restricted my colour range.   Then I selected quite a few images from previous classes (Simplify and Intensify) and decided to create a large, concertina sketchbook.  Vanda was unconvinced by this, but I like what I have created.  It took a couple of days working at home.

I managed to do some artwork today at home!  I find this difficult, but one technique I can do, is linoprints.  This time I worked with black and red ink (thinking about blood which cleaners have to deal with when people fail to flush!) on various papers, but especially Izal toilet paper.

I decided I was fed up of single images in my 10" square sketchbook.  I use linoprints to collage together, a lot.  This makes them bigger than 10" square.  I also print on toilet paper, so it's too long.  I love concertinas, so decided to make a handmade one.  11" wide by 23" long.  Lots of objects related to toilets - cleaning bottles, toilet brushes, all different scales.  I cut some of my A1 images into sections and mixed up large scale and small scale work.  I'm pleased with it.

I saved 4 particular images of overlaid cleaning bottles, to be displayed as works on paper.