Cutwork Extravaganza with Jana Roberts Benzon

I've just spent 2.5 days with Jana Robert Benzon via zoom. What a fantastic workshop! In this class, Cutwork Extravganza, Jana showed us how to make a variety of components using various cutwork techniques. while each of the lessons allowed us to produce items based on that technique, the culminating half-day was focused on combining pieces from the various lessons into one final piece she calls "Picasso." Below are some photos showing a few of the items made from various techniques. The last image shows my first 2 "Picasso" pieces. I am looking forward to finding other ways to incorporate what I've learned. If you ever get a chance to take a workshop with Jana, please do. Just her tips and tricks for working with polymer alone are worth the registration.

This first photo shows samples of both the bargello technique and a technique Jana calls "harlequin." These are all such fun to make!

This is another example of bargello done using a completely different method of creating the stack from which to create the bargello sheet.

Finally, here is a snap of the 2 collage-type pieces I made from the various sheets and objects we made. Jana calls these "Picasso" - and you can probably see why!