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“Sticks &Stones”12″x 28″Hand painted silk

The more I experiment with this silk painting technique the more intrigued I am by it. Using just a few supplies in my studio;silk,Mistyfuse and paint,I can take a boring white piece of silk and transform it into a [...]

Silk Canvas'Silk Canvas’

I’ve been working on these for a few weeks now in between working on Mastery program assignments. These are store bought canvas’covered with silk habotai and painted with a lot of layers of paint. I have a wall in my house that I created these for specifically and I really think they add a [...]

paper bag leather journalpaper bag leather journal

Want to learn how I make one of these journals?

then you’ll want to pick up the November/December 2010 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors…

and turn to page 70 where you’ll find step by step instructions on how to create your own paper bag leather journal!

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indigo dyeing...indigo dyeing…

I’ve been wanting to try indigo dyeing for a long time but was put off by the amount of work and the chemicals needed to create a vat but after seeing Vicki‘s results using the pre-reduced indigo from ProChem I decided that I couldn’t put off trying this type of dyeing any longer. So I [...]

and the journey begins...and the journey begins…

with a dye notebook…

Last week I received the first set of preparatory assignments to have completed for the first trip to San Antonio in March and one of the assignments was to make a dye notebook. I’ve been wanting to make one of these since I read about it in Jane’s Art Cloth [...]

on the subject of screen printing...on the subject of screen printing…

I wanted to follow up my post on screenprinting from last week with a little more information that you might find helpful if you end up ordering some supplies from EZScreenPrint.

Update:I’ve got a special offer code to share with you. My friends at EZscreenprint have set up a special offer code for my [...]

and the studio floor guess winner is...and the studio floor guess winner is….

chosen by random draw from all the correct answers to this post:

JUDI!

Judi guessed correctly that my choice for my studio floor would be cork. Why did I choose cork? Well I want my studio to be as environmentally friendly as it can and cork met all my requirements. There’s some great information on [...]

mixed media collage...mixed media collage…

I put the finishing touches on this fiber collage yesterday:

Mixed media collage –hand painted silk,lokta paper,silk wrapped washers,hand stitched 19"x30"

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