it’s reveal day for the Fiberactions group. The word for this challenge was environment and good grief did I have trouble with this one. I really liked the word and had several (6!) different ideas but when I tried to put them into form they all failed miserably. I was going to just give up [...]
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     Photographic Inspirations Blog      | I know it’s been a while since I’ve shown any new work. The sketchbook challenge project has been keeping me pretty busy and between that,working in my sketchbooks and starting some new pieces I haven’t had a lot of time for blogging lately. I have started a new piece in the corset series though [...] The second piece in this series… Silk,paint,Mistyfuse,chain Special thanks go to my good friend Kathy for helping me work through edge finishing options on this one. I ended up binding this one with silk chiffon painted to match the corset. A new piece in the Sticks&Stones series… Sticks&Stones II 16"x20" This one is done a bit differently from the first one in the series in that I’ve used a stretched canvas as the base and it’s mounted in a floater frame. I think this makes for a really nice presentation. Detail: [...] “abandoned” Center panel:painted silk habatai,hand stitching Outer panel:black silk noil,machine stitched 36″x41″ Detail photo I’ve been wanting to do some smaller geometric fabric collages and I finally got some space on the worktable cleared off to work on a few. All of these are mounted on museum grade,100% archival 8 ply rag board this artwork is ready for framing. Outer dimensions measure 9″x12″with a 5″square off-center [...] The challenge word for the Fiberactions group was transformation and here’s mine: hand dyed,Stamped,screen printed,raw edge Mistyfuse applique,machine pieced &quilted 16″x20″ See the rest of the quilts on the Fiberactions blog here. Also:in case you missed my latest newsletter check out [...] I recently completed 5 more pieces in the Sticks&Stones series: All of these measure 8″x 10″x 1/2″and are available in my etsy shop here. Now that I have retired from 3Creative Studios I have started my own newsletter. If you would like to receive an occasional update [...] continuing my exploration of creating textured surfaces with silk,mistyfuse and paint… “silk vessel 2″ 24″high,3″x6″at the base In case you’re curious how I managed to cut that beautifully curved edge,I used Sue Pelland’s Leaves Galore ruler. It’s not just for cutting [...] “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 [...] |    It's easy to make your own Silk screens using the sun with PhotoEZ Sheets from EZScreenPrint!Use the offer code SUE10 at checkout to get 10% off your order! Get all the details"here"    | ||
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