A new fabric paper collage, made with scraps of paper from past projects. I love these bean seedling printed on sumi paper from an old botany book. All stuck together with matte medium on another fragment of the old handkerchief.
March 29, 2013
Art at the Pink House 25 Woodruff Street Saranac Lake NY 12983 518.524.0533 PinkHouseGallery@gmail.com
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Fiber Collage from Fragments
March 28, 2013
A new fabric paper collage, made with scraps of paper from past projects. I love these bean seedling printed on sumi paper from an old botany book. All stuck together with matte medium on another fragment of the old handkerchief.
March 29, 2013
Stitching added to the collage. The woven lines on the handkerchief edge make a wonderful border.
A new fabric paper collage, made with scraps of paper from past projects. I love these bean seedling printed on sumi paper from an old botany book. All stuck together with matte medium on another fragment of the old handkerchief.
March 29, 2013
Making and Stitching Fabric Paper
March 26, 2013
Today, I made some fabric paper by attaching sumi-e paper and colored Canson paper to a well-worn handkerchief with acrylic matte medium.
March 27, 2013
I am remembering that stitching mistakes on paper are very conspicous! The needle makes an irreversible hole.
The curvy lines I added were made with my little old Singer, in free-motion mode. I left the feed dogs exposed (they won't lower) and loosened the presser foot pressure as much as possible. I didn't think it would work so well!
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| Using my waterbrush to prepare paper for tearing |
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| Papers layered and collaged to fabric |
March 27, 2013
Strip Quilt #2
March 23, 2013
I am making another view of the pond lilies into a strip quilt, this time with vertical strips and stitching.
March 24, 2013
Lining up the strips and fusing to the batting.
March 25, 2013
Stitching down the strips.
March 24, 2013
Lining up the strips and fusing to the batting.
March 25, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
Friday's Little Task
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| fused strips |
This morning, I set up my little Singer and sewed the strips together. I like it! When I get to my studio later, I will find a good way to frame it.
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| sewing across the top of each strip with black thread |
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| all strips sewn down |
Next Steps
March 21, 2013
Today I assembled a white cotton backing, thin cotton batting, a layer of MistyFuse, and - one-by-one - the strips of the pond lily fabric. I covered the fabric with baking parchment as I ironed and fused the strips, overlapping one edge of the strips.
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| fabric strips laid over backings |
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| fusing the fabric strips |
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| lifting parchment paper from fused fabric strips |
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Back to the Daily Practice
March 20, 2013
Since we moved into our new home in June, I haven't had a good place to play with my art the minute (almost) I wake up. So I haven't returned to my rewarding Daily Practice that took me so far a few other times in the recent past.
Enough excuses! I receive regular posts from the blog "Zen Habits" by Leo Barbauta. Always interesting, but the one that came yesterday really grabbed my attention. It was all about making changes, a.k.a. changing habits, and I wrote out the most important change I want to make Right Now and how I plan to do it. That would be "making more and better art, especially more and better fiber art." And that means a Daily Practice. And showing you makes me accountable to you. I hope you will let me know what you think and keep me going!
The list of options is long, but I was interested in a technique I read about in the April/May issue of Quilting Arts magazine - tearing fabric into strips that are then fused to a backing and stitched along the tears. I spent about 10 minutes tearing this piece I fabric I printed from my photo awhile ago. Tomorrow I'll fuse it. And onward.
Thank you, Leo and Quilting Arts. And thank YOU!
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| October Pond Lily Leaves printed on muslin |
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| October Pond Lily Leaves in slivers |
Enough excuses! I receive regular posts from the blog "Zen Habits" by Leo Barbauta. Always interesting, but the one that came yesterday really grabbed my attention. It was all about making changes, a.k.a. changing habits, and I wrote out the most important change I want to make Right Now and how I plan to do it. That would be "making more and better art, especially more and better fiber art." And that means a Daily Practice. And showing you makes me accountable to you. I hope you will let me know what you think and keep me going!
The list of options is long, but I was interested in a technique I read about in the April/May issue of Quilting Arts magazine - tearing fabric into strips that are then fused to a backing and stitched along the tears. I spent about 10 minutes tearing this piece I fabric I printed from my photo awhile ago. Tomorrow I'll fuse it. And onward.
Thank you, Leo and Quilting Arts. And thank YOU!
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Heart Art
Our co-op gallery, NorthWind Fine Arts, opened our Valentine show last night. Three other galleries in Saranac Lake had openings as well, and I got to each one. Some pretty fine work all around.
My contribution to our group show included these two mixed media collages. I used photographs of my once-was garden, fixed them up a bit with Paint.net (very cool editing program), and printed them on sumi paper. The sumi paper is great for collage. It runs through my printer beautifully with no carrier sheet and adheres perfectly to the acrylic-painted canvas with acrylic matte medium.
And Valentine cards! Who doesn't need Valentine cards?! In addition to selling my cards at the gallery, I have printed several designs from my original watercolor cards to sell at Saranac Lake's Community Store. Some samples:
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| Ginger Leaf Love |
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| Morning Glory Love |
My contribution to our group show included these two mixed media collages. I used photographs of my once-was garden, fixed them up a bit with Paint.net (very cool editing program), and printed them on sumi paper. The sumi paper is great for collage. It runs through my printer beautifully with no carrier sheet and adheres perfectly to the acrylic-painted canvas with acrylic matte medium.
And Valentine cards! Who doesn't need Valentine cards?! In addition to selling my cards at the gallery, I have printed several designs from my original watercolor cards to sell at Saranac Lake's Community Store. Some samples:
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