Ongoing With The Theme

Having finished my main body of work here are 4 off shoots, postcard size, playing around with some of the different elements expressed in the main piece.

Finally Finished.......

Finally finished the 2 main pieces in a new body of work. The first piece is constructed from procion dyed fabrics which as many of you know are my favourite to work with. The second piece, as a contrast has been constructed from traditional fabrics. It took me awhile to like this piece and even now, once finished l like it one moment and dislike it the next.
Now the next stage in developing this body of work is to develop smaller pieces depicting different aspects of the main pieces.

But Looking From Another Perspective

But then by applying a different twist on a concept it works. Here l have used my procion dyed fabrics and created the leaves from off cuts of dyed fabric and thread remnants...they look so yummy l cannot wait to put this piece of work together.

Problems Encountered In Work In Progress

At times we all encounter a step in a work in progression that fails for no apparent reason. My work is centred around gum leaves at the moment, have constructed the background and free motion machined the stems in place but the leaves just died. Oh well back to the drawing board so to speak to re construct gum leaves that will stand out and make a statement. The leaf when turned out to the right side did even resemble a leaf....oh well try again.

A Very Tactile Piece.

I found the work in a post on Facebook. I was very taken by the tactile nature of this piece, it invites you to reach out and touch. The use of hand stitching and beading brings to the fore particular areas thus developing areas of light and dark in a piece that could otherwise become very bland.

Now There's A Thought

A Piece Of Work To Drool Over

The work of Moy Mackay amazes me, the depth and detail of each piece.

A Great Laugh For Today.

Saw this quilt on facebook, could not help but share it. Below is the the name of the quilter who made this quilt. It has provided many of a laugh.

‎Denise Bursey-Penney‎ 

February 15 at 10:27am · Fort McMurray, AB, Canada ·

Fun little quilt I made for the wall space above my sewing table at our little slice of heaven at the lake.

Combining Textile Techniques

To wind up my reflection on pieces that l created during the Diploma Of Art Course l have saved my favourite til last. This piece formed the cover of one of my portfolios. It is constructed of fabric pieces, white in colour, that have been combined together with the heirloom sewing and crazy patchwork techniques.
Then the fun began with the painting of the piece in Guouache, Burgandy and Brown Earth acrylic paint. Each segment then was painted in either Green Oxide, Diox Purple, Teal Green, Prussion Blue Hue and Vermillion. And the final step was to highlight each segment with its directly opposite complimentary colour.

A Acrylic Painted Textured Patchwork

A patchwork does not always have to be constructed in fabric, by thinking outside the square l have utilized acrylic paints ,overlaying layers of, created texture in each individual painted box and burnished the outside edges/boarders with gold paint. l have thus replicated patchwork in another medium.

Mountain Range Represented In Textiles

1 interesting piece that uses fabric and machine stitch to interpret a mountain range scene. By using the same type of fabric but with different tonal prints and colours the perspective of the mountain range has developed.

Transfering Sketch To Stitch No 2

As l revisit work from my Diploma Of Art course l came across a wonderful process of sketch to pastel drawing to stitch. A transformation of a basic sketch that has along the way become more intense in its composition due to the added embellishments. The extra doodlings have helped create extra dimension to the final stitched piece.

Transfering Sketch into Stitch

Another project from my Diploma of Art studies was to select an area in a photo or postcard, draw the chosen area in line strokes with coloured pencil. Then reduce the pencil drawing down to a 10cm x 10cm picture and reproduce in thread. Here the thread work is in hand stitch using DMC thread and straight stitch.

Revisiting Past Work.

Today as l was sorting thru past works and came across these 2 folder covers that l completed whilst studying a Diploma of Art in Stitch back in 2000
The concepts used involved repeating a basic shape in different colors and then embellishing the surface area in hand or machine stitch.
Always good to visit past projects and concepts helps to illustrate the path your journey has taken.