Friday, November 30, 2012
Pumpkin Mess
The pumpkin developed a leak, and this is why I put rosin paper down under live still lifes. I also have a flannel backed plastic table cloth on top of the hardwood table this still life resides on.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Experiments in Sketching
Layers of ink, water color, and pen on watercolor paper. Inspired by Lascaux.
Friday, November 23, 2012
What is Old is New Again!
I used to draw and paint with these paints almost exclusively as a child growing up, so imagine my joy that Hobby Lobby was carrying these as kits. I asked, no most probably they won't be carrying the single tubes, which is a shame because I ReALLY want a tube of red violet paint.
I'm hoping that this will be the anwser to my fabric marker woes, I can control a paint brush but the fabric markers bleed, bleed, and bleed some more, and the marker tips themselves... well don't get me started!
Anyway, I will report back as I will be using the black color, and probably exclusively, as to how these interact with natural dyed fabrics.
Bat Catching Device
We had a couple of bats fly through the rooms formerly known as the dining and living rooms this evening, aka my studio. We were sitting in the family room, formerly known as the "library" watching the dog show on NBC and out of the corner of my eye I spied two bats flying gracefully past the family room door.
If you use a fishing net to catch bats make sure to purchase one that has the ultra fine nettting so as to not harm the bats!
WIP - White Elk Series
Blue Moon in progress
Painted and stitched timtex, blue moon indigo dyed silk organza net.
Natural Dyeing eBook Super Sale!!!
Natural Dyeing eBook Super Sale!!!
You Can't See Me!
Thomas nesting atop John's Carhart jacket, somehow he thinks because he's three feet from the ceiling we can't see him.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Smoked Turkey
John smoked the turkey on the grill today, it took about eight hours for a 17 pound bird. It's cooling on the stove, the juice will soon be poured off and the fat removed for tomorrows gravvy, the bird cut up, deboned, and ready for tomorrows dinner and for a large batch of turkey and noodles!
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Cork Stamps
Making good use of the modern version of a wine cork and am carving them into stamps. They hold up quite well to the carving and to the stamping.
The stamps are a little on the "organic" side which makes them deliciously mine!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Thursday, November 08, 2012
A Little Paint
A little fabric paint on natural dyed cotton and silk fabrics, now to add more paint.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
WIP - Hands and Sandstone Cliffs
I was starting to think I had made a mistake adding the vertical lines to this piece, that there's no way they could occur naturally on cliffs, after all most color deliniation lines we see are horizontal in the forms of layers right? Wrong. My gut instinct was correct the proof came when I was browsing through some photos of the local limestone cliffs.
I was greatly encouraged when I came across this batch of photos this evening. So in addition to working on the computer tomorrow, I'll be pushing this hands piece even further.
Time to make some encrusted fabrics as well, this is a section of the same sandstone cliffs in the above photos.
Ledges State Park, Boone, Iowa.
Monday, November 05, 2012
Still Life in Progress
Am working on the lighting still, am in need of one of those clip on swing arm lamps for more concentrated lighting.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
If you bought the Kindle Version of Compost Dyeing and Other Fermentation Dyeing Techniques, and it's a screwed up mess, email me at prairiefibers@hotmail.com and I will send you the corrected version of the book!
Compost Dyeing eBook - Kindle Version
If you bought the Kindle Version of Compost Dyeing and Other Fermentation Dyeing Techniques, and it's a screwed up mess, email me at prairiefibers@hotmail.com and I will send you the corrected version of the book!
Thomas
Summer coat, no bib, no mane and no ear tufts, almost a medium haired cat at this point. August of 2010
Winter coat, mane and bib and all fluffed out. February of 2011. He did grow his ear tufts back in and longer, much longer ear hairs, but alas the little bugger won't sit still for photos.
These are his feet in August, they are way hairier in the winter!
Thursday, November 01, 2012
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