the four book eBook package,
is going bye bye come September 10th!
Once it's gone it's gone!!!
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
WIP - Bjorkboda (Meandering Stitches)
I wasn't sure if I was going to like the meandering stitces or not, I definatly like the raised areas that this stitch is creating, but the more lanes I'm adding the more I loving the process. I'm also laying down lanes of running stitches, running straight over the machine stitched areas.
To be revealed later a larger patch of hand stitching that I will then machine stitch over for further effect.
WIP - Bjorkboda 090412
Now with more hand stitching, and still plugging along! I've missed several deadlines but at this point I don't care anymore, I have a vision for this piece and I want that vision to come to life but not in some half hearted fashion.
In the mean time I'm contemplating dyeing some threads, for hand stitching, for this piece. I still have the silk layer and the pieces of scrim that were dyed along with these layers and am thinking of starting a second piece for a new series.
Monday, September 03, 2012
Ranch Dressing
My first ever attempt at making ranch dressing. I used the recipe from All Recipes
It's in the fridge chilling!
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Untitled WIP
Natural dye painted and rusted silk organza over cochineal dyed wool batting.
I'm off on a couple of tangents, now that I know I won't be entering Quilt National. Hopefully the next time QN rolls around they will have either changed the image requirements, of 300DPI or I will have a new camera capable of taking that high quality images. Until then I'm content working in my studio.
If you'd like to learn more about dye painting fabrics with natural dyes check out my eBook Mark Making with Nature!
WIP - Hands No. 1
Step 3 - a little bit of red.
Step 2 - plum and chamois mixed together for a lovely deep brown.
Step 1 - after I made a mess of it with inks the other night I decided I needed to push it even further.
And this is what I did with the left over handprints!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
WIP - Hands
More hand prints. It is sooooooo unbelievably hot and dry here, normally we have a humidity level around 50% or higher this time of year, which is causing problems with drying times. Problems as in everything is drying within minutes, sometimes seconds, making it difficult to work the cloth.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
It Survived!
Untitled WIP - Hands - There was a small amount of ink washout but for the most part it survived! The hand prints are barely noticable, which was the affect I was going after, an aged patina'd look.
Detail shot
I played around with the lighting, photographing the piece with just the light that was coming through the windows.
A future central panel???
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Gearing Up for New Work
Bjorkboda hanging on the shelf on the far wall.
I compost dyed these about seven years or so ago, it's been so long now I don't remember when exactly.
Black gutta on compost dyed silk chiffon fabric.
Look familiar??? Yes I'm finally going to work with this piece, note it's in the header of this blog and one of the main photos in my books.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Liquidtex White Ink
I put it through a spray bottle but it's really chalky, am wondering if it's permanent on fabric or not???
I noticed it has the consistancy of gesso.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
WIP - Bjorkboda
I'm almost ready for the hand stitching, I filled in a bit more of the piece with machine stitching to reinforce it's structure.
The forgotten dye note text now dealt with which resulted in more brown scraggly stitching being added to the piece in a random manner.
Some verticles.
I've started thinking about the cottonwoods and how stoic they look when shrouded in the ice fog of deep winter.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
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