“echo of my soul”
hand painted silk triptych –each 12″x 30″x 1″
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     Photographic Inspirations Blog      | I know it seems that I haven’t posted any new work lately and there’s a reason for that. It used to be that I’d get an idea and I’d jot down a couple of quick notes and then I’d dive right into a frenzy of fusing,cutting,painting and stitching and in no time at [...] One of the best things about my new studio is having enough room to have my friends over for open studio days. Last week we got together and broke out the soy wax to do some batik… Sue jumped right in and starting stamping on her fabric. Here she is working with one of my [...] Earlier this year in a class at Pro Chemical &dye (read about that here) I got the chance to work with their PRObrite Pearlescent line of paints. Available in a wide variety of colors these paints are my new favorite go to paint in my studio. These metallic paints contain no metals so [...] I actually painted this piece several months ago but never got around to binding it until today: "labyrinth"12"x12"Hand painted Canvas machine quilted You can’t see it in the photo but I quilted the piece by stitching over all the black lines with a black rayon thread. It gives the piece some nice [...] this past Thursday we had an absolutely gorgeous sunny 70 degree fall day here …
the view from my back deck was full of shades of yellow with a little orange,red and green mixed in. It was too nice to be inside so I set up on the deck to do some fabric [...] The Creative Edge exercises to celebrate your creative self by Mary Todd Beam ISBN 978-1600611117 As you all know I am not a painter but I found that all of the exercises and techniques in this book are easily adaptable to working on cloth instead [...] In my class at the Danforth on Friday last week we worked with procion dyes so I figured that since I had all the supplies all unpacked I'd take advantage of the nice weather we had here on Saturday and do some fabric dyeing: Some cotton: I love how this piece turned out: [...] I came across some black silk dupioni in my stash last week and decided to use it with some Shiva Oil Paint Sticks to make a new sample for my fabric painting and dyeing class at the Danforth Museum. I already have a scarf painted with them so for this sample I decided to do [...] A few posts ago someone (I can't remember who it was) left a comment asking if I had ever worn the silk that I paint and dye or turned them into scarves. This got me thinking and so I ordered up some silk scarf blanks from Dharma Trading and pulled out the paints and pvc [...] |   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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