While recovering from hip replacement i am taking an online class from Susie Monday called “Art on the iPad”. Susie’s instructions are clear and I”m enjoying the class. The piece below was created by painting on plastic paste then laying the fabric on top and pressing the paint into the fabric. Using several art apps I created this piece-waiting for the piece to arrive from Spoonflower.
Come and join the 1st Saturday Art Trek Walk in Sutter Creek (Amador County) there are many galleries in our county with many beautiful pieces of art. This will be my first showing in the gallery and I am excited. Good food in the area, B and B’s and many motels. Wine country also with award winning wines.
Inferno 2017
Cascading Streams 20.5 x 18
More to come
First with the help of my personal IT person I discovered I had the cutter blade upside down in the Cameo, Worked great after a bit of tweaking and turning the cutter. I did not secure the misty fuse tight enough to the fabric – watching it cut was interesting and of course it stuck to the mat. But here it is “MAIDEN CUT”
On to the onions. Used a little less then a half yard by 45″ of cotton and sprayed with vinegar, added onions to 1/2 then folded the other end over and sprayed again. Rolled it tight and secured then steamed for 1 hour 20 minutes, Then wash out and dried. Pressed and the iron spit out water which changed the color where the water landed. Have not rewashed but will then see if changes again..
I just posted my final picture of the January lesson for the teacher to evaluate. The first picture is of the original photo I took while in Sicily. Roman ruins looking through the arch of the tunnel. 2nd is sketch on tracing paper, the 3rd photo is the mockup in hand dyed fabrics and the 4th is the final. You will find two finals.
The teacher suggested placing the floating rock behind the other rocks and trees and by adding a sliver of dark made the rock recess. Also suggested that the third black square be removed and that the quilting in the sky was overpowering. I realized while working through this blog and our class blog that the squares are actually part of the end on the tunnel with the arch so need to add a bit of black to bring them down to earth.
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Sketch on tracing paper Mock up of the hand dyed fabrics
1st final Heavy quilting in the sky 2nd final replaced the quilting in the sky
I have recovered from the excitement of PIQF and ready for Houston. Class materials ready, suitcase packed, Tuesday’s the day for travel. I took a few pictures as I was putting garments away, thought I would post a couple here.
I am in the process of updating my blog with the hopes that I keep it current. It is a learning experiences.
Interesting Color Value dye study that I did. Using Jet Black dye from Dharma and not stirring(I like the molted look) the colors that they used to produce the Jet Black had a lot of lavender in it – so as I’m pressing the fabric you find a lavender/grey change thus the value change of the layers is somewhat hard to find. I am going to do it over tomorrow using New Black from Dharma – do it baggies and place in a warm water bath to hold the temperature above 70 degrees. Here in the mountains we are still cooling down in the evening and studio is on the lower floor. Hope for better results tomorrow.
Black value color Study
This is an online class on designing. I normally work free drawing and very random but this class has made me slow down and plan .. Taking a picture from our Alaska trip I decided to sketch a portion of the village and the river (drawing is not my thing) with input from Elizabeth I cropped several times then started sketching again. Below is the original, the first sketch, the final crop and the new village. Piece is in progress as you see – Since I do not need to follow THE picture I will have more freedom in what I design. This works well for me since I try not to have to match point.
This has been a good learning experience for me as I usually spend a lot of time putting fabric in and out of the piece so planning better in the beginning will cut down the wasting of fabric.
Original Photo
1st Sketch
Final Crop
In Progress
Iguassu Falls, Brazilian Side – Power of Nature
December 2011
Statue on the mountain Rio,Brazil Amazing Site
5 to 6 Foot Lilly Pads on a Lake fed by the Amazon River. Beautiful
Liquid Amber – Jackson, CA – The red was Outstanding
Fire and Ice – Small Group Challange – Hand Dyed Cottons
Class Project with Rosalie Dace – Great Fun – Great Teacher
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Fiber Art in Motion 
Building a New Website March 13, 2016
Redesigning a website on a new program is not for the faint of heart. Set it up – take it down – I’m still looking for the easy as pie part. Calming waters, picture taken in the Amazon jungle.