Marbeling, saltwork and some drizzel painting
Been doing a bit of painting. The weather is beautiful here at present, cool in the evening and warm during the day. Just right for painting and dyeing. Its good to get a heap of backgrounds together then when I want to do something I have the raw materials to get straight into it.
Been working away with the threads that Jeannie gave me on other projects and have finished a fabric postcard that has been lying around for ages.
Doodle Postcard
I was doodling with some Inktense pencils on fabric and then embellished over with threads, charms and a bit of sequins. I’ve been in a finishing frame of late of late. Finally put about 3 hanging pockets on some small art quilts and have been working on my little UTEE sample…
A Splash of Gold
A little UTEE drizzled onto painted Peltex (Ultra heavy lining). Then dropped some UTEE powder over and used the heat gun to melt. I’m up to the edges now – sheers which will be burnt back with a soldering iron and then this little number gets popped into my swapbox on textures. Was wondering what to do with the edges of this one as I’m so over satin stitch edging when I had a friend over who suggested the sheers. That’s wwhat I love about getting together with textile friends, we can all discuss, pick over and make suggestions on everyone’s work (who wants it!!) and come up with ideas that just don’t pop up otherwise.
The challenge this month from my Reddy Art Quilter friends was to use a skein of various threads to create something so I created a bit of fabric jewellery. The above is a bracelet while below is a matching brooch..
Its been good to get back on the machine after a long break. I’m looking forward to wearing these to the next meeting. Otherwise I’ve been busy doing Art Dates around Brissie and meeting lots of new, wonderfully creative people.
After stamping the beaded piece last week, I also stamped a couple of left over pieces of fabric to use up the paint. This is what I turned one of them into…
"The eyes have it"
The rings look like litte eyes with the blue centres. I’ve painted a frame black so this one can go straight onto display. the white paint has a very shiny finish to it so depending on how the light catches it, the piece is another sparkly one.
Also getting ready for the next challenge. I had a piece of fabric I had painted some time ago so now its coming into play.
Before
What we have to do is chop it up into ATC sized pieces and then swap with the other members of the roup and do something with all the ATC sized pieces.
After!
Each little piece is unique so I’m looking forward to what peole do with their little stack of ATC sized fabric.
Last month I was given a little packet of mixed beads as a challenge – go forth and do something! So here is what I got from Kathy…
An eclectic collection of beads
So got to work trying a few different things and this is what I came up with. Its still in progress but shows the general idea.
The challenge piece
Hi, my name is Mollie. I like pink sarongs and red paintstiks. I fossick around the studio while my owner is playing with her stash or just typing on the computer. My other favourite thing is to check out the bins to see of there is anything I feel like recycling for my own purposes – like having a good chew!
Mollie
Also I’m a fan of the great outdoors – so much to inspire one’s work, especially the digging of very small holes.
Well been working away on this one so I might as well post it. I created a design using the initial “s” as its my favourite letter and ended up with a base design of:
Letter S design
The added a bit of colour. I must say though I love the way the “save to web” function bleeds out the colour of one’s work…
Imagine a very dusty purple in light and dark. I liked this little number so decided to print it onto fabric. THEN the printer miss printed leaving at least a couple of inches not printed (note: remove all other paper from the printer to prevent misfeed). Thus what to do now? Well I was going to get away from my usual square design space but as it misprinted, I then selected an area to paint, quilt and bead and the result is:
The final product
So the final design as shown above retreated form the light purple and became mostly black. A little detail of what was stitched shows the work a little better…
Detail
So that is my TIF design for November. Now I just have to catch up on all the rest!!
Past News: Ally pally was GREAT. If you’re never been to the Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace, UK then its a must. It was very easy to get to, buses from the underground line straight there. I got there right on 10am, walked up and got tickets and had a good look round. Wasn’t too busy to start with but even when the crowds did arrive its wasn’t too bad to get around. I went on the Thursday so don’t know if Saturdays are worse.
Workspaces are really important. Long ago I stopped packing away my sewing machine so that I could just sit down at it wheneve I wanted and sew. Now I have a whole room (studio please!!) to myself and my work. Its separated into areas for sewing, painting, blogging (i.e. working on the computer) which allows me to move from space to space without having to waste time tidying up! I will share some pictures at the end of the month as I always feel really TIDY studios are very suspicious…how can anyone be creative without making a mess? and what’s wrong with sharing images of the studio in action? The only time I clear the decks is at the end of a project. Then its a nice way of getting closure.
Last blog for a little while as I’m off to the UK for this month. Really excited about getting to see Ally Pally and the rest. Not looking forward to the 24 hours it takes to get there. Thanks to everyone who comments on my blog – its really nice to know that someone is looking. If I get a chance to update while away I will.
Finally settled down in Brisbane only to have to move again in about 4 weeks! Busy year this one. Currently working out my trip to the UK in October. Image above is of my artist trading cards I made during my workshops in July. Thanks to all that came. It was sad leaving everyone in South Australia that I know. I’m hoping to find a new group of textile friends in Queensland.
Back news: or things I should have posted ages ago. The frames I used for the Take it Further challenge were from a certain swedish furniture company. This made it easy to keep to the same size which was 16cms square. I used to live around the corner from their store so it was very convenient just to go there and pick up one when I needed it. Now I live 35kms from the nearest one. Bummer… going to have to stock up on next water bag trip to it.
Otherwise I’m just playing at present. Trying to get back into creative mode after 3 months of domestic chaos. My latest exhibition is on at Pepper Street Gallery in SA so pop in by Friday to see it. Its called Six Over One and is put on by the Decifemme group which I’m part of.
This work is called Water over Wood and is just one of the pieces on display. A real mixture of textile related works. One work (not mine) even has a deceased spider in it!! But then I’m not that into some found objects!! I’m looking forward to our next exhibition next year but won’t start work on that til the new year. By then I should have recovered from one of the busiest years I’ve had yet.
Hi all. I have been missing my regular updates as my husband annonced about 2 weeks ago that we were moving to Brisbane, Qld!! This is a huge location shift so I’ve been snowed under while my house underwent a domestic blitz to deal with all though things left undone by the other half. Anyway – I expect to be back to regular posts by August but I’m hoping to do a bit inbetween.
