Hello,
I hope that the weather is treating everyone well. We are really starting to feel springs warmth at this point and the plants are responding well.
The week end before the holiday, I took an on line class with Amanda McCarvour called Dots, Lines and Squiggles. It was a great experience. She uses lots of wash-away in her process and we did too. She has expanded the thread painting part of the process that I learned from her a few years ago, to include roving as apart of the process.
She showed us how to build various forms successfully from flat patterns and how to make enough crossings of the machine drawn lines to make sure the work held together when the wash-away was removed. I did not use enough contrast in my roving and thread to allow one to really see with this first piece. ( the orange one at the top) On day two we worked with adding more materials to the roving. The Ginko leaf has the plastic mess from a orange bag trapped between my thread lines. The Amanda show us how to create a three dimensional effect and the Dogwood blossom is my attempt at that.
I really enjoyed the class.
The other big thing in my life is a new back door and the replacement of the bay window in my studio. I spent most of my time clearing away my supplies and materials in the studio to prepare for that this week. This is a shot of how the inside looks this morning before they begin work.
This shot is of the old window. You can see the rotting wood at the bottom. It sure let the cold wind in this winter.
Yesterday they installed a new back door. I like the color and now we will work on the new steps and surrounding area.
Today they are working on the window. I will post a shot of the new window next week.
Progress Report: Oak Leaves- Curvy cut. This work is 39.5″ X 30″. I did the curvy cuts to mix the two small units of fabric for the base of this piece. Then I cut big oak leaves from purple silk and silver organza. I pinned them in place and did the vanes in the leaves. I then did Zig-zag around the edges to finish of the leaves.
Bird and Berries This work is 12″ X 12′. I had felted the background earlier this season and done the thread painted bird.
I added the beading and finished the work this week when I could not work in the studio.
Time Off This work is 11″X 11″. It too is a work that has been setting waiting for finishing.
I enjoy handwork.
Crows I drew a new crow for this project crow project last week. I have some ideas about how to add it to the others and finish this work.
Coral Reef I finished the beading of the left hand corner on Tuesday. This project is from Textile Asrtist Stitch Club assignment from six weeks ago. I am glad I have worked so carefully on this project to finish it. My intent is to add a back and facing to finish it this week.
Daily Practice I Put in the time on this every day and it grows slowly.
There will not be any Childhood Memories this week because I can not work on the sewing machine to do the installation of the memory. So there will be two stories and art works next week.
Pleas take care of yourself and stay safe,
Carol