This is the piece of embroidered and textured lutradur that I made last week. It turned out kind of ordinary and I wasn’t totally loving it. I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with it so I threw it on a pile of fabric pieces that were stacked on the corner of [...]
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Playing around with lutradur last week was kind of fun. Apart from burning holes in fabric (which I enjoyed just a little too much), deconstructing, distressing, and generally playing around with unusual products is something I do from time to time. I find that experimenting with new products and techniques, working a little differently to [...]
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Famous last words … It’s almost done! At this rate I should be finished later today. I am finished now, but that was a long day. It was eleven days ago in fact. But here it is finished, my latest art bag, Lavender Crush. It’s difficult photographing this style bag because of the shape, and [...]
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As you know, I recently began a new art bag. You can see the preparation of the samples here. I find that once the samples are prepared and the technique is fine-tuned, and all the bits and pieces are assembled, it’s amazing how fast things go together and how smoothly the process progresses. And of [...]
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One of my very favorite things to work with is texture on fabric. I love exploring new and creative ways to make it and to use it. And I particularly love to use stitch as a way to create raw texture on fabric or fabric paper which can then be used for painting or printing. [...]
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