I finally managed to get a little sewing in recently and finally finished a self-portrait challenge for my local fiber art group. I wanted to do this piece all in fabric but I don’t work much with commercial fabrics any more and after I moved recently I gave away practically all of my stash of […]
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anaïs Nin I’ve been working with vision cards for some time now and I’ve found them to be a wonderful tool for achieving personal visions or goals. The process of selecting and
I’ve just started a brand new project … an Image Transfer Art Journal – and I’ve already finished the first page which is a double page and isn’t it just beeeauutiful? I first painted and textured some mixed media paper sheets. This one has crumpled tissue paper texture … .. and this one has cheesecloth
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I’ve enjoyed spending a bit of time recently working with Golden paints, gels, pastes and mediums. I think I’m definitely becoming a “Golden Girl”. It’s been fun experimenting with the different textures that can be made using the pastes and mediums. And I really love how beautiful the strongly pigmented colors turn out. However sometimes
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The first month of this year has been crazy busy, but I finally found some time this week to catch up with some artful creativity. Exploring some photoshopping This image was manipulated in photoshop elements to enhance the figure of the statue and replace the background. I then printed it onto some paper and glued
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One of my favorite techniques is image transfer. Mostly I like to transfer images directly to fabric using various methods, however sometimes I also like to transfer images to “fabric paper”. “Fabric paper” can be made using many different methods, but it’s main features are that you can create unusual texture and of course, you
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