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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This is another of the mixed media pieces that I’ve been working with this week. This one has a different texture to the previous mixed media piece I showed you which you can see here, and I used only one color to paint it. Again I’ve highlighted the texture so that it really stands out.
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Welcome to another week! I hope your weekend was as much fun as mine! This is how mine started – a table-top full of fun stuff just waiting to be played with. And this is one of the pieces that emerged – a beautiful textural mixed media collage background made using paper, gesso, molding paste,
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This weekend I found a few spare hours to play around with lutradur so see what I could come up with. I don’t use lutradur often but it’s got some special features that are kind of nice … It has a beautiful web-like texture, kind of like dryer sheet texture which I love, but more
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In this tutorial I’m going to show you a fun and creative technique for making what I call “fiber doodles”. Fiber doodles which are pieces of decorative fabric that are made using thread, decorative yarn or fiber, and water soluble stabilizer. These fabric pieces can then be used as background pieces on art quilts or
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