16"x22" Moon Goddess |
Friday, February 28, 2014
Moon Goddess
Almost forgot! Here's the Moon Goddess I finished this month. She's the second in a series.
Tired of Winter?
Tired of winter? This sunflower blooms all year long!
This small art quilt differs slightly from my usual style and technique
because I wanted to try more thread-painting and beading. The
landscape background consists of hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, while
the sun is the foil wrapper from a chocolate coin. The flower is cut
from a commercial fabric and I have thread painted (stitched heavily) on
top to add additional color and texture, while the 800+ beads are
stitched by hand. (Yes, that took a while.) The edges of the scene are intentionally left raw
because I liked their artistic texture against the background border.
12"x14" Sunflower - available on etsy |
Monday, February 17, 2014
Crow
I'm not quite caught up on my new goal of finishing one piece/week, but here's the latest. From Edgar Allen Poe to Native American culture, crows symbolize many
things to many people; knowledge, mystery, evil, curiosity and
cleverness. This bird is based on a picture my son drew when he was
four (and used with his permission.) This art piece is part of my
series of recycled fiber collages: the Recycled Sky. It is made from a
minimum of 65%-75% recycled fiber - all my leftover bits and pieces from
larger projects, donated scraps from other quilters, snippets of
thread, an old T-shirt. The crow is made from leftovers from one of my
son's Halloween costumes, while the eye is a glass bead.
Crow 14" x 19.5" |
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