I did these in half the time as last. Some designs take time and others just flow out quickly. Our challenge was to incorporate something rust or metal. I used rusted fabric. I was inspired by my visit to the Field Museum in Chicago and took a bunch of photos of the fossils. The fish grabbed my attention so that was my inspiration. I made 8 up on a page and printed out on my color ink jet printer. Then I photocopied it on a copier. Each fish is printed on the card using the citra-solv method. I found the lavendar version at the IQA show in Jane Davila's booth. I wanted to make them look like they do in the museum - saved in the rock they found them. Didn't quite work so I added black puffy paint to add dimensionality to them. I stitched around each and then FMQ the background to make it look like a rock. Didn't really work but I do like the fishes!
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Showing posts with label fishes. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Rust/Metal ATC Trade
I did these in half the time as last. Some designs take time and others just flow out quickly. Our challenge was to incorporate something rust or metal. I used rusted fabric. I was inspired by my visit to the Field Museum in Chicago and took a bunch of photos of the fossils. The fish grabbed my attention so that was my inspiration. I made 8 up on a page and printed out on my color ink jet printer. Then I photocopied it on a copier. Each fish is printed on the card using the citra-solv method. I found the lavendar version at the IQA show in Jane Davila's booth. I wanted to make them look like they do in the museum - saved in the rock they found them. Didn't quite work so I added black puffy paint to add dimensionality to them. I stitched around each and then FMQ the background to make it look like a rock. Didn't really work but I do like the fishes!
Labels:
art,
ATC's,
fabric,
fiber,
fishes,
mixed media,
rust dyed fabric
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Trees Again (and some fishes)
Finally had a chance to experiment with the last three stenciled trees and fishes. This time, I just stenciled trees with black dye and aloe vera gel. Yesterday was semi nice outside so I decided to dye the backgrounds with setacolor. I liked the results. I think I may have the trees out of my system for a while!

Meanwhile, this is Madelyn's latest design/art project. She surprised Steve and I with "I Love You" cut out of paper and laid out on our kitchen floor. Remember she is only in kindergarten so the spelling isn't exact yet but she is making amazing progress!!
Labels:
fabric,
fishes,
hand dues. trees,
hand painted,
Madelyn
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