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| Three x 3 |
The theme was Nature’s Enduring Bounty and use of natural material was
encouraged.
I used three techniques and made nine 5" x 7" canvases arranged on a 3 x 3 grid.
Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures of work in progress.
I started with pages from a book of poems which I gessoed and stained with coffee.
I needed to glue the pages to muslin in order to be able to attach the natural branches.
When I applied the glue, the coffee stain (not waterproof) mixed with the glue and puddled on the paper.
This was not the look I was going for but I thought it worked.
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| detail |
First technique:
I used real branches from my Linden tree and attached (couched?) them to my prepared background.
The fabric was then wrapped around the canvases.
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| natural branches |
Second technique:
I reproduced the design of the branches by painting them on with acrylics.
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| painted - acrylics |
Third technique:
I made stamps from "fun foam" and stamped on the background.
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| stamped |
My background panel was then wrapped with a piece of my own hand-dyed muslin and the little canvases glued on.
Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network WIP Wednesday and Nina-Marie's Off the Wall Friday.
Happy Quilting,
Terry
Lovely work, and thanks for sharing your techniques! I particularly like how the fun foam prints came out, but it's also so effective to see the three different versions of each canvas together and contemplate the different visual effects and textures.
ReplyDeleteI was intrigued by this piece so thank you for devoting a post to its creation, Terry. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is such an interesting piece! Great job on it.
ReplyDeleteLove your piece! Great use of materials and thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteI'm in LOVE....this is simply fabulous..... If you can share, how did you attach the branches?
ReplyDeleteMy background is paper glued to muslin, and I used a dark brown sewing thread and pretty much couched them on like you would with cord or wool - (prior to gluing the whole thing to the canvas). I kept the stitches further apart so I would not have too many holes in the paper.
DeleteThanks for coming over. I read your blog all the time and love your work.
Certainly very interesting - one tends to forget what all is out there to play with while sitting at the sewing machine.
ReplyDeleteThe best part of the design is the lines you formed that carried through each technique. So lovely.
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