This is my shadow standing in the backyard, the grass dry and bits of leaves blowing around. I came outside to take some pictures of the shadows of the hemlock tree on the fence. It's been really windy and they wouldn't stay put, so this is a bit blurry, but I loved the dark contrast on the faded wood fence.
I am so ready for springtime, but it seems a farway off so I have taken springtime into my own hands, literally. I have been wanting to do some beading so I did. After watching Mary Stori's beading DVD and perusing Larkin Van Horn's book, I finally felt confident enough to try it myself. I brought a little springtime in with this:
I have quite a few flower photos that I took last spring and summer and the sunflower is from one of those. I printed it on fabric and threadpainted the petals. I intend to take Lyric's advice and mount this to a small, square gallery wrapped canvas. I think I will blend some greens on the canvas as a backdrop. And I enjoyed making the sunflower so much that now I am working on a Gerbera daisy. Here it is in progress:
I will threadpaint the petals when the beading is finished.
I have also been rusting some more fabric. I have fallen in love with the Hubble Telescope website and the incredible images it posts. There are some that really draw my eye and they remind me of rusted fabric, but they look a bit "fluffy". In order to capture that texture I decided to try rusting some batting. Here is the the whole piece:
And here is a detail:
I played with adding some paint to it to get the amazing colors that seem to explode from these galaxies and nebulas. It is hanging to dry right now, but I will post it next week if it works out.
I have also been fooling around with some rubbing plates that I purchased from a child's school suppy website a year or so ago. Sorry I can't recall the name of the company. I used my Caran d'Ache water soluble oil pastels - without water - on black and a hand-dyed purple fabric. I love the colors and will keep these in sight as inspiration for something in the future. Not sure what, but I really like them.
So we'll see the future of the rubbing plates brings. Later.
4 comments:
I really,really,really,really like the daisies!!!!! They are my favorite! (but I think I relayed that already?) haha.
The rubbings are cool too....Sarah would like to do that...maybe not with your good oils though...well, no, SHE would love it, but maybe you wouldn't..... :O)
WE LOVE YOU !!!!
Cool stuff! Beading is really fun...I took Mary's workshop when she was in K'ville not too long ago. Learned lots from her!
Love it all but your rubbings and threadpainting are just fabulous.
Oh Jenny these Gerbera Daisies are delicious. Question for you - which did you find more helpful - Mary Stori's dvd or Larkin's book. I too am very in to threadpainting and would like to add beading to some of mine.
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