Creativity, Thread Sketching, Art Quilters, Fiber Artists
I’ve always loved surface design and being able to revisit it again is really fun. This time it seems to be more focused on painting, not hand dyeing or some of the other techniques I’ve done in the past. Winter has a way of either getting you down in the down doldrums with cabin fever […]
This has been a fun week working with an acrylic painted fabric. For a while now, I haven’t been satisfied with the backgrounds of my work. I felt they were just plain boring. So, I’ve been thinking of ways to kick it up a notch. I got my opportunity this week when I decided to […]
I’m glad to finally resume work on Stitch the Sketch. My sewing machine is in good shape now. In this latest episode, I created a piece of abstract art out of marbled fabric. Marbling is a cool surface design technique for creating beautiful fabrics. I learned this technique in a workshop and I’ve shown you […]
UPDATED (Download links working now) I love hand dyeing fabrics and shibori dyeing is one of my favorites. As I watch the season changing, I realize that I haven’t taken advantage of the nice summer weather and very soon I may not be able to dye outdoors this year. And also my interview with Surface […]
Coming up with color scheme ideas is one of the things that artists are very often preoccupied with. It’s not surprising that this is the case, because usually when you see a great piece of artwork, what do you notice? Color!! Although a lot goes into making art, the color almost always seems to take the credit […]