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| Mermaid this is a detail photo of the larger 37"x42" art-quilt |
In one of my posts I touched on my hand drawn quilts so I thought in this
post I would expand on that a bit by covering my one and only thread
painted piece. While this remains a favorite among family, friends, and
gets a lot of attention when exhibited, I am quite sure I will never do
another in this style. Not that it wasn't fun....but anything creative
I try for the first time is fun. That doesn't mean I want to keep
doing it. I think I just like to know what skills are in my repertoire.
Trying new stuff shows me that. I also think stretching oneself
creatively is part of an artists work. This piece was that for me at
the time I attempted it. The imagery was drawn entirely from my
imagination on batik fabric with a dark, green/black mixture I made from
Tsukineko inks. All of the other coloring was done with thread
and beading. This was my first art-quilt to be published in an
international magazine and that was fun. Not as hard as it looks....If you can draw, color, and sew thread-painting just might be your 'thing'!
