PROJECT: Create 88 - 8" x 8" Canvases
PARAMETERS: Fiber Art (including textiles, fabrics, gauze, cheesecloth, yarn, thread, embroidery floss, wool roving, and paper), mounted on 8" x 8" canvases.
GOAL: Create hardcover book, showcasing this art.
When I shop for fabric at the thrift stores, I look for blouses with lace, texture, or interesting patterns. Today's three pieces make use of some of this fabric.
#21:
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#21 - Lacy Fabric |
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#21 - The lacy fabric spread out to show the detail |
Here's the other fabric I used:
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#21 - Second fabric |
#21: I used the first fabric for the flowers, and the second fabric for the vase. The background is a piece of silk painted with black acrylic ink. (The three, 4-petal flowers came from another blouse.)
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#21 - 8" x 8" canvas |
#22: Most of the fabric for #22 came from the front of a sheer, flowered blouse, that had both lace trim and pleats.
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Fabric used in #22 |
Thread painting and machine stitching with my Pfaff added flowers and other detail. And here's the finished piece:
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#22 - 8" x 8" canvas |
Maybe you can see that I used some of the pleated fabric across the bottom of the piece? I love texture!
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#23 started with a piece of crepe de chine I had painted with acrylic inks.
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#23 - Inked crepe de chine |
I thought the ball of yarn would work well with this piece - which is why it's in the picture - but then I ended up not using the yarn. Instead, I stitched on a piece of inked cheesecloth:
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#23 - Inked fabric with cheesecloth |
Not sure where to go with this one, I cut out circles from another blouse. Though I'm not thrilled with this piece, I declared it finished!
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#23 - 8" x 8" canvas |
Till next time...