The first page is a sample of my stamps on palette paper and the black and white fabric, the same stamps except I used fabric paint and acrylics mixed with GAC 900. This is my first step in working entirely with fabrics...something I'm committed to do throughout this fall and winter. I'm hoping this book will help me understand the workings of dyes and paints and also how they react using gelatin plates and silk screening. I'm excited about this journey using fabrics, dyes, sewing and bead work. I'm not interested in quilting but rather using these fragments to create ongoing stories as they show up on my journal pages or if they might begin in the fabric work itself. Today is the first day of my new spiritual year so it feels like my direction has set its course perfectly! Using memory and archaeology finds and writings will also be my best bet for new work!
I want to thank all of you who have visited my catalog and preview featured on my sidebar. I'm so proud of this little square book and it's nice to know it has been seen. I've also had sales and that feels good too! I'm not that interested in putting together shows anymore so printing a catalog has been a wonderful way of completing work and putting it out in the world.
Hope everyone is enjoying Autumn! It's my favorite time of the year and this year seems to have arrived early as we usually have hot days in late Sept.& Oct. Oh well, I'm going to do the great exchange....my shed has all my winter clothes so I'll be dragging in and dragging out and settling into cozy sweaters and scarves.
My apologies...last post I said I would be changing up the looks on Blue Sky Dreaming but I just ran out of time and interest...I'd really rather be painting...printing...in the studio! Have a great time beginning this new season!
Happy New Year! Looking forward to seeing some of your fabric prints and art...maybe even sharing a creative day of it with you!
ReplyDeleteThank you joyfulwild! I'm exploring materials...seeing what happens if?!
DeleteWhat an interesting project. I used metallic fabric paint on my art doll mixed with acrylic medium so it would dry without heat. I have a medium I mix with acrylics to make them fabric paints, but I didn't know about using GAC 900.
ReplyDeleteLove your catalog. What a wonderful idea!
Eva, Excited about the fabric paints...the GAC 900 promises to be an acrylic medium that is set with heat.
DeleteThank you, the catalog has been a great experience!
this is very exciting Mary Ann - I so admire your approach to your work - I'll be looking forward to how this unfolds for you over the next few months - it sounds like a very exciting journey!! xo
ReplyDeleteJeane, Thank you for words of encouragement. I have plenty of time in both fall and winter to find new ways with fabric, get a little lost in the process and find my way back...hopefully with new work.
DeleteThis is exciting Maryanne!
ReplyDeleteYour sample book looks wonderful and the whole idea you've got in mind is excellent. I can see how your way of working will really be at home with this venture.
Seems like this is the new look you were preparing for... so dont wory when the blog gets a makeover... more fun to follow this new impulse!
Its always a pleasure to visit here I must say...
good working!
Blue Sky,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're heading off in an exciting and challenging new direction. Working with fabric can be very addictive! At least in a way that is good for one's health. I look forward to reaping the visual benefits of your archaeological, symbolic, and stitching adventures.
I had a gander at your catalogue and think it's really excellent!
I've returned to the east coast to find autumn setting in, though still under sunny skies, so no need to haul out the woolens just yet, thank goodness. My favourite time of the year, too! Enjoy this season of colour.
Sophie, New work is exciting for me...thank you! Your encouraging words all the way from the other side of the world is amazing to me and I can assure you I am smiling!!!
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