Food For Thought
“I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me — so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn’t occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.”
- Georgia O’Keeffe
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We Made This:
Fabric Flower
Hand Sculpted Plaid Fabric Flower
by Charlotte Self
This is a beautiful hand pieced fabric rose pin. Made from various fabrics, the outer layer is a vintage woven cotton, textured plaid upholstery fabric, the second layer is a cotton plaid quilting fabric, the third layer is vintage pink taffeta, and the center is a green satin, beaded by hand with a faux pearl, and seed beads. Petals are individually stitched to the backing, and the backing, made from a vintage cotton damask, is stitched in place also(no glue-ever!). This beauty can be worn on a jacket, sweater, purse, hat, or attached to a hair clip to wear in your hair.
see more of Charlotte’s creations at:
http://bluebutterflyart.etsy.com
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How To…
print your own t-shirt with homemade stencils!
Today we’ve found two different but brilliant tutorials, both of which show you how to create your own stencils & use them to make your own t-shirts! I made the Walt Whitman stencil above just a minute ago & can’t wait to try it out!
Try it yourself:
Text tutorial by Chrisjob
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Margot Lovinger:
Sheer Design
Margot Lovinger creates amazing portraits. “What’s so amazing,” you may ask as you gaze upon what might at first glance appear to be a well contrived acrylic or oil painting? Lovinger’s rich, lush images are made entirely of fabrics, not paints! She starts with a cotton canvas base, then adds cottons & silks, sheer fabrics like tulle, netting, organza and chiffon. Each successive layer changes the hue of the layers beneath it, much the way a transparent color wash changes the layers underneath it in watercolor painting.
“My work started with ’story quilts’ that were interactive, and required the viewer’s participation to reveal the full narrative. Other types of quilts and fabric compositions followed, often experimenting with new materials and textures. Though I was always fascinated by figure painting, (particularly the works of the renaissance masters, such as Caravaggio) the medium frustrated me, and most of my paintings showed this. Eventually, my interest in the textures and techniques of sewing merged with my fondness for the rich colors and imagery of figure painting, and I began creating these sewn figurative fabric compositions. I have been working in this technique for about 8 years.” – Margot Lovinger
To see more, visit:
Margot Lovinger
FYI: Both Margot Lovinger & David Meanix
(see yesterday’s feature) created artwork
for the HBO hit series Six Feet Under.
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