Posts Tagged ‘creating textile art’
In this post, I explore different techniques; batik, bonded fabric, applique and reverse applique. The challenge for me is still to create beauty, but to go beyond my previous limits… again, some mistakes turn out quite well!
I have been experimenting and developing ideas using bonded fabric and simple printing with paints and dyes. Over the last year, I have collected a variety of different fabrics, plastic, ribbons etc… and I have hand and machine dyed my own fabrics… some experiments, of course, come out as disasters, but there is always something to learn…
There has been a long delay since my last posting.. life is like that sometimes… these images relate to my work studying with Sian Martin (www.distantstitch.co.uk). I’ve chosen the “star” theme, and have explored a variety of methods for painting and printing paper and fabric, in my chosen colours of violet and lime.
Much of the fabric I have found is “recycled” – from second hand shops, old clothes and other people’s leftovers. It’s amazing how once I decided to use these colours, I saw them everywhere!
I’ve been commissioned to create a “Welcome” banner for St John’s Church in West Byfleet, Surrey. I plan to use mainly recycled fabrics with embroidery. The brief is to create something colourful and eyecatching! So.. I’ve started by preparing the background… old linen tablecloth dyed saffron yellow. I have also started on the samplers which I will cut up and use for the letters.
I have used bright acrylic paint onto “Bondaweb” to create a textured background, which I will then place onto the yellow linen… more later..