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I found some seeds...the head or ear....and I´ve tried to do some colorcopy...b/W copy and some ordinairy photos and paint on it or work with the photos in photoscape...
This is the heads with the seeds, the straw, and a b/w copy painted on...I´ll se what I´ll do with it,,,not really found out yet...
These flowers were made from painted non-woven interfacing with centres of dyed kitchen sponge. The flowers were waxed with acrylic wax before they were sewn to the waistcoat.
I was given a sheet of magazine scraps which had been applied to a background in a haphazard manner and was asked to use this as a source of inspiration!
I find this sort of challenge VERY difficult as I usually work to an idea, not an image.
After a mild panic I decided to gesso the whole page in an attempt to tone down the images and then I used it to create a folder which I then die cut and embossed.
I then grabbed the scrap bag and started to machine embroider images which started to leap from the page.
This is one sample.
Not sure I'm loving the pink wedge - I did a light and dark of each color, and my thought was that light red is actually pink, but I'm not sure I like that. Maybe a darker pink would work better there...
Lots going on in the studio on this wet and windy day.
I'm experimenting with some further techniques using tea bags. These are drying on some sketch book paper and they are leaving some interesting marks.
If you join two motifs together.... you get a bishops hat!! Hah.
There must be someone, somewhere who needs a miniature bishops mitre.
What if you used these motifs to create flower trumpets for an exotic flower, or even make them larger and create a bag?
Shown here on top of my Jenny Oliver chest of heads, and with my Orkney triptych.
A convenient ledge for work in progress.
darkroom print. this was my first attempt at using filters in the darkroom. and my first attempt at using split grade printing. this was a 30 sec burn. 15 sec with 0 grade filter, and 15 sec with a 5 grade filter. still working on perfecting this print.
Quilt top for the Doll Quilt Swap II. Made from fabric scraps I inherited from my Great Aunt Madeline.
I attended a class given by Anne Conybeare yesterday at Westhope College during which we looked at the work of Andre Gurtler and Denise Lach.
We had a session using a "Cola pen" which was fun, and then we did some "nonsense writing" using a medium of our choice.
I enjoy writing with correction fluid, so this is what I used, and I then ran an ink wash over it. I used cheap brown paper for the backing.
I am now translating some of the marks into stitch and making a small book to showcase the samples.
sessão 1 . fênix
sábado, 24 de outubro
tattoo by Zé (Spirit 77)
segundo a mitologia grega, a FÊNIX (ϕοῖνιξ) é um pássaro com capacidade de renascer das próprias cinzas, as quais restavam de sua auto-combustão, quando de sua morte. diz a mitologia também que este pássaro tem força para carregar, durante o vôo, pesos muitas vezes maiores que o seu próprio (ela tem o tamanho de uma águia, segundo as lendas).
foi assim que a fênix passou a simbolizar o renascimento espiritual e a capacidade de resiliência e regeneração.
diz-se também que o mito grego é uma adaptação de uma ave sagrada para os egÃpcios, animal que representava o Sol, aquele que arde em fogo, morrendo todas as noites, e renasce do fogo para nascer todos os dias.
segundo a sabedoria chinesa, a ave maravilhosa foi transformada em sÃmbolo de felicidade, virtude, força, liberdade e inteligência. as cores de sua plumagem são as cores sagradas, para esta cultura: roxo, azul, vermelho, branco e dourado.
embora seja descrita como animal sem gênero, a fênix é, há muito, sÃmbolo da força feminina.