Sometimes, you just need to shift your perspective in order to appreciate the process of making art more fully. I personally am always looking for new challenges, new ways to grow. Yesterday, I stepped completely out of my comfort zone, and attended an encaustics class where we made steampunk wall hangings. Here is my creation:
This will be a Christmas gift for my daughter, Angelina. The lyrics of the music gave me pause to chuckle; they read, "Yet all the sense of eloquence lies hidden in a maid's Ah me!" which is, of course, a reference to Amen. What I did, was to split the music verse into two pieces, as you can see; the piece just above the lady with the wings says "me!", and it is meant to reference my daughter. She is only 10 right now, but I am sure I will hear a great big "Oh, Mom!!" when she is old enough to understand the verse. I had a great time making it, and hope to do more in the near future... For anyone that is local, this and other classes are held at The Upstart Crow in Ladner, British Columbia.
My other work today (and yes, I did do some work on the binding of the Geisha Quilt) was based on a study of my oil lamp - I sketched, then painted only one part of the lamp in watercolour. Then, I traced my sketch onto Wonder Under fusible web, and made a mirror image in cloth. It is not stitched yet, only fused - I will post the final result here when it's done. Here is the process that I followed:
This will be a Christmas gift for my daughter, Angelina. The lyrics of the music gave me pause to chuckle; they read, "Yet all the sense of eloquence lies hidden in a maid's Ah me!" which is, of course, a reference to Amen. What I did, was to split the music verse into two pieces, as you can see; the piece just above the lady with the wings says "me!", and it is meant to reference my daughter. She is only 10 right now, but I am sure I will hear a great big "Oh, Mom!!" when she is old enough to understand the verse. I had a great time making it, and hope to do more in the near future... For anyone that is local, this and other classes are held at The Upstart Crow in Ladner, British Columbia.
My other work today (and yes, I did do some work on the binding of the Geisha Quilt) was based on a study of my oil lamp - I sketched, then painted only one part of the lamp in watercolour. Then, I traced my sketch onto Wonder Under fusible web, and made a mirror image in cloth. It is not stitched yet, only fused - I will post the final result here when it's done. Here is the process that I followed:
This is the oil lamp - isn't it lovely?
This is my watercolour painting - I think it's not bad, for a beginner...
And this is the mirror image on cloth - I love the fact that I had fabric that helped express the dots of green and yellow - I think I may need more! For now, it is fused onto muslin; I am not entirely sure of how I want to quilt it, except for small zigzag stitching to outline the brown lines. I think that from there, I may do some hand stitching - I am sure that the cloth will tell me what I should do when it's time...
In the meantime, perhaps you have found some inspiration in my work; I know that I love to look at other people's blogs, and find inspiration from them daily. In fact, there is a beautiful post over at Art Journey today; I highly recommend that you stop by there to find even more inspiration - happy Monday!
2 comments:
Loralei - thanks for sending readers my way. I love everything here, you are really spreading your wings creatively. Your daughter is a very lucky girl!
Your daughter will love it. I really like the lines you've created from the lamp; perfect fabric choices too.
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