Have you ever been to a class and realized you left the most appropriate fabrics at home? This happened to me when I took a class from Elizabeth Barton. I learned a lot about abstracting and designing and had a great paper “sketch” I wanted to interpret in fabric. Per Elizabeth’s instructions, I worked up…
My latest artwork, Deliberation, is complete. I’m quite happy with it and I really enjoyed creating it. I did deliberate (get it – deliberate?) quite a bit over the title. It does look like an overhead view of rivers and many people suggested titles with that in mind. That would have been fine, except I wanted…
I’m really thrilled to have my quilt, Reconciliation, featured on the cover of Storytelling Magazine’s current cover. The description inside says: Ellen Lindner uses fabric the way a painter used paint. Her collages are created with a variety of fabric pieces held together with stitching across the top. Her “Body Language” series strives to tell a story with as…
I’m really enjoying the Christmas season. My family is close at hand and more will be arriving, decorating has been fun and stress free, and even shopping seemed easier this year. We’ve already attended several fun events and have more scheduled. Maybe even some caroling. In our shorts and sandals. I hope you’re having a…
I thought you might like to see a little bit of my studio (which I did NOT clean up for your visit.) This is my secondary design wall. I seldom use it for creating. Instead, it holds other things that need my attention, like these quilts waiting to be sprayed with UV protectant and photographed….
Have you ever printed onto fabric from your home printer? I’ve had good luck with it, but every now and then I want to print something larger. Like the background for Carefree. At 51″ high, I needed an online service to handle it for me. I used Modernyardage.com and was happy with the results. Recently I found…
I’ve almost finished my latest abstract piece, “Abstract #4” as I’ve been calling it. In my last post I showed you how I was auditioning the color for some skinny strips. I decided to do them in rust and tan, and here they are. I was happy with them. Next, I wanted to add some…
My latest abstract piece is progressing nicely. After creating the sketch and selecting fabrics, I began to compose the background on my design wall. Here it is, completed. Next, I made tracing paper patterns of the two undulating lines I wanted to add. It’s coming along, don’t you think? I was happy with this design…
After coming up with a design, Elizabeth likes to audition a wide variety of value options. To do this, she had us stack paper in 3 values and then use a utility/craft knife to cut the design through all three. Finally, you glue them together in various combinations. Here’s my dark-on-light version. I also made…
This past week I went to a wonderful 3-day workshop with Elizabeth Barton. I’ve long admired her ability to simplify a design and to then interpret it in dramatic, high-contrast, colors. Our class supply list included several inspiration photos. I was familiar enough with Elizabeth’s work to know that a landscape image would work well….