After reading my post about making paper lace, A. Carole Grant sent me a photo of a quilt in which she created hair with the same technique. Carole explained to me her technique for creating the hair. She used paper that’s designed to be used on doctors’ examining tables. She placed it on the quilt and […]
I just recently learned about paper lace and decided to give it a try. If you’ve made thread lace on water soluble stabilizer, the technique is very similar. Start by layering several layers of paper together. Select papers that are a little bit fragile, like newspaper or tissue paper. Next, stitch a grid or other […]
I recently challenged my fiber art group to make mixed media art books. Although I’m pretty new to this myself, I’m really intrigued by the creative possibilities they provide! One way to make such books is to alter an existing book. That’s what I’ve done on the two I’ve created thus far. My first altered […]
I really enjoyed working on this painted quilt. Click any image for a larger view I’m very happy with the combination of the textures, the layers of color, and the little bit of embroidery. I’ll definitely make a quilt in this style again. But the next time, I’ll plan better! I had a very hard […]
Recently, I had some older work professionally photographed. Since this piece is not currently on my website, I thought you would enjoy seeing the results. It’s called Blue Roofs. Click any image for a larger view. This piece was inspired by the hurricane season of 2004. My area was hit by two of them, three weeks apart. A huge […]
I really enjoyed working on this book, which I’m calling Anticipating (Good) Health. To create it, I used a variety of techniques and materials. Please click on the image above to better view the layers of paint, textures, hidden words, cheesecloth, sheer fabrics, and hand sewing. The interior includes a paper flower with Tyvek leaves, […]
Version 2: The photo below shows quite a few changes since the last post. I decided the four quadrants were too similar in value, so I painted them again. (How nice that I could change it so easily!) Plus, I broke up the heavy line of orange circles, creating spaces between them. Much better, I think. […]
A while back, I got the idea to paint over an ugly quilt. Although I never finished that project, it was clear that the idea of painting over quilted areas had great potential. I’ve even seen artists, such as Deidre Adams, who do this almost exclusively. So, I decided to give it a try. First, […]
My good friend, Jo-Ann Jensen, is a talented fiber and mixed media artist. She’s particularly adept at batik and various fabric dyeing techniques. So, I was delighted to recently preview her latest class, Double Vision. Since a picture’s worth a thousand words, let me show you what we did. First, we each created a fabric collage […]
When applying the first layer of paint, my idea was to mostly obscure the underlying collage. In addition I wanted to create colors of nature for the front and back covers: a blue sky, tree line, and golden grasses in the foreground. All of this would come to fruition with the second paint layer, so […]
