May 2015 - Monochromatic

Five of us showed our Monochromatic pieces for the May Challenge.


glen

This was a face free motion quilted on a piece of Ecology Cloth dyed with  acorns and bark.  I had to fight the squirrels for the acorns.....and I lost, so the piece is not a dark as I would have liked.

Mary

This was a piece originally done in an Ann Johnston dye class about 3 years ago.  The workshop was about creating black dyes.  Mary overdyed this fantastic piece.  The coins are from a World Coins Collection from her teaching days.  She will investigate ways to adhere the coins to the surface.

Renee

The origami folded flowers dot the landscape of this Lake Meadow.  Renee generally does hand embroidery, so the machine work on  this piece is unusual for her.  The piece used for the farthest mountains is perfect to show the crags on the peaks.





 Judy

Rust.  Rusty pieces.  Found objects.  All put on a painted canvas and overstitched with dyed stiffened embroidery flosses. 


Her Alligator piece was accepted into the Houston Show.  Congratulations!

Judy is handpiecing the Millifliori Quilt from the book The New Hexagon using ties.   










Renee is working in a series using blocks arranged in strips. 

Mary found some of her Paula Nadelstern pieces from a previous class. 

 Mary also brought a piece from the Marianne Williamson workshop. 









 Glen  showed a rusted Ecology Cloth rusted with a $3.00 saw purchased from a resale shop.  It looks like the Grand Canyon or the Arches.  It has the potential to become a triptych.







Judy showed some pieces she created using various techniques like monoprinting and gelli printing.

Alcohol Inks

Just saw this video on how to make alcohol inks. Good info, bad video. Take a look. I haven't tried it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWc0L0k26oE

April 2015 - Patterns

This is glen's piece.  Creative suggestions were offered to improve the composition.  It needed a couple of ideas!

Wendy combined 2 photos to create this piece.  It is a stunning sunset that is free motion  quilted.

Judy used alcohol based paints to create these patterns.  She



used various media as the base.














Judy used Photoshop to create a composite photo manipulated with lighting effects to create this palm tree.  The background is a commercial piece of fabric.

It is not complete.

Judy used acrylics and Shiva Paintsticks to produce this two sided piece of material for future use.

Mary brought some earlier pieces.  This is a small collage of papers torn from various sources.

March 2015

 The theme from this March 2015 meeting was Pieces of a Whole

This was Wendy's piece.

I think this is Renee's piece

 Bebe shared her morning glories that was Photoshopped using multiple layers.

 This was Judy's piece.















 Judy's piece was resurrected from a Photoshopped project laid aside in a previous work.  The washers were used to print blue circles on another piece!












Tracy showed her One Block Wonder quilt made from tiger print and an LSU print.

 Judy brought us a technique using small bits and pieces to create embellishments for projects.

Tracy is working on a series of Fleur de Lis projects.

Renee showed her piece in progress.

Awesome work, girls!

I love the artistic work we are doing!! And thanks for encouraging us(Reluctant users of technology) to stretch our minds and our abilities in this world that uses very little pencil and paper!!  And when I say us, it might just be me.  I'll get better!! :)

Very thankful for your patience!
Tracy

January 2015 Meeting - Just Desserts

According to WiseGeek the phrase "just desserts" is an eggcorn which is a spelling error that is based upon a mishearing or misspelling at some time.  It was originally "just deserts".  It is based upon the word "deservire" or "desert" which has meant "to deserve" since the 13th century.  So the phrase may mean you pretty much get what you deserve.

 Tracy deconstructed a Godiva Chocolate Box for her piece.  She used the gold foil, the tissue and parts of the box design to create her flower.

Bebe used a cherry on top of CoolWhip for her inspiration.  She thread painted the manipulated photo for a luscious dessert!

 Judy collaged fabric and paper from magazines to create her piece on canvas.  She also printed from gel plates and stitched using 12 weight threads.

glen paperpieced a birthday cake with a beaded icing base.  It is bound with an orange flange.

Renee appliqued two crane fabrics to create the illusion the cranes were moving between the two spaces.

Art Rocks--"RIFT"

 This is my piece created for the November challenge themed "rocks". I've had this image on my computer for several years waiting for the right occasion. I took the image in my son's yard then layered it in Photoshop elements with a background texture. I used black Eco felt for batting. The piece measures approximately 10" x 8".

Rift/Full View

Rift Detail