You may recall my attempt to translate this drawing into a textile piece - progress so far
First I taped a piece of tea dyed cotton onto a piece of board and traced/drew the planter on with a fine tipped permanent marker pen and added some shading with Inktense pencils.
Then I spattered it with fabric paint to simulate the lichens growing on the planter.
I layered it up with some wadding and added free machine stitching.
Here are a couple of close ups.
By closely stitching the path the planter area is still puffy and stands out.
I am going to add some hand stitching to add to the crustiness of the lichen growth and experiment with making leaves to frame it with.
I've got a 20x20cm stretched canvas so I am going to attempt to mount it on that.
Meanwhile, back to the drawing board.
Keep dry,
Jill
11 comments:
This is so beeautifully done - it combines your talent as an artist with your stitching skills!
Jill it is beautiful! You are so talented. I look forward to seeing the finished article with the added stitching on the lichens.
It looks so effective and very three dimensional
Looking good!
I think that is amazing. Combining your love of stitch and paint like this is the way forward. Keep us posted.
Jill, this is fabulous. You are creating lovely depth and texture with the machine stitching and the hatching with thos pencils. I shall be intrigued to see how you mount it on a canvas for display.Do show and tell when it is finished please. Is this one destined for your shop or your walls at home I wonder?
I am loving watching this piece evolve! The texture is just lovely,
I love your blog and always click in. Your C and G work is amazing and this piece is my favourite, really awesome! Thanks for inspiration x
Mmmmm, this is looking SO good! It's got such great dimension and crustiness.
It's looking great so far Jill :-)
Anne x
I feel a french knot or two. Love that this is a close up detail - delicious!
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