Painting Thread

Can I color my own thread?
what if?




I used some found thread at thrift store about the same weight as pearl cotton #5.







I placed a long piece of thread into a recycled veggie tray and poured in some Dyna-Flow liquid textile paint
It Worked!!

pages

if we take the time, we might hear it, the inner most dreams of the self, 
the person we are meant to be.

 The morning tide comes to wash away yesterday and leave a new day to begin.

and when the rain comes, I shall find a book and listen to soft words

wandering thru pages

walking faster 
trying to stay ahead of the chaos

upset, she wanders looking for peace that only she can give herself

Thinking out loud again hearing, as if for the first time, her plans gone awry

Journal pages take me inside

stopping, pause, having some time, I turn toward memories of you.

sometimes it just happens

Looking through some old journals, I pause.

singing in pieces 
falling by my side
I wonder out loud on paper

 I'm selling some unique and funky art journals on Etsy-
 https://www.etsy.com/…/listen-to-the-whispers-of-your-heart…

News!

I'm pleased, surprised and honored to be part of a non-fiber art exhibit with my work Time Spent with Trees, a digital mini-quilt! 
"Congratulations! With 897 entries, you are one of 63 artists selected for Maryland Federation of Art American Landscapes Exhibition by show juror Joann Moser. Joann Moser, Senior Curator Emerita, of Smithsonian American Art Museum was the Museum’s Senior Curator of Graphic Arts from 1986- 2016."


See the rest of the accepted works at- http://mdfedart.com/mfaentry/sales/salesgallery.php…

AND

Pleased to have been invited to show some of my Digital Fiber pieces in Wisconsin this fall. Pictured- 'The Creative Hand'- printed on molding paste. 1 of 4 works.

Fiber Arts in the Digital Age
Wisconsin Quilt Museum
September 27, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Living in the digital age means living in a time where we are increasingly able to do what was previously considered unimaginable. This era has touched every aspect of life and fiber art has been no exception. To artists designing their work via software to the benefits of digitally printing textiles this exhibit explores various fiber art pieces that only exist due to the age we live in.

Invitations, Exhibits and Acceptances- OH My!

I recently was looking to enter an exhibit when I realized the very sweet truth that most of my work is spoken for!
I have been so fortunate to have my work invited to 3 exhibits!
Corridor Gallery Solo Exhibit World of Threads Festival 2018 Canada   info
Invitation to exhibit 'The Nature of a Stitch' Sheehan Gallery, WA
Invitation to exhibit Wisconsin Museum of Quilts- 'Fiber Arts in the Digital Age'   info

 A Page in a Life detail, Exhibit World of Threads Festival

detail- Continuing the Conversation, Explorations: Journeys in Creativitity

I was juried into 3 invitational exhibits!
Things that Matter, Sandra Poteet curate   info
Explorations: Journeys in Creativity, MA/RI SAQA TBA
IQF, The Best of Dinner at 8, TX   info

detail- Layers of Meaning, Dinner at Eight

And had my work accepted at
Quilt Visions, CA  info
ThreadWorks, Yonkers NY  info
Peters Valley School of Craft, NJ  info
Artist as QuiltMaker, OH  info
Fiber Options, MD  info

And icing on the top, a finalist in 3 categories’ Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers!   info

Stepping Stones, Nature Award for Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers
soon to be made into a fiber piece

I'm not bragging, well, maybe. But as a working fiber artist for over 4 decades  I am so absolutely happy, proud, excited, confirmed, just plain elated! 

ya-ba-da-ba-doo!

If your interested in taking a workshop with me, see my workshop schedule tab at the top of my blog.

Be There Accordion Book SOLD!

Be There

8 page Accordion Book
made from watercolor paper with a series of natural leaf prints
some pages have sewn detail stitches while others are accented with paint or oil stick.

Can be displayed with front or back open 
store closed to 4x5"
Thank you Laura!

Sold! Leaping Point 2

Digital Fiber Collage

Created by melding several photographs and printing onto a digital ready molding paste. The digital fiber photograph is mounted onto free sections 

of heavy stabilizer. Segments are creatively stitched and held together with a hand-tied bookbinding method using dyed pearl cotton.

Edges and top are sealed with UV medium and paint.

12x12 

World of Threads Festival 2018

Got this email yesterday- 

"We’re very happy to let you know 5 works have been ACCEPTED for a solo show in the Corridor Galleries of Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre at the World of Threads Festival 2018! Congratulations!

We’re excited to have your work as part of the festival.‬
" 

A Page in a Life‬

‪Amazements of Tender Reflections‬

‪Rocks are Smiling‬

‪The Content of the Light‬

‪Three Feathers Remain‬

"For these we looked for coherent and compelling bodies of work that we liked, went well together, and were different from previous festivals. We’re very limited on the amount of installations we can mount and by what’s possible in specific public spaces.‬"

Happy Dancing! Cha-Cha-Cha!

Treelines sold!

Holographic Digital Fiber Images

Original image digitally printed twice for holographic 3-D effects.

Printed digital border in cotton Satin

13x15 

sold!

Sold Taking a Stand and Leaning 

Thank you Susan! 

Into the Woods

 a tactile journal of handmade paper book covers

about 10x12

 pages were created using eco-printing

 and retain a embossed surface

 wonderful to touch!

buy on my Etsy shop- HERE

Etsy Shop Updates

Adding new work, reducing retired works and art books and journals in my Etsy Shop.

 I love making Journals

now sharing

HERE

 hope you visit!

New England Workshop June 30

"Digital Fiber Mini Quilt" 

Whistler Museum, Lowell MA... Info HERE

detail

more about this about workshop here

Sold!

"Still of a Life"

painted plastic over painted fabric                           

"Water on Sand"

Image printed on Joss paper

Published in Dutch Magazine!

Published in Dutch Magazine!

Let me tell you about my New Workshop! Digital Collage!

One of the ideas inspirations presented in my book, see side bar at top,  is printing photographs on collage substrates!

New Workshop! Digital Collage!

In this one day workshop, Digital Collage! Create a 12x12 fabric and paper collage to print on! We print the collage in the workshop using our own photographs! Based on Wen's book- ‘Digital Fiber Art and Mixed Media Masterpieces’.

Printer must be provided by students. Share!

                        Participants can create a simple altered photograph of their very own to print! Wen includes a demonstration on her new innovative sneaky layering technique so you can easily create unique layered photos!

            You can use Photoshop or an app called Photoshop Mix or any similar blending app. The app should be able to blend or layer 2 or more photos. This should be downloaded before class onto your phone or ipad.

            inkAid will be introduced and used. The collage you create with your own fabrics will be digitally prepared with grounds for a very clear and lasting fabric print. 

            Wen will show you her innovative batting technique- fusing felt to the back which serves as both backing and batting! 

            The digital collage quilt will feature a new edge treatment that uses paint! Her painted edges yield a wonderful new textural accent to the finished piece. You’ll learn how to apply a protective coating, medium enhancements or washes to the top of the quilt that will enhance the colors and protect it too. the students will have the opportunity to try specialty medium enhancements for a unique mixed media mini quilt! And a secret collage after treatment!

            A great way to extend this workshop would be to add a 1 day Fab Fabric Painting workshop first and use some of those newly painted fabrics in the collage creation!

Hope you’ll join us!


Printer Suggestions 8/25/2017 (subject to change) HERE

Sold Works

"My Tree"
Under collage with overprint on paper
Thank you Sandy!

Sold! Thank you Janet!
"Thinking of Warmth"
Molding paste substrate with printed image and stitching. Non-porous and inkAid was used for the digital grounds Mounted on canvas panel.

An unusual substrate featured on "Stopping'- a molding paste surface printed with digital grounds