That's exactly what I'm doing, except I'm painting fabric that I'll use in my quilts. It's been a scorcher the last few days and it's only getting worse, with no monsoon rain in sight. Stepping outside just to get the mail is brutal!
So I'm continuing to play with the fabric paints. And in Tucson's dry oven-like heat, I can put the wet painted fabric outside and it's dry in minutes!
The piece above is wet fabric arranged in soft folds. Below is how it looks after it has dried and been ironed flat. It still looks three-dimensional because as the fabric dries the paint wicks up to the highest points and creates darker areas.
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This next green piece is silk organza drying in the sun. It's sheer, so I'll layer it over other colors. Or if I layer it over another green it will intensify the color, which is really exciting!
I like to embellish the dried fabric with stamps, smeared paint, splatters, over-painting, etc., to make it more interesting. Some of these pieces might become spirit dolls and others might end up in quilts or other projects.
I think I'm finally satisfied with my Dreams of the Land challenge piece, above. But I'll wait before stapling it around a frame in case I decide to add anything else. (It's not due until August.) Maybe a few stitches or beads here or there.
And this little orange guy is going to get stretched around an 8x10 frame and maybe become a gift or put up for sale. I can see doing a bunch of these little ones. With two months of brutal heat left, I'll have plenty of time.
p.s. I'm glad so many of you have told me that you ordered Sherrill Kahn's books. Send me pictures if you make anything inspired by them and I'll post them here!
Have a colorful day
4 comments:
Gosh, those temps are not good. But when I got to the bottom of the post where you show your challenge piece, I was struck by how cool the setting looks. I guess it's all that blue! It looks great.
Blue is a cooling color for sure, Idaho Beauty. Makes me wish I had a nice cool swimming pool.
See how the heat forces you to create! Sort of "lights your fire". Your dyeing technique is very good. Love those greens. You inspire me.
me too! i have been painting out on our covered deck! trade winds and roll down sunscreens help and over head fans a bonus! i have left a set up to continue playing with painting, ( i use versatex printing inks watered down) as i had a painting class over in June and we had a blast painting cotton scarves and watching paintings dry! lots of scrunching, spiraling and manipulating colorful fabric, resulting in texture and surprises. i use the water spritzer bottles not only for fabric moisturizing but i spray myself! summertime, summertime stay cool!
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