Fiber Artist
Pacific International Quilt Festival is coming to Santa Clara this month. They have new hours for the show dates of July 24 – 27, so check that here before you leave home. This international showcase is always worth the trouble of attendance. I am pleased that my quilt Eucalyptus II is part of an exhibit […]
Printed & Stitched, a collaborative exhibition developed through a partnership with the California Society of Printmakers and Studio Art Quilt Associates, is currently at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. A Gallery Walk/Artists Talk is scheduled for Friday, June 28, 2024 5:00 – 7:00 pm Please mark your calendar to enjoy the exhibit and […]
Earlier this week I spent a lovely afternoon with my botanical-dye-and-printing-friend Katherine, catching up, enjoying being in the yard and doing some printing. I’ve been using Fabriano Medioevalis paper since I began my botanical printing adventures and I have always been happy with the results. The papers measure 3.5″ x 5.5″ and are a nice […]
I am thrilled to share that my work Eucalyptus has been selected for the juried regional exhibition Printed & Stitched. Eucalyptus uses three botanical prints of eucalyptus leaves on silk fabric pieced together with botanical-dyed cotton fabric. Each print is roughly 5” x 3”. Machine quilting and hand embroidery complete the design. The […]
I found my supply of botanical printed notecards dwindling quite low so I grabbed my pruners and took a walk to gather some foliage. In no time at all I had quite a nice selection of leaves that look devine when printed on Fabriano paper. I am still using diluted soy milk, iron water and […]
I am pleased with how this piece has turned out. It took longer to complete than I anticipated, but that simply seems to be the new normal. During the process of threadpainting I planned to complete the quilting and then do all the hand work. However, after doing just a bit of the quilting I […]
I have begun working on an eco print that I particularly like. I used branches purchased at Trader Joe’s which had many dense clusters of flower buds. Click on images for a larger view. Here’s a detail of those lovely clusters The yellow-gold color is a result of the fabric-foliage wrap […]
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts will have an international juried exhibition titled Art Quilts running from January 10 – Febraury 16, 2020. The North Bay Local Connection of SAQA will be exhibiting innovative 12-inch square artworks in its exhibit titled How Did They Do That? to run from January 20 – February 16,2020. The […]
I’m still using soy milk and iron blankets to print these papers. It’s interesting to see how the various plant materials act with the same treatment. This time I reduced the steaming time to one hour. I don’t see a significant difference in the printing with the reduced time. Click on an image for a […]
This is getting to be quite addictive, not to mention productive. I’m continuing my experimenting with soy milk for dipping the paper. And I still have an iron mix of 5g iron to 1 quart of water. This time I dipped the cotton fabric into the iron mix then laid it on a dry cotton […]
Fall is upon us in the Northwest and I find the color and texture of the season completely irresistible. I have to keep myself from picking up every leaf on the sidewalk. A few days ago I decided to let myself scavenge — in the name of art, mind you! — and do a bit […]
I got together with my study group friends to do some more botanical printing, this time exclusively on paper. All of the prints I made during class and subsequently have been mailed to friends. I purchased a box of Fabriano cards in the diminutive size of 2.5” x 3.75” along with envelopes for mailing, gathered my […]
I was searching for an image of my completed Sumac quilt when I realized that I hadn’t taken a photograph of it and that meant that I didn’t follow up to my September 9, 2017 posting about starting this piece! Talk about distracted! Since it’s been a stretch of time since I shared this piece, […]
Several months ago I met with friends to do some botanical printing and dye work and I shared results of that day here. I chose three of the eucalyptus silk prints to use with some cotton eco printed fabric that I purchased from Rita Summers to create a small art quilt. Both the cotton and […]
A study group is a wonderful thing. Since taking a class on botanical printing/dyeing in July, I’ve met several times with the ladies who were in the class with me to continue learning and experimenting. Our most recent gathering took place yesterday morning. Our hostess had a pot of marigolds on a slow simmer. Goodness […]
Sumac is such a stately, regal plant and I think that certainly shows here in this print. I started this piece before I started Maples which I shared here. I dove back into my supply of fabrics that I created and added two silk pieces that I painted with acrylic paints in a surface design […]
The work in progress I shared here is now complete. It measures 12″ x 12″. Click on image for a larger view. I quilted the bottom section using the marks left by the twine used to wrap the fabric bundles during the printing process. They made for a simple, effective design. Then I fussed and […]
Cutting into a strip of the botanical prints turned out to be quite liberating. I’m certain there is a psychological term for it but I’ll just stick with ‘progress’ and be happy for it. I love the shape of a maple leaf and isn’t it wonderful that there are many varieties? Here is a small […]
In early July I took a 4-day class with Kristy Kun on botanical printing/dyeing. I got some amazing prints that I am just delving into now. Part of my conundrum was having so many choices. I finally decided to work small and use one of the prints from our last day of work. I share […]
After several days of printing with the larger pieces of fabric, Kristy brought out note cards for us. What a great bonus! Here is my first bundle of 5 note cards ready for a bath in cochineal. And here are the iron blankets and the cards. Again, so fun to have two prints in this […]
If you missed my first installment sharing the results of a 4-day class on Botanical Printing and Natural Dye, just click here to be all caught up. A reminder that I am not showing everything I did in this class, just the pieces that I found the most exciting and that I can see using […]
I spent four days in early July with Kristy Kun of Opulent Fibers and three classmates learning about the process of botanical printing and natural dyeing. Kristy spent the week before our class preparing the fabrics with mordant — a substance that prepares the fibers of the fabric to bond with natural dyes — and […]
