Heather is a painter/print maker, I work with fabric. She hasn’t worked with a fiber artist to create a piece and I haven’t worked with a painter/printer. The process has been an exiting one. The exhibit we’re aiming for opens September 1 and we’re not close to being done yet. I’m feeling the pressure.
Our concept was simple: rolling-hills background with a large tree foreground. The first step was to create a pattern for the background. We drew the pattern on a transparency then put it on the overhead projector. We drew the pattern directly on freezer paper which would be cut up as the pattern.
Next, audition fabric…
Cut the pattern out and iron it to the fabric…
Here’s the last chance to check on our fabric choices before the stitching begins.
Ahh, we’re happy with it. The background is stitched together. Here, the painting has begun but Heather will have to come back to it in favor of progress on the tree.
Time for me to get back to the stitching. Stay tuned.
Fun to watch a collaboration!
You make it look so easy, Franki. Have fun!