This is going to take a while. More progress reports later.
Still working with that newly-greened dresser scarf, now stitched to green organza for stability. It will be part of a three-panel work. One panel is inspired by van Gogh's painting of a mulberry tree near the sanatorium where he resided for a year. If you google " van Gogh mulberry tree" you'll get multiple opportunities to buy prints and so forth. According to the commentaries, when Vincent's seizure disorder was under control he was allowed to wander outside and paint in the neighborhood of the facility. When he was badly disabled, of course, he had to stay inside which made him quite depressed. So this tree was painted on one or more good days. We can feel the warm fall sun and appreciate the intense sky. My panel is not horizontal, however, so the composition of the whole tree had to change to tall and narrow. And of course, I'm using fabric, not oil paints--though there's some paint applied to the fabric pieces. The squiggly shapes are surprisingly easy to manage with cloth cutouts; I thought it would be more difficult. It's still in process and not ready for photos, as I'm really struggling with the best length for the panel and how it will dance with the rest of the piece. I am quite pleased with the stitched tree trunk. It's made of chenille, dyed with natural dyes at the Folk Festival in May, then overpainted and hand-stitched with variegated thread. I had bought the chenille a few years ago to make teddy bears (which never happened) and decided to dye it as I was winnowing my stash. Texture is a good thing!
This is going to take a while. More progress reports later.
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AuthorBobbe Shapiro Nolan, Fiber Artist in Eagle Lake, TX. Trying to learn to call the sewing room my studio, and myself an artist. I retired after 15 years in hospice nursing--so now I have the time!. Archives
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