I'm ecstatic to report that I completed my 38"(w) x 42"(l) "Deep Sea Ballet" whole cloth, art quilt last evening. I'm quite excited about it and am chomping at the bit to post a picture of the entire piece; however, as mentioned
earlier, it may be exhibited in August, so I still must wait until the exhibit has opened. Thus, only close ups of some elements will be posted here.
Henri Matisse's work,
La Danse, was a constant inspiration as I created this work. Perhaps you can see how Matisse's painting influenced the "Deep Sea Ballet" fiber art work.
In order to accentuate the suggestion of water movement I inserted piping between the top and the batting and stitched on either side of to create a raised effect an upward motion.
I created upward "floating" sea flora by sewing together strips of hand dyed stretchy fabric. After the strips were sewn together, I slashed the edges and then machine stitched the streamers to the top. The green ocean bottom image was made from a loosely woven scarf that I
free motion stitched over the "base" of the sea flora and to the quilt
top fabric.
To further suggest ocean flora, I hand cut a stencil from freezer paper and stenciled it with
Setacolor opaque and transparent paints.
Until August, this will probably be the last time I write about this work. Once it is hung in the exhibit, I'll post a picture of the finished work.
Thank you for taking this deep sea journey with me. It's been great fun.
Always remember, never fear to experiment.
Sometimes wonderful things happen.
© Linda Friedman 2015. All rights reserved
Fabulous artwork, Linda!
ReplyDeleteOooo, thank you, Mia. Another UFO down and mountains to go.
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