I know what I want for my C&G assessment piece -- in my head, anyway. I can visualize it. So...I set out to make a sample -- 9" square unfinished -- and began to audition for layout and colour.
First, the photo inspiration (a slice of a larger photo):
And its partner in grey-scale:
And the paper collage (from an earlier assignment):
And now the samples (note: nothing is attached; it can still be changed):
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| Sample #1 |
The first sample has commercial fabric for sky, brown and green background, and recycled sweater (inside out) for the "hills" or distant bushes. arlee barr's eco-dyed cotton is used for the tree trunks throughout. In the final piece I plan to add some bark texture with snips of painted fusible web.
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| Sample #2 |
The second sample has hand-dyed recycled sari silk ribbon for the 'hills', my own rusted muslin for the brown background and purchased hand-dyed green fabric in the foreground.
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| Sample #3 |
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| Sample #4 |
The third sample is the same as the second, but the sari silk has been swapped out for the recycled sweater, cut narrower and placed right-side out.
I like this last one best, but I don't have enough of that green to make a large piece (minimum is 18" square)...I don't know if I can duplicate it as I didn't dye this one myself. I also don't have a large enough piece of this particular sky fabric, which is commercially printed, but I do have a larger one I hand-dyed, which I'm saving for the final piece.
Any thoughts?
P.S. 10 posts to 950...and another give-away. Stay tuned.
Oh -- and my friend P's Barn Swallow Scarf is finished. Here it lies across the top of my easy chair:
2 comments:
I like abstraction the use of the different fabrics for the hills.
love your trees!
and that scarf is lovely too
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