Neon Tetras and Shibori
I have been distracted by fish again! We saw some neon tetras at the store. I have always loved them, so I decided to make some! These are about one inch long and painted with metallic paints. Their fins are fused from some unnatural irredescent material, (maybe lame?).
I have also been distracted by a surface design class our art bee is taking. The top sample is batik. It took about 15 minutes to make these wax circles for about 1/2 yd sample, not including dyeing time. The circles are about the size of quarters. I think it is gorgeous!!
I love the bottom sample too. These are tied circles that I learned from the book, Shibori, The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Wada, Rice and Barton. The circles are slightly larger than peas. I did a sample slightly smaller than a fat quarter and it took about 7 hours. I love the way it came out, but even with some experience, it just takes too long. I will try some batik smaller circles with a copper pipe next. We'll see how that works!
Nellie,
Here's an update for you of what I used this orange batik fabric for. I will be putting these birds on my new quilt, Vertigo, coming soon! Enjoy! Kathy
5 comments:
I've been looking at these photos everyday since you posted them. So, I may as well finally leave a comment.
Your fish are wonderfully realistic. Orange is one of my favorite colors and these shibori pieces are just "yummy". I can't wait to see how each gets used.
Orange! Delicious. Copper pipe sounds like a great idea.
Just found your site via Nellie's Needles blog, you are the 3rd quilter I have come upon in as many weeks. And your work is also stunning. Love the colors and 'painterly' quality.
The current issue of "Quilting Arts" arrived today. What a delight to find your work on the cover as well as the article inside. Kudos!
I love the fishes in the new Quilting Art magazine. I´ll try to sew them,
greetings from Germany
Waltraud
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