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Today is the official launch of our new creative endeavor, Art Box csa! Eight artists have joined together to create small works of art at affordable prices. The art is grouped into boxes and available as a full set of 8 pieces or a half box of 4 pieces. I am so proud to be included in this distinguished group of artists!
We are:
I was inspired by watching grackles in my yard. Ready to play with a new technique of putting dye directly in the soy wax, I got busy and made a number of fat quarters. It was so fun! I just love doing this! When you draw shapes with the wax, you are painting the color on at the same time!
Then the background was hand painted with thickened dye, and the piece was steamed to set the dyes. After that I boiled the piece to get the remaining wax out, and completed the process with a wash and dry!
Next I cut the fat quarters into 4 pieces, pieced an aqua border around the central motif, sandwiched with batting and backing, and then machine quilted. Last I added a lot of embroidery to the bird, which I just LOVED the texture it created, and did some hand quilting to finish off the piece. Last, I stitched the corners and snugged it into a canvas, stapling on the back. Click on the photos to see them larger.
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6 comments:
Kathy, I'm in love with your Grackle pieces. You captured their goofy essence so well in these pieces!
What a fabulous idea and collaboration of gifted artists! I wish you all well!!
Very cool and exciting project -- and the artwork looks fabulous!
Thanks Robin and Vivien! We are pretty excited about it!
What a great idea! And such an interesting technique. I love the colors and textures in your pieces!
Thanks Holly,
You are so nice! I really like the texture too, makes me want to pet it. :)
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