August 11, 2008

• New Mixed Media Work

  

  This looks so much better in person! (I took photos both with and without the flash, and these are without.) I just finished (at least I think it's finished) this mixed media work on artist's canvas. I used so many recycled materials in this piece. The canvas was first texturized with unprinted newsprint paper that came as packaging in a mail order box, which was glued down. Then it was coated with gesso and painted in layered succession with purple, dark pink, and black acrylic paint, all blended with matte medium. I painted large bubble wrap with gold paint, and pressed that on. Then I dabbed some purplish-pink glitter paint on with a small natural sea sponge. The center piece was made from an old sheer rayon/acetate shirt purchased from a thrift store. (I used to wear it until it started to shred.) I layered bits and pieces of sheers and chiffons, some from ribbons salvaged from gift wrap, on top of black felt, and topped it all with the shirt scrap into a sandwich. I stipple quilted the layers by machine, then I used a soldering tool and a heat gun to melt and distress the top. I placed three different interesting novelty yarns on diagonally, stitching them down by hand with gold tinsel thread. The gold lace piece is some type of bridal beaded lace scrap I had, which was white, but I painted it with gold metallic textile paint. The three purple pieces were also white, and I painted them with purple metallic fabric paint. The piece in the upper left is a freeform crochet piece I crocheted out of various perle cotton threads and a thin gold metallic cord. I could keep adding, and I was tempted to sew on more beads and/or buttons, but I don't want it to get too busy. I've titled it "Life's Tattered Remnants". I have shows coming up this fall, hence the new work.

  

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