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  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Complex Cloth
    • Curvilinear
    • CROSSROADS
    • Encounters
    • Chroma
    • Jubilee
    • Chroma Stacks
    • MEDLEY
    • THINKING OUTSIDE the BLOCK
  • About
    • Statement
    • Resume
    • Process
  • News
  • Contact
THE   PROCESS
Photos here illustrate the process used to create artworks in my COMPLEX CLOTH SERIES and more specifically my piece "BEHOLD"


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 Inspiration - the theme for this piece was Autumn.
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Dying fabric - to create a palette of colors  using Procion dyes.  Fabric was pressed and cut to size for for printing.
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Printing a line pattern on the surface using a mono-printing technique and textile paint.
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Cutting and sewing units or motifs which were arranged and rearranged to create the final composition on the design wall.

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Preparing to sew all the pieces together.
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Layering with batting and backing.
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Machine quilting using a walking foot.

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Edges are finished with a facing.
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Detail of BEHOLD

This piece is currently traveling with SAQA's SEASONAL PALETTE exhibit. This exhibit will be shown in eleven venues on three continents.
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BEHOLD  32" X 78"
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