Not sure if this belongs in the dark side, the light side, or just the twilight zone.
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At art group last week we had a talk/workshop "Towards Abstraction". After the initial discussions the tutor set out some randm objects, including a vase of foxgloves, for us to work from. All I managed were a couple of very rough sketches, but all the time I was seeing it as a textile piece rather than a painting.
A few weeks ago we sadly lost one of our members, and his brother had given all of his paints, brushes and other art stuff to the group to share out. The stash included some rolls of transfer foil, and as there were only two of us who even knew what it was Kathleen and I took half each. I also received a hot glue gun and a few marker pens.
I wanted to use some of that foil from Ed in my foxglove picture and this is what I've managed so far; and everything from stash!
Navy blue poly cotton supported by heavy dressmaking interfacing for the background.
The vase is a bit of really shiny holographic metallicy fabric, appliqued and topstitched using Husqvarna 'Vera'
The flowers are pink foil applied to polycotton with bondaweb then cut into small pieces and Pritt stick to keep them in place.
I originally thought to machine applique them down but the test bits were unsuccessful, they kept moving, so a layer of very fine organza over the lot and free motion squiggles over everything except the vase using the Featherweight.
Random straight hand stitches in a variety of greens for the stems.
Seed beads stitched over the petals.
The leaves at the bottom are cut from a layer of green organza fused with bondaweb to another very shiny, metallicy green fabric and machine stitched down just along the centre rib.
I think it's finished except for mounting/faming. I can't decide whether to fuse a second layer of heavy interfacing to the back and then bind it and finish it as a wall hanging or to stick it to a board and get a wooden picture frame made to fit. The finished picture will be 24" x 14".
It's not ever so abstract, but it's not particularly realistic either.