Textile Art for TOCAL exhibition

Forgive my  poor photography which shows reflected fluro lights –

this framed piece is being entered into the Art Society’s exhibition at the Tocal Field Days – an annual event held this coming weekend.  

Tocal agricultural college is a short drive from Dungog.

This piece, “Forest Floor”, was made with monoprints using Jo Sonja acrylic paints, cotton and silk fabrics, deconstructed screen print, and to create additional texture hand stitching was applied.   It has a very earthy appearance.

Fabric Postcards – wishing upon a star!

This week, it has been time to make fabric postcards.   An old and special friend soon to be in surgeon’s hands, needs I feel,  some wishes upon a star for her recovery to good health again.   This postcard – with its very special star – was made today to mail to her at hospital.  This was created with purchased printed polyester, overlaid with a gorgeous lace flower, and machine embroidered with orange polyester thread.  My special message to her is handwritten on the fabric back.

If you are wondering how the other Postcards were made, I used Polysol dyes to create the backgrounds, then stitched and beaded to create more imagery.  I am wondering which one you like best - and of

course I am curious as to your reason for your choice.

As you can see landscapes still emerge from my fingers – maybe I will move onto other imagery soon….I wonder.

Polysol Transfer Dyes

This past month has been devoted to spending time experimenting with Polysol transfer dyes.  These dyes are applied to paper, then transferred via heat to fabric.    Several techniques have been applied, including thickening the dyes first which creates greater textural imagery.  The old GladWrap was handy too, as was foil, to create texture that hints at aerial landscape views – from a spaceship!  But more of these images will be available very soon.

Meantime here is one piece showing an impressionistic close-up view of the Bungle Bungle Ranges in W.A.