I found some more images of the work I posted yesterday. This close up shows the work with the 3rd layer – the buttonhole stitch starting to be built up. The buttonhole stitch works to blend and highlight specific areas of the textile. This is another work using Julia’s technique. It is a Rockies scene […]
Read More...Back in 2005 Quilting Arts Magazine featured a series of articles written by Julia Caprara. In the Winter issue, Julia wrote about the importance of all textile students building their own personal “touch palette”. Since reading the article, I have followed Julia’s advice and used the technique she described as “painting with fabric, thread, and […]
Read More...I have added a public web album of some of my work you can access by clicking on the address to the right. You can click on the map to find the geographical location that inspired each work. I will continue to add details about each work in the captions.
Read More...‘Sea Ice Melt’ is a work from my Arctic series where I looked at the delicate nature of the environment. It is my response to aerial photographs of the edge of the sea ice as the Northern Hemisphere experiences longer hours of sunlight.I have donated it to an on-line auction Calgary Academy is organising. It […]
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