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hode island using a teaspoon used only for dyeing fabrics i sprinkled bits of dye powder over the snow the bowl was sprinkled with colors turkey red cherry blush sun yellow and grape the box was sprinkled with grape ice blue ultra marine and dark blue then all there is to do is wait till the snow melts so this morning i went down and found my dye covered fabric sitting above a puddle of melted snow and dye after a good rinse out and a wash in the machine and a spin in the drier here are my results here are the silk pieces luscious and luminous i will use these in my collage nuno felted wraps as merino wool fibers can penetrate the silk beautifully here is the piece of vintage damask linen table cloth love the dyes move so beautifully in this method as the solution is carried down and through the fabric by gravity if there are folds and wrinkles in the fabric which there always are when one has wadded up the fabric the dye will run down the fold till it gets to the lowest point where it will drip off into the reservoir at the bottom this smaller piece of linen was a hand towel with a ratty edge and a few holes in the fabric the damask pattern is glorious sorry that the pattern is hard to pick up in this photo here is the large linen piece from the blue box that i roughly pleated and twisted before adding to the rack in the box here is the cotton top from goodwill that i will now embellish with other fabrics and doilies followed by some hand stitch i will be adding this piece to my inventory in my studio at artful dimensions gallery if you are interested in a protocol to follow so you can have a go at your own snow dyeing you can find one here posted by elizabeth at 5 54 pm 4 comments tuesday march 4 2014 the need to experiment i have found that as i continue creating with whatever media i am obsessed with at the moment that i have a true need to push it to experiment and to follow the call of the what if voices blog hopping has led me on a very rewarding journey where i have met some amazingly talented and like minded artists i have often struck up conversations with artists and have increased my desire to explore with my media exponentially i find that i am always combining the things that i love to work with to create new pieces and lately that has resulted in felted pieces full of layers of texture and bead work and stitch lately i am having a very rewarding experience doing hand work perhaps this is because this hearkens back to my very first experiences with art as a young child of 4 i was given large squared gingham and a not very sharp needle with embroidery floss to do cross stitch all the women around me were constantly knitting and that soon became my focus with creating doll blankets then living on the ocean and collecting treasures was a passion and so the story goes above you can see the third piece in my tide lines series of work titled nantucket sound this began with my embellishing machine with bits of lace and yarn and gauze and hand dyed cheese cloth all were combined with merino wool fibers and then wet felted to further connect the fibers and add dimensional texture through the fulling of the wool stitching through felted pieces is a joy as the needle glides through the fabric so easily some evenings i can sit for a very long time creating oodles of french and chinese knots before i am ready to add the found treasures collected in my beach walks all of the found bits that were added as the last step were collected along a beach in chatham ma which is part of the area known as nantucket sound hence the title this piece will be framed in a shadow box for display i have also used my felting and beads combination of creating art in my most recent experiments i have created nuno felt the combination of many different fibers and fabrics to create a new or nuno piece of textile merino wool fibers from opulent fibers my favorite supplier has served as the glue for these pieces hand dyed silks silk fibers bits of lace and scrim and hand dyed cheese cloth has all been added to generate the texture and interest that i strive for in all of my pieces all of these pieces were felted together around a heavy copper wire core i was not at all sure this would work but there was nothing for it but to have a go i followed the advice of the what if voices i was thrilled to find that the wool silk mix felted and fulled beautifully around the copper core and left me with some glorious texture for adding stitch and bead work i did do my first experiments with this white blue piece and then jumped in with both feet to create other colorways at the ends of the felt work i wrapped and stitched a bit of turquoise silk gauze as the felting there was a bit thin i like that finished look and it taught me to make the felt a more uniform thickness along the wire then i went to the bead stash having reached the stage for the fun part the hand work and here they are ready for display at artful dimensions gallery in all their texture filled and beaded softness don t be afraid follow the what if voices posted by elizabeth at 7 53 am 1 comment labels beaded felt chinese knots copper wire found objects hand work nuno felt tide line series sunday february 23 2014 back to blogland at last i have just signed on to another bead soup blog party and one of the requirements for the bead soup is that we all have active blogs well i have a blog but it has been anything but active more like deep hibernation time to wake y wake y so having to wake up the blog to participate is something that you can all thank the amazing and indomitable lori anderson for lori is a dynamo and if you do not know of her i urge you to check out her website and her book titled bead soup she has embarked on starting yet another beady blog party while she is fighting a raging case of lyme disease she is one tough cookie and so passionate about beads so as the bead soup blog party gets started i thought i might catch you all up on what i have been doing with myself lately lots of projects in a picture scroll format not too many words as i have to get back in the swing of things blog wise very slowly i have been so very busy with all sorts of life happenings that the blog has fallen off the edge of the plate don t want to shack you all with too much verbiage here goes if you have specific questions feel free to holler at me in the comments nuno felted wrap i am getting the hang of making holes yeah collage nuno felt wrap jack frost farewell beaded and using my hand dyed vintage linens this piece sold before i had it finished love it when that happens nuno felted and beaded bracelet spring snow melt the colors of happy collaged felt beaded and embroidered collar we have had quite a winter this year with lots of ice and snow i managed to get a few good garden ice pictures flock of birds stitched from left over sun printed and felted bits i made and sold quite a few of my inspiration banners as part of our art outreach at artful dimensions gallery i have been teaching a journals from junk class just for teens at a branch of our library it is all free to the kids and we have been having a great time playing and learning together this will go on twice a month till may 2014 the title of this felted and stitched piece is nantucket sound th is the third piece in a series that i have done with nuno felted backgrounds and found objects embroidery and beads i created this bracelet as a donation for a silent auction that was being held in town to benefit a fellow artist who is fighting a gallant battle with cancer fortunately he and his family have been able to take full advantage of the affordable care act and have saved lots of money and stress i took advantage of all of the snow and tried my hand at snow dying loved it and i think i will try it next with ice from the ice machine we don t want anymore snow i finally got around to creating a sign for my studio door at the gallery btw f you have not liked us on face book please pop over and have a look artful dimensions gallery we are a non profit and we have found that the face book page is really helping us get the word out about all that we have to offer so what have you all been up to lately i have really missed visiting everyone and will be making great efforts to pop in for a quick visit in the next couple of days now i am off to make supper posted by elizabeth at 2 57 pm 2 comments sunday november 10 2013 fabric journals in the midst of getting work done for my colors of happy show i created some little projects to distract myself from the stress of show prep two of my very dear friends at artful dimensions gallery were in need of special journals for various uses i really had no business taking on new projects but it felt really good to do so and to allow myself to work freely for no other reason than it was what i wanted to do at that very moment my wonderful friend barbara was about to embark on a two week long trip to rome with her husband and her brother and sister in law she was so excited and would be in rome over her birthday i wanted her to have a special journal so she could make notes store bits and pieces of ephemera from her trip and do some sketching if she felt like it i wanted her to be able to relive the trip once she got home with as much delight as possible and the journal would allow her to do just that barb and her husband bobby have been studying italian with a native speaker for about two years and she has been sharing her lessons with us in the gallery i used fabrics with the colors of the italian fag for the cover and red happens to be one of barb s favorite colors i practiced my free motion stitching skills in green thread to spell out various words along with the date of the trip and the city above you can see the cover that is held closed by a hand made bit of cording made from various yarns and fabrics wrapped around a vintage deep red button my journal design is based roughly off a design shared in a class taught by the amazing and wondrous mary ann moss mary ann has several delightful one line classes in journal making that i cannot recommend highly enough inside front cover with fabric paper pocket on left hand side september is significant as it is the month of barb s birthday and also the month of her fabulous trip i included many pockets throughout and lots of tags and bits to write things down upon at a library used book sale i had purchased an adorable little italian cook book that was full of three color wood cuts i now had the perfect excuse for using the images above you see one of them more pages and pockets and hand done papers the page on the right was printed on a gelatin plate using a plastic doily as a mask i think this is my favorite image from the italian cookbook it must be the black and white checks and finally the inside back cover the whole cover spread out i used a vintage dishcloth with the red single petaled roses for the majority of the cover and true to form i misspelled one of the words if i had listened to the nagging voice at the back of my mind and done a bit of research had i the time i would have know that the phonetic spelling of si certo is not correct as i spelled it si cierto is incorrect as it turned out i finished this project at 9 pm on the evening before the departure for the trip and i ended up delivering it at 10 pm done in time but just barely this next journal was made as a gratitude journal for another friend who was having a rough go of life i felt a gratitude journal might help with attaining valuable perspective i lined the inside front cover with a deep brown starbucks coffee bag as coffee is a favorite beverage each signature cover sheet was made with hand painted papers that i happened to have in my stash these pages had been lazer copied as i was so fond of the colors and collage techniques i used a special vintage linen piece with a pansy embroidered on it to create a special back pocket this return to journal making has inspired me to create some more special books with my sun prints as covers i will share these pieces with you as soon as i finish a bunch of them thanks for visiting posted by elizabeth at 4 59 pm 5 comments labels coffee bags fabric paper free motion embroidery gratitude journal italian mary ann moss remains of the day journals travel journal used books as source of images older posts home subscribe to comments atom linkwithin where i am teaching artful dimensions gallery fredericksburg va facebook badge elizabeth woodford create your badge blog archive 2014 5 may 1 march 3 february 1 2013 12 november 1 september 2 june 1 april 1 march 3 february 2 january 2 2012 33 december 6 november 2 september 1 august 2 july 2 june 3 may 3 april 3 march 3 february 4 january 4 2011 58 december 5 november 2 october 6 september 7 august 9 july 2 june 4 may 6 april 3 march 6 february 4 january 4 2010 112 december 6 november 5 october 8 september 7 august 8 july 4 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