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| Fabricscape in the Tutti Frutti Series |
I "officially" discovered fabricscapes in 2006 after dyeing 2 colorful cloths (one of them is shown to the left). They were among a batch of fabric that I dyed that weekend and were the only ones that had a consistent pattern.
They looked so pretty that I wanted to quilt on them right then and there. But then I wondered how other compositions might look within the cloths. So, I started to cut them up into little pieces. I realized with the Tutti Frutti series that these abstract works could stand on their own.
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| Fabricscape in the Tutti Frutti Series |
My fabricscapes are
batted with cotton, backed with felt and stitched. They can be sometimes
bordered with commercial fabric or dupioni silks. These cuties can be
matted and mounted like artwork or just hang up on a memo board.
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| Fabricscape in the Tutti Frutti Series |
So, I define a "fabricscape" as a small piece of quilted cloth that exhibits the beauty of the fabric itself. For a fabricscape, there is no planned out story. The story is in the fabric itself. In this way, the fabricscape becomes a medium that allows the fabric to speak.
The fabricscape below called Alegria was created using traditional surface design techniques from hand-dyeing and hand-painting cotton, silk, and linen fabrics torn and glued in layers.
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| Alegria |
The fabricscape called "Winter Solstice" below was sponge-painted with many layers of fabric paint mixed with clear glue. The glue layer was then surfaced with a crumbled up saran wrap to make the little "pock" marks.
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| Winter Solstice |
In the fabricscape below called Asian Stencils was created by hand-painting a piece of cotton muslin. Then, stenciling and spongeing some of the "accents" in red and gold. Finally, the white areas were created from using a needle syringe of bleach.
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| Asian Stencils |
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