Well I havent fallen off the earth, but it has sort of felt that way. I came back from Houston and promptly got sick. I know a lot of us are dealing with this cold. I keep thinking I am going to be over it in another day and yet it lingers. Ugh. I have too much to do.
I am tackling a project that is long over due, my friend Kathy York is curating a village of artist houses for an exhibit. I have known about this project for over 6 months and am only now getting around to starting it and the deadline is just a couple weeks away, with Thanksgiving next week, sigh.
I am trying something a little new for making my house. I found out that abaca paper is often used to make tea bags (and money). Abaca is also used to make unryu tissue which I have used in my collages before. Unryu is the tissue paper that has little fibers visible in it. You can buy plain abaca here or here.
I created several black and white collages, combining text and imagery in photoshop, cut some heavier weight abaca paper to 8 1/2" x 11" and stuck it in my toner printer and printed out the collages. Next I painted the paper with textile paints and fused it to Peltex (heavy weight interfacing). Although the fuse did not stick that great, it did hold well enough for stitching.
I have more stitching to do and then pieces to cut and assemble. This is as far as I have gotten so you will have to stay tuned for what comes next.
These are absolutely gorgeous Judy. You continue to amaze me.
ReplyDeleteWe are both in the same boat, so you are not alone. Today, I finally feel like myself from having been sick since I got home. Today I worked on my house. It has a roof and walls. Glad you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! Can't wait to see the finished house. I wish mine were progressing more...maybe this weekend.
ReplyDeleteAnother Abaca fun fact--some "straw hats" that appear to be "Panama straw" are actually made from Abaca ... and you definitely don't want to get caught in the rain while wearing one.
ReplyDeleteI can already imagine your new house. I can't wait to see it. Feel batter soon!!
I hope you are feeling better soon! These pieces are gorgeous!! I love the rich colors. I am eager to see the finished project.
ReplyDeleteLove the dense color you got with the paper. Finished my house for Kathy but I'm thinking I should make some more of them. It was so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI am going to go buy that! Fabtastic work! I am going to facebook this post!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful imagery & so enhanced by the stitch.Hope you're feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful and look forward to seeing the finished project.
ReplyDeletegorgeous! love the colors, the imagery and the info. hope you feel back to normal soon!!!
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WOW! This is going to be spectacular when finished. I already love it at this stage.
ReplyDeleteWow- just beautiful. You should make a video on how you did this- I would be first in line to buy it.
ReplyDeleteso, instead of collecting teabags, drying them, taking them apart, not to mention begging friends for their teabags, now I can just scan once teabag onto abaca paper and print a million of them! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your work. It is lovely. I understand about your cold. I got the swine flu last term and spent a very slow long 7 weeks recovering. Alot of work was left till the very last minute..... Hope you feel better soon and get all your work done.
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