Elements:Water

The finished piece "Elements:Water" 45"x 96". Dyed, over dyed, screen and block printed.

Details #1 of "Element:Water".

Detail #2 of "Elements:Water".

"Elements: Water" - Art Cloth in Progress

The latest series of Art Cloths that I'm working on is "Elements". These pictures are details of "Elements: Water". The finished piece is 45"x96". The fabric is silk twill which has been scrunched and dyed three times with Procion MX dyes - Royal blue, Mixing Blue, and Tourquoise. The background color in these pictures is not as deep as the actual fabric. When I photograph the finished piece, I hope Ill have a more acurate picture of the colors. These were photographed with fabric layed out on my print table as the work was in progress. The fist detail shows layer 12. All the images have been sceen printed with fabric paints.

This detail shows layer 14 - the addition of three spiral forms.

Detail of layer 16.

The final detail is layer 21. Block printed shell forms and sceened small spirals have been added.

A Few Art Quilts

"No More Granny Panties" 17"x22" was a Journal Quilt I created for the International Quilt Festival which is held annually in Houston, Texas. The background fabric is hand dyed and discharged using deconstructed screen printing. The panties were created with hand dyed and vintage fabrics.

"Portals II" is part of a continuing series exploring triangulal shapes. The fabrics used include vintage kimono fabric, hand dyed silks and cottons, and commercial cottons. The art quilt is fused and machine quilted.

Detail of "Portals II".

"Villages I" 17"x 22" (collection of Zoe Ann Brewer, Ann Davis Gallery) is created using hand dyed cottons and silks, and vintage kimono fabrics. The art quilt is fused and machine quilted.