I know I'm coming a bit late to the party with this one but since it uses two things taught on this blog recently, I just wanted to share what I made using those bits.
Recently I came across the phrase "Intuitive Design". Don't know what it means to anyone else but I chose to just take a piece and see where it lead me. The background is on a small piece of silk velvet dyed purple (or painted - I'm not sure as it was a gift). Then I just started grabbing things and auditioning them and moving them until I liked it. No pre-set plan or goal...just fun. Only thing I knew was that I wanted to play with some Extreme Texture!
I had done some of the 3-D polyester using the technique posted by Nienke in October
(link: http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2012/10/3d-shibori-on-polyester.html)
It was great and I loved the effect but just couldn't think of anything to do with my greenish-bronze polyester.
Then there were some very organically made beads in Beth Berman's posts on Embellishments.
(link: http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2013/01/bead-organization-and-other-elements.html )
I had some painted Tyvek hanging around, got out my heat gun and went to work.
Finally, I combined all these ingredients (and a few more) and came up with Sour Grapes
Recently I came across the phrase "Intuitive Design". Don't know what it means to anyone else but I chose to just take a piece and see where it lead me. The background is on a small piece of silk velvet dyed purple (or painted - I'm not sure as it was a gift). Then I just started grabbing things and auditioning them and moving them until I liked it. No pre-set plan or goal...just fun. Only thing I knew was that I wanted to play with some Extreme Texture!
I had done some of the 3-D polyester using the technique posted by Nienke in October
(link: http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2012/10/3d-shibori-on-polyester.html)
It was great and I loved the effect but just couldn't think of anything to do with my greenish-bronze polyester.
Then there were some very organically made beads in Beth Berman's posts on Embellishments.
(link: http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2013/01/bead-organization-and-other-elements.html )
I had some painted Tyvek hanging around, got out my heat gun and went to work.
Finally, I combined all these ingredients (and a few more) and came up with Sour Grapes
Sour Grapes
So as I look forward to a lot more inspiration on this blog and having lots more experiments to play with, I think my version of Intuitive Design will be happening again!
Kelly, I love the colors and textures in this piece! Definitely intuitive and inspirational! Thanks for sharing your 'Sour Grapes', which is a great title, by the way!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Judy! And I'm glad you like the title as well!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your piece. It is really interesting to see how people are using the polyester "bubble" fabric. I love the fabric I've made but haven't decided how to use it yet.
ReplyDeleteVery cool piece. I love working w/o a plan!
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