The work
shown on above photo is made from fabric paper. I love gel printing and when I
have done a demo I have a whole bunch of
printed paper by the end of the day. Most of the time I use old news papers
(preferable Chinese or Arab) or used pattern paper (I am fond of recycling).
Both types of paper are thin enough to make fabric paper. I do this on a
regular base, for instance for book covers (see photo below).
In this
case I glued big pieces of fabric paper
and cut these into strips. These strips I have woven and stitched with straight
and decorative stitches.
Added Hobbs
as a batting and made ‘applications’. These I used as a background for further decoration.
Amongst others Tyvek beads and, metal rings on which I used alcohol ink and
other materials.
In case you
know my work, you know that my theme has been Goddesses for a number of years.
That is my (small) contribution to increase the female energy on this earth. So
Goddesses here as well. Made with a home made stamp, based upon images of
ancient Goddess statues, stamped upon a piece of fabric, colored, stitched and
filled. Under the Goddess a ‘pillow’ with a quote about the three stages of a
woman’s life: the virgin, the mother and
the crone.
Finally
stamped a gold colored spiral on it, symbol of eternal life.
When the
collages were done, the main problem was: what do I do with them?
It cannot
be framed, but it also is too fragile to leave them like that. My first
solution was to add a it to a painted canvas about 8 inches bigger than the
work, but I was not really happy with that.
Discussions with other artists did
not lead to an adequate solution, so the work remained like that for some time.
Then one day while I was working on something else, by coincidence I held the
baroque gold colored frame in my hands and placed this for a moment on the
work. The light bulb went on J. It needed a bigger background and then in a
baroque gold colored frame.
But when I
inquired for the price of such a frame, I was told that would be at least €
250,- (US$ 270). Unfortunately that gold colored frame will be a virtual one.
You truly have your own signature, great art Joke!
ReplyDeleteWonderful works. I love this kind of creations, are fantastic...do not you try to place them on the textile rigid backround ?
ReplyDeleteColor,color,color and that wonderful weaving. And who doesn't need more Goddess power!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pieces! I don't think they need the heavy frames though... I would be inclined to mount them on canvas in a series, but however you can, you should have these ready to show. They are wonderfully rich and full of visual interest!
ReplyDeleteAs always you make such lovely pieces Joke, they are a joy to watch.
ReplyDeleteI love you're art!
Very nice to see you here.
These pieces are beautiful! Have you thought about mounting them on acrylic? On my blog - http://fiberdesignsbyann.com/blog/?p=681 I show examples. It is pretty easy and it doesn't take away from the artwork.
ReplyDeleteI love the pieces and how you finished them.
ReplyDeleteI luv that woven look and again the colouring and texture are great!
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