...and get down to finishing off these pieces for an up-coming workshop.
It's been good to get back to my "Earth Spirit" theme....
...and I've had a lovely time playing with Colourcraft Brusho Sprays and Markal Paintstiks on Egyptian cotton and calico dyed with Procion dyes. (From Empress Mills.)
Fabric was first dyed in plastic bags or beer glasses....
...then sprayed with Brusho Sprays - Dark Brown; Shimmering Charcoal & Shimmering Copper.
I drew my designs and scanned them into my Brother Scan'n'Cut to make the stencils...
...that were then done using Markal Paintstiks.
Finally I stitched around the designs on the sewing machine with some variegated threads...
...again, from Empress Mills.
Now, because I am who I am...
...seed stitching is covering the background!
Why?...do I do this to myself?
Then I made a start on another Earth Spirit Figure...
...again on calico sprayed with Brusho.
This time the design was drawn on before stitching....
...then painted in with Inktense blocks.
Oh....the fun I do have!!
I'll be off up the M50 with this lot next week :-)
x C
