tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670827631504784192024-03-14T03:27:22.724-07:00Regina B Dunn Looking for Deeper MeaningsLooking For Deeper Meanings.Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-25613471048038241632020-09-02T10:16:00.000-07:002020-09-02T10:16:02.816-07:00<p> Hi there. I've been very lax about making blog posts this past year. Part of the reason is that I've found Blogger cumbersome to use. Posting photos takes several tries to get them positioned where I want them and sized correctly. And getting text colors changed for showing links also takes many attempts before it finally works. </p><p>So I decided to move my blog to WordPress where my website is located. I hope I will post more regularly since it is easier to use. I also decided to change its name from blog to The Art of Skipping Stones and changing the format to a shorter one for insights, inspiration, and thoughts instead of longer posts on techniques and projects. I hope to see you there. <a href="https://reginabdunn.com/the-art-of-skipping-stones/" target="_blank">The Art of Skipping Stones</a></p>Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-6601615014306955272020-07-20T11:22:00.001-07:002020-07-20T11:22:25.718-07:00Do You Have a Favorite Visual Effect in Artworks?<div class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When you visit an art gallery or museum or exhibition do you notice that certain types of art attract your attention more than others? Do you try to take time to find out why you like them so much? Over the years, as I’ve explored art, I've realized that one of the things that appeals to me is subtlety. I do like bright, bold colors, also, but find that what impresses me most are details that suggest rather than state loudly. So naturally, as my work has evolved, I found that I often use varying levels of values of the same hue to create subtle contrasts which has led me create a look of transparency.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Sometimes, even different patterns will work. For example, In my piece, <i>Emerging</i>, I put a dark gray rectangle on top of a medium gray background. The background was created by printing a shibori-type pattern with thickened dyes. The dark gray piece was dyed using low water immersion and scrunching the fabric. I had not originally intended to use these two fabric together, but when I placed them together on the design wall to check values, I could see several places where, if I cut them correctly, I could match up patterns to look like one flowed into the other. To me, it looks like a semi-transparent darker rectangle is sitting on top of the background, letting the background peek through. In reality, they are both cotton broadcloth (opaque).<br />
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That same sense of layering can be accomplished with paint. I use <a href="https://prochemicalanddye.net/profab-textile-paints-transparent.html" target="_blank">transparent paints</a> which can allow some of the background to show through. On the lower portion of <i>Emerging</i>, I printed the embroidery image with a dark paint. Above it, I used a much lighter value of paint, matching up the markings on the thermofax screen as I printed. So again, it looks like a semitransparent piece is laying on top of the background and that the background is the layer with the printed embroidery instead of the darker top rectangle on which it actually is painted.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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I find that I’m at the point in my artistic practice where I actually try to plan on having these effects in my works. I enjoy the challenge of doing it and it is one of things that has helped me to define my style.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> One of my favorite things to do when admiring art is to take the time to analyze specifically what I like best about it. It allows me not only to appreciate the piece, but also to be inspired to incorporate it in my own art in my own way. </span><br />
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Do you have a favorite image transfer method? There are so many ways to do it.You can take a photo and transfer it from paper to fabric directly using various media. You can get a digital image of it and use transfer papers. You can make a stencil and paint it on. You can thread sketch or thread paint it on to the fabric. I've tried all of these and they all work. But what has turned out to be my favorite transfer method is using a thermofax. (I'll explain the thermofax at the end.)</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> Lately, the images I want to transfer are embroideries. On several of my trips overseas, I've visited tailor shops. I just walk in to see what they are doing. They are always busy places and in Asia they work with amazing fabrics and embroideries. At one in Vietnam, I saw a heap of scraps of them scattered on the floor and asked if I could buy them. They sold me a bag of the ones I chose and charged me based on the weight. At one in Bhutan I asked if I could buy them and they refused to take payment. They put a bunch of them in a bag and gave them to me.</span></div>
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I decided that transferring the image would be a good way to use them without using them up so I tried to make a thermofax image of one. To do that, I took a photograph of it and then used the App ArtStudio to turn it into a completely black and white image. It took several steps to simplify the photo and get the image I wanted. Then I fed the black and white copy through the thermofax machine on top of the screen film. It burns holes in the film wherever there is black on the copy. I taped the edges of the screen with Gorilla Tape to stabilize it and then it was ready to use with paint or dye to make prints just like you would use a silk screen.</div>
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Before printing on the artwork, it is important to practice printing it to get the correct color and value. To do that, I mixed <a href="https://prochemicalanddye.net/auxiliaries-mediums/paint-auxiliaries/transparent-extender.html" target="_blank">Prochem</a> transparent fabric paint with their colorless extender in various proportions. The extender makes the paint more transparent. And then I printed it on a spare piece of the same fabric I was using in the artwork.</div>
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To show you how the extender affects the paint, here is one of the experiments I did. In this experiment, I first stenciled red fabric paint onto pink fabric (#1). Then I mixed the red paint with some extender and stenciled again (#2). And added more extender to the paint and so on. I recorded how much paint and how much extender gave each result. Numbers 8 and 9 were so faint that I circled them so that, in the future, I would realize they were there.</div>
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(I sew all my experiments onto cardstock, record info on the cardstock, and store them in a 3-ring binder. Not beautiful, but informative and handy for reference.)</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Then, I was ready to print on my artwork. I made one print in one dilution and added extender to the paint as I added prints across to the right side so that the image would seem to be disappearing. After I finished, I fused the artwork to felt and then added handstitch. I changed the color of the thread on the embroidery images to get lighter in value as it went to the right and also had the stitches get more sparse (also to add to the effect of it disappearing). The artwork is called Clarity and is about how things become more clear and fade away and become clear again during our lives.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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So, if you are interested in doing thermofax prints, you have a couple of options. One of them is to buy a thermofax machine. That's not such an easy or economical way to go unless you will use it often. The machines haven't been made since the 1970's and you can only buy used ones. They are in high demand and are usually over $1000. The better option for most people is to find someone online who will make your screen from a photo you send them and then send the screen to you. You can do a google search for custom thermofax screens to find them and compare costs. There are several people on Etsy who offer that service, too.<br />
I hope this information was useful to you. You can visit my <a href="http://reginabdunn.com/" target="_blank">website</a> if you'd like to see more details of the artwork. Thanks for visiting.<br />
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So what's been going on in my art world? I've developed a love for working with thickened dyes. I use Procion MX dyes from <a href="https://prochemicalanddye.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Prochemical and Dye</span></a> and print paste from them, too. I love how much control I have with them as to the final color and value that will end up on the cloth, being able to paint, stamp, and screen with them. I did a color study with the pure dyes I have, mixing one color with another little by little to create cloth samples with color possibilities and a record of how to get them.<br />
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I printed up yardage using four layers of dyes and a variety of tools and made a set of 12 napkins.<br />
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And I made two art pieces using ethnic motifs I found while traveling and converted into thermofax screens. These photos of them are quick ones I did with my iPhone. And I may still add some stitching to them.<br />
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The background was made by screening on print paste and letting it dry and then painting on thickened dye. The print paste acted as a mild resist.<br />
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And I've been busy getting published. I joined TAFA, Textile and Fabric Artists list, (I'd add a link, but their website is down.), I was a featured artist in <a href="https://www.artsyshark.com/2019/05/03/featured-artist-regina-dunn/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Artsy shark</span></a>, and I have an article on <span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://www.textileartist.org/regina-dunn:-a-deeper-meaning-to-art-cloth" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">TextileArtist.org</span></a>. </span></div>
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I'm an enthusiastic member of <a href="http://www.saqa.com/" target="_blank">SAQA</a> and have an artwork in their upcoming auction.</div>
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So now, I have several other ideas brewing and experiments going to pursue using those motifs from other countries in a series. I'll be posting my progress on Instagram. If you follow me there, you'll also see photos I take on a bike trail I frequent because I am so inspired by the nature that surrounds me there. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2019/08/ufos-101-on-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank">Off The Wall Friday</a> where you can other artists' blogs. Please make comments on their posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-60918873659455621932019-02-08T18:51:00.000-08:002019-02-08T18:51:21.517-08:00Are You Technique Driven? When you create art, is it concept that drives you, technique, or something else? I used to be technique driven. That is to say, I was trying to learn new techniques and would create art as I learned the new skill. Then I would move on to the next latest greatest technique. That led to me having a good time because I love to learn new things and it led to some satisfying pieces, but it also had me creating pieces in isolation of each other. There was no theme or concept connecting them and they seemed to be in all different styles. I don't view that as a bad thing, though. I was enjoying the process and I was growing.<br />
In the past few years, I've abandoned several of the processes I didn't love (piecing and heavy machine-quilting to name two). I've also started creating in series with a common theme because it gives me the opportunity to explore the concept in depth and develop it more deeply. I felt that the energy I had for my last series on transformations has run dry and have been playing around with some new ideas for a series. To get going, I deciding to have some studio days doing one of my favorite techniques; thermofax screen printing. I got a great deal from a friend on a thermofax machine which allows me to make screen images on the spot.<br />
The images I've been working with have been influenced by some of the fabrics I've seen on my trips. I loved the patterns I saw in Morocco and Jordan. I love the fabrics from India. And when I was in SE Asia a few years ago, I collected remnants from the floors of tailor shops because of the beautiful embroideries on them. I've been craving using these global textile patterns in my art, but didn't know how to connect them to a meaningful series without being trite or using cultural appropriation. I photographed the textiles, manipulated them with various apps into black and white graphics, and made thermofax screens of them. And I had a blast printing them onto test fabrics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On my design wall: top portion are thermofax prints, bottom portion has dyed pieces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also on the design wall<br />experimenting with transparency</td></tr>
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<br /><br /> I used the reverse side of pieces of previously worked fabrics that I wasn't crazy about. They were all various hues of blue and blue-green, which turned out to be good because I didn't have to make color choices. It set a limit to the colors for backgrounds and I stayed within the blue family for printing just to see the imagery in different values so that I could focus on the patterns and what they might mean to me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more thermofax prints</td></tr>
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I pinned them to my design wall to let the imagery sink in over a few days. And then something happened to create a spark. My husband was cleaning out the attic and found my precious old Nancy Drew books. I saved them originally to pass them on to my children, but, as it turned out, I never had any. Rather than donate them somewhere, I thought maybe I could use the paper for paper lamination or use the pages in the book for creating journals. I ripped some pages out and monoprinted onto them.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">monoprinted book pages</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then thermofax printed</td></tr>
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<br /> I laminated them onto some fabric using the global patterns and I loved the way they looked. And the ideas on how to use these cultural motifs just started flowing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On my printing table:<br />The two on the right are paper laminated. One on cotton broadcloth and one on poly sheer<br />The one of the left is monoprinted and then thermofax screened.</td></tr>
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<br /> In this case, it was technique that led me to a new direction. I know that creating the new pieces will be a joy because I love the process of screen printing and the images I'm using bring back a flood of good memories. So, I guess for now I am both technique and concept driven. The thermofax printing will allow me to use the imagery I've been longing to apply. By the way I'd like to pass on my enthusiam for the thermofax so I'm thinking about teaching some classes on how to use it. (You don't need a thermofax machine... you can get your screens printed from many places online.) I would teach the class out of my studio in Central Florida so if you are interested, please email me and we can set it up. Reginabdunn@gmail.com<br />
I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2019/02/off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other artists blogs. Please make comments on their posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-19233666656361807802018-12-07T12:14:00.000-08:002018-12-07T12:14:21.099-08:00What To Do With Old Work Before I revamped my website, I had all my old art quilts on it for sale. They were there for years. Then, when I created my new website, I decided to post only my newer works. The older ones weren't part of a series. They were important steps in my growth as an artist because, in each one, I explored a theme or a technique and I learned about various topics such as color, composition, line, etc. But they weren't important to me anymore. So I put them in my "Gallery Under the Futon". I realized that they were probably never going to be sold and didn't want to gift them to someone who may not be crazy about them. And, since, they weren't characteristic of what I want to create now, I took my labels off the back so that I wouldn't be associated with them. I donated them to <a href="http://textiles.fit.edu/" target="_blank">Ruth Funk Center for Textiles</a> in Melbourne, Florida. They wanted art quilts donated so they could auction or sell them as a fundraiser to improve their storage facility. I ended up giving them 11 art quilts. It felt good. I hope the money will help them because I love that museum and enjoy seeing the exhibits there. And since I took my name off the pieces, my current art will not be devalued if they only sell for a pittance.<br />
But I didn't give them all my old art quilts. Two of them weren't worth sharing, so I threw them out. Two more had some promise so I trimmed them down to the parts I still liked. For one of those, it now seemed like a complete composition. It was already backed and quilted but to give it a more arty look, I fused it to ecofelt to stiffen it up. I cut the edge of the binding off because it didn't seem to contribute to the overall look and then I painted the edges with dark blue paint to keep them from raveling. Now it hangs in my entrance hallway and I'm really pleased with it. All it needs is a name.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unnamed</td></tr>
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In November, I wrote an article for <a href="http://handeyemagazine.com/content/expressive-stitching" target="_blank">HandEye Magazine</a>. They asked me to write why I make art. Writing it, was a good reflective exercise. And two of my smaller works got juried into the exhibit Small Things Considered at <a href="https://artsondouglas.net/" target="_blank">Arts On Douglas</a>, a fine art gallery in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. As its name suggests, it is an exhibit of smaller artworks they do every December with the idea to sell art for holiday gift-giving.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two mounted on black linen-wrapped canvas</td></tr>
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So now, I'm winding the year up with smaller holiday-themed projects and enjoying not having artworks sitting around gathering dust. It leaves me open, mentally, to create anew. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/12/7-more-christmas-gifts-quilters-want.html" target="_blank">Off The Wall Friday</a> where you can find art blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.<br /></div>
Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-10500843459572256272018-10-09T15:27:00.002-07:002018-10-12T08:07:51.629-07:00Experimenting With A Product Do you like to run experiments when you discover a product you've never used? I think I originally became a scientist because I love to do experiments. Now that I'm an artist, I find this skill handy and still fun. The product I'm writing about is called <a href="https://www.dharmatrading.com/chemicals/fiber-etch.html" target="_blank">Fiber Etch</a>. I found out about it from Jane Dunnewold when I took the Art Cloth Mastery Class and decided it had potential in my artwork so I ordered a bottle of it. Basically, it destroys cellulose-based materials, which means you can use it to selectively dissolve cotton fabric. My friend, <a href="http://angieeknowles.com/" target="_blank">Angie Knowles</a>, sent me a sample of a silk-cotton fabric she had purchased so that I could try Fiber Etch on it.<br />
Here's what I did and the results:<br />
1.) I applied the Fiber Etch (which is a thick liquid a little thicker than maple syrup) through a thermofax screen onto the fabric.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the fabric wet with fiber etch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the thermofax design I used</td></tr>
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2.) I let it dry overnight.<br />
3.) I ironed it to heat-destroy the cotton fibers where the Fiber Etch had made contact.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the brown parts are where the cotton got destroyed</td></tr>
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4.) I soaked it in warm water for about 10 minutes and softly rubbed it with my hands.<br />
5.) I hung it to dry<br />
6.) I ironed it flat and brushed it with a scrub brush (but gently) to remove any stray cotton fibers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this design was not a good choice since it didn't keep the detail... too much cotton got destroyed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I redid it with 3 other thermofax screens to try for a more suitable design for using with this product</td></tr>
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You can see from the results that this particular fabric is made using silk woven in one direction and cotton in the other, so the result from the fiber etched parts is silk fibers running in one direction with no fibers woven with them in the areas that got etched. This works ok for designs with thin lines or thin shapes, but leaves an area too open for designs with bigger shapes.<br />
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7.) I put it in a dye bath of procion MX dyes ( sun yellow mixed with mixing blue 50:50). (I chose this color mixture because I was aware that cotton turns a different green hue in it than silk does).<br />
8.) Batched it for 24 hours, rinsed it, dried it, and ironed it.<br />
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I had previously tried this product with a poly-cotton fabric in which the all the threads are a mix of cotton and poly. The result is more effective with this type of fabric because you end up with woven shapes in the etched areas, but they are thinner since all the cotton gets removed and only polyester remains. </div>
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The whole cloth dyes lighter than expected since the polyester part doesn't accept the dye.<br />
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I have more things I want to try with this product, but this is a good start and I found it interesting to see how the thread structure plays a roll in the results. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/10/off-wall-friday_12.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other art blogs. Please make comments on the artists' post to let them know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-23295480990544857392018-09-14T14:38:00.000-07:002018-09-14T14:38:02.384-07:00Do You Keep Up With Technology and Social Media? If you have a blog or website or Etsy shop or other, how often do you check behind the scenes? Apparently, for me, not often enough. I just discovered that I had many comments on my blog waiting for me to ok publishing them. I was just browsing through the settings on blogger and accidentally came across them sitting there for months waiting for me to approve them. That was a surprise. A nice one that so many had taken the time to make comments. But, in the past, I used to get email notification that someone had commented and then I'd approve it right away. It seems that those email notifications somehow got shut off. So now I went ahead and approved all of those waiting comments. I apologize and will find out how to get those notifications to me back again. Thank you for reading my blog and making comments. It's so nice to know there are people out there who care. I hope that some day I can meet some of you in person.<br />
I also forgot to take my Etsy shop off of vacation mode. I put it on vacation while my solo show was going so that I wouldn't have any conflict with sales. It's up and operating again. I have been keeping up with Instagram, though. I find that to be very satisfying. I decided to use it to promote my art as a love of nature since my art is always about nature. So on Instagram, I mostly post short videos or still photos of things I discover when I'm out and about on the bike trail and in my yard. I take a rest stop on the bike trail at the same place each time just a few days apart and in that one spot have discovered amazing things and am surprised by the changes that take place so quickly.<br />
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I'd love for you to follow me on Instagram #reginabdunn if you want some quiet nature interludes interspersed with some art here and there. In the meantime, I'm linking to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/09/finding-inspiration-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank">Off The Wall Friday</a> where you can find other art blogs. Please make comments so that the artists know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
<br />Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-66664995608735206492018-08-17T12:40:00.000-07:002018-09-14T19:49:06.706-07:00Do You Have A Favorite Season? Each season has special delights to offer, but is there one that you treasure the most? I'm not sure if I have a favorite, but summers have always been special to me. Perhaps it's because it is the time of vacations. Vacation from school (both when I was a student and when I was a teacher) and vacation with the family away from home. Summer, for me, is a time to flourish; to feed the mind and soul.<br />
This summer has been no exception to that. I started in May, by getting out into the forest in which I live to remove invasive plants. I don't want to use any poisons so I've been removing them by hand. I go out every other or third day and pull up ferns, coral ardisia plants, and thin out grape vines that are too prolific. While I'm doing that, I discover micro worlds and ecosystems on the forest floor that have a beauty that astounds me. I've found various types of live snails that I didn't know were in my own yard, teeny tiny toads, and listen intently to sounds of birds, insects, and the music of leaves capturing the breezes. One day, my shovel hit something just under the surface of the dirt that was hard and hollow sounding. As I explored, I realized it was rectangular in shape. I even got a little excited hoping I had found a treasure chest. I've lived here over 30 years so it was at least that old because we hadn't buried anything on the property. In the end, it turned out to be roofing material. Probably left from when our house was built. But that's ok. It gave me some moments of fun and adventure.<br />
In July, I had more adventure when we went on a trip to Cuba for three weeks. We had signed up for a tour. In their literature, they said the group size could be anything from 2-12 people. When my husband and I showed up for the group meeting in Havana, we were the only ones other than the guide. No one else signed up. So we ended up having the tour with our guide in a private taxi! Although, it was very, very hot, we had a great time. I think my gardening in the Florida heat of May and June got me in shape for the trip. The things I liked best about Cuba are the people. They were so friendly and interesting. When we asked someone if we could take their photo, they smiled huge and posed and then carried on fascinating conversations with us. The architecture seems to be trying to reveal stories with every patch of peeling paint and plaster. And the landscapes were stunning from the tropical beaches to the limestone mogotes of Viñales. Since this is basically an art blog, the photos I'll share with you from Cuba relate to that.<br />
Fusterlandia is a place built and designed by artist, José Fuster near Havana. It is described as Gaudi on steroids.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fusterlandia, the art of José Fuster</td></tr>
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We had so much fun exploring the house and neighborhood decorated in mosaics. He even honored sewing machines.<br />
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My favorite city was Camaguey. One of the reasons was because the artist, <a href="http://www.martha-jimenez.es/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Martha Jiménez</span></a> , has her studio there. Photography wasn't allowed inside, but the paintings and sculptures there are exquisite. I purchased a small ceramic artwork of hers that is part of her sewing machine series where she honors the work of women. I wish there was a book that had her artwork in it, but I can't find one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Longing of My Mother by Martha Jiménez</td></tr>
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Now, well into August, I'm still out in the woods every few days pulling up plants. This is the time for cicadas here and sometimes the sounds from them are deafening, but I really enjoy being out there.<br />
And, professionally, I've had several things happen this summer. I had an opening reception for my solo show in June and the closing reception is August 24, 6-9PM, at the Blake Elliot Gallery 102 Artisan Alley in DeLand. 386-450-0337. Also, I've had artwork published in the newest book by <a href="https://www.janedunnewold.com/books-dvds/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Jane Dunnewold</span></a>, <i>Improvisational Screen Printing</i> Second Edition.<br />
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It's a fantastic book full of ways to add imagery to a surface and I'm honored to be included with the other artists in the book.<br />
I hope to wrap up the summer with a couple of new artworks that are presently on my design wall. And to continue with color studies I'm doing for enrichment.<br />
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I always dislike seeing summer ending, but also look forward to the idea of autumn being a time to letting go of things that need to go and making room to move forward. I'm linking this to<span style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/08/off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a></span> where you can find other art blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts to let them know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-47633270546583847962018-07-08T15:39:00.000-07:002018-07-08T15:39:15.956-07:00Where Do You Show Your Art? There are many choices on how to share your art with the world. When an opportunity presents itself you have to consider several things. Things such as cost to you, number of people who will see it, security, insurance, chances of making a sale, and overall satisfaction with the venue. I've had individual pieces exhibited with SAQA in static shows and traveling shows. I've exhibited individual pieces in some local museums in shows. All have been rewarding to me personally and I've made some sales because of them. But I never had a true body of work that would allow me to have a solo show. Until now.<br />
After taking and completing the Art Cloth Master Program with Jane Dunnewold, I finally had enough work finished in the same style that I could call a cohesive body of work. Two of the pieces got shipped to Houston for our group exhibit Many Voices from One to be in the International Quilt Festival this autumn. For the remaining pieces, I found a good local venue. It's the Blake Elliot Salon and Gallery in DeLand, Florida. It's only about five miles from my house so I don't have to ship the pieces. During the work week, it's an elegant hair salon with the art hanging on the walls, chandelier from the ceiling, good traffic, and great location in the center of downtown. On reception nights, the salon equipment slides to the back behind partitions and it is a true gallery space. It's located on a street called Artisan Alley which comes alive on Friday nights (when the reception is held). There are vendors selling organic produce, food trucks, music, an amazing gift shop with a bar, an up-scale kitchen goods shop, bats that swarm at sunset, and lots and lots of people sitting, chatting, and partying.<br />
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One of the things that crossed my mind was that salon products may get on my artwork or that people may touch and damage some of the pieces. In the end, I decided not to worry about that. Blake has insurance and having my work seen in public is better than storing it in my gallery under the futon. I'm not sure I'm a good fit for a full-time art gallery because I don't want to be a slave to producing works on schedule as most require. I want to create the work when I feel inspired and enjoy creating it rather than make it feel like it is a job. I retired from working full time a few years ago and want to remain job-free. <div>
The best thing about the exhibit was being able to see all the work hanging together, which made me feel fantastic. The works will hang until late August and then there will be a closing reception. I walked in during the week, when people were having their hair done and it was so fun seeing my works surrounding them. The customers are really into the art and love going to this salon for that reason. They sit there sipping whiskey or other drink of their choice while getting beautified. I need to go and take some photos of it set up as the salon with my art. I forgot to do that when I was there.</div>
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When the show opened, I was so busy mingling and talking to people about the art that I forgot to take photos of the crowd. I didn't remember until almost before closing at 9 PM.</div>
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It was a great and satisfying evening for me and I'm so glad that I considered using non-conventional venue to have a solo show. </div>
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-74011462356486924362018-06-22T11:24:00.000-07:002018-06-22T11:24:26.706-07:00What Do You Look For In A Book About Creating Art? I love to read books about many different types of things. And art books are no exception. But as I've progressed, I'm more selective about which books I want to purchase about art techniques. They must have good photos, good examples, detailed descriptions, and exercises to do in order for me to want to spend time with them. In December, I got a book with color studies in it by <a href="http://richardmehl.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Richard Mehl</span></a><div>
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I have learned a lot from color studies in the past, but feel there is always more to learn. I've been too busy until recently to take the time to start studying from it, but this past week I settled down and did the first exercise in it. I took a meticulous approach to it and took my time creating a color wheel that I hope to use as reference in the future. I've done color wheels before; some simple ones and one that was more detailed, but this one shows me some relationships that are more complicated. <div>
To get the exact colors, I purchased colored papers in a kit called <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coloraid-Full-Set-Color-Swatches/dp/B0015QASN2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529689992&sr=8-1&keywords=coloraid+paper+314+colors&dpID=41SHKw0qgLL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Color-Aid</span></a>.</span> It has papers in 314 different hues, tints, and shades. They are labeled on the back with codes that tell how much white, black, etc. are in them. Just taking them and rearranging them in different ways is a good study. Also, using them as reference to mix paints is a good study. Because of the price, I was hesitant to buy the kit, but decided it would be so useful to me in many ways that it was worth it. </div>
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The first exercise in the book instructed me to make a color wheel with the 12 basic colors using tints, shades, and compliments if possible, and to also include a 14-step gradation of white to gray. I could use paints or paper. I can't pass up a good challenge so I wanted to include as many tints, shades, and relationships as possible. I tried several designs sketched out on paper and got inspired when I looked at a mosaic fountain from Morocco. I like the eight-pointed star and the shapes that can be formed when combining the stars in patterns. It took a while to cut out the pieces and glue them together, trying to get everything matched up. All the shapes didn't match up exactly in the end (which is why I gave up piecing fabric long ago), but I'm pleased with the result. </div>
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I'm looking forward to exercise 2 about contrasts of dark and light. I'm linking this up to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/06/off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other art blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-8731716865055420842018-06-02T17:15:00.001-07:002018-06-02T17:22:08.796-07:00Can Art Be Hung In A Window? Have you ever hung any of your art in a window? Usually I wouldn't because I'd be afraid the sunlight would cause the colors to fade. But I have a sliding glass door that I want to mark so that people don't walk into it thinking it is open. (I did that once and almost lost a tooth because I hit it so hard.) I could hang a small piece of metal art or plastic or some other solid one of those clear suction cup hangers. Instead, I decided to try a different sort of fabric art that I'm hoping won't fade.<br />
I monoprinted regular copy paper with colors of my <a href="https://prochemicalanddye.net/profab-textile-paints-transparent.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Prochemical fabric paints</span></a>. I could have used any type of paint, but I have a nice supply of that in a variety of colors and love it. I allowed the papers to dry. Next, I got a piece of sheer polyester fabric prepared by screening on <a href="https://prochemicalanddye.net/auxiliaries-mediums/color-magnet-products.html/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Color Magnet</span></a> and dyeing the fabric in dilute black procion mx dye. The dye washed out of the fabric everywhere except where I had screened on the Color Magnet.<br />
Then I used a technique described in a book by Jane Dunnewold and Claire Benn on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Metal-Leaf-Lamination-Approach/dp/0955164931" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #38761d;">paper and metal leaf lamination</span></a> to attach the colored papers to the prepared polyester. To get the design, I used a thermofax screen of vines that I had made from my photos to screen on the gel medium to the sheer fabric. After that was done, I applied gold leaf also with a thermofax I had made from one of my photos. Then I did some hand stitching to laminated vines. To complete the artwork, I sewed the laminated polyester fabric to a commercial sheer polyester fabric that had a scroll design embroidered onto it so that when hung in the window, the scrollwork will be visible through the laminated polyester.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up showing the "paper" vines, stitching and gold leaf.<br />
NOTE: you can see some of the scroll work on the under sheer through the top sheer</td></tr>
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I put the word paper in quotes above, because the paper is actually gone. It gets washed away in the process, leaving only the paint. But a different look than if the paint was applied directly to the fabric instead of in the lamination process.<br />
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To hang it, I sewed the top over a painted dowel, attached some wire to the top and sides of the dowel to make the dowel look a little nicer, and hung it from a clear, suction cup hanger stuck to the window. I purposely cut the fabrics beforehand so that the polyester underneath with scroll work would be longer and hang out the bottom.<br />
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I love how it looks in the window. It's size is about 12 x 8 so it still leaves lots of clear window to see outside. And it's character changes as the light changes during the daytime and in the evening which makes it an interesting piece. How long the colors last in the exposure to sun remains to be seen, but since they are applied with gel medium, I expect them to last awhile.<br />
And I have news... I'm having a solo show of my work this summer in a local gallery. The gallery is an interesting one. The front section is the art gallery while the rooms in the back house a salon. And it is located in an alley of the main street. The alley has a great gift shop, up-scale kitchen shop, and comes alive on Friday nights with food trucks, music, organic farmer's market, and even bat houses from which the bats swarm at sunset. It's called <a href="http://blakeelliotsalonandgallery.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">The Blake Elliot Gallery</span></a> The opening reception will be Friday, June 22, 6 PM - 9PM. If you are in the area, try to come. It should be fun.<br />
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I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/06/color-palettes-of-masters-off-wall.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other fabric related artworks. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.<br />
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-4630116758647867432018-04-21T10:04:00.000-07:002018-04-22T11:07:11.281-07:00Do You Have A Favorite Product To Use In Making Art? Do you have a product that you use often in making your art and that amazes you? I have several products I love to use. Procion MX dyes, fabric paints, colorless extender, thermofax screens, and others. But I just discovered a product that has been around awhile but I never tried called <a href="https://www.jacquardproducts.com/color-magnet.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Color Magnet</span></a><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span>by Jacquard. It is advertised as a dye attractant that magically attracts more dye where it is applied. I was intrigued with possibilities for its use. So I bought some and set up an experiment.<br />
I took swatches of white cotton broadcloth that I had scoured. And I applied the Color Magnet paste to the fabric through a thermofax screen. I let it dry overnight. Then the next day, I put each swatch in its own ziploc baggie. I mixed up a solution of ProChemical's Procion MX dye called Celery. I chose that color because when I had used it before on folded fabrics, the colors that are in it split to create a multi-colored cloth. And I wanted to use a dye mixture that I knew could split easily to see if it would split using Color Magnet. I made up several dilutions of my stock Celery dye in water with soda ash. I poured each concentration in a baggie with the swatches and let them batch 24 hours.<br />
The following day, I washed them out and loved the results. And the Celery dye did indeed split a little in the places where the Color Magnet was on the cloth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sample A on top is the most concentrated<br />
Sample B is a dilution of the dye in A</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's B again on top<br />
Sample C is a dilution of the dye in B</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's C again<br />
Sample D is a dilution of C<br />
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I was also curious to see if Color Magnet would work on previously dyed cloth. So I took a swatch of the broadcloth that I had previously dyed in the color Marine, which is a not so intense blue-green. I screened on the Color Magnet, let it dry overnight and the next day put it into the same dye dilution as Sample C.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the cloth shows it has been overdyed<br />
and the leaf is the same tone of Celery that Sample C has</td></tr>
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And while I was doing these experiments, I got another idea. Would Color Magnet allow polyester fabric to take the dye? Normally, the Procion MX dyes wash right out of polyester. So I took a swatch of white sheer polyester and screened on Color Magnet, dried it overnight, and also dyed it in Solution C.</div>
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The next day, the whole cloth looked like it had taken the dye. But, of course, when I washed it out, the dye washed out of the polyester...EXCEPT for where the leaf had been screen on with Color Magnet. The dye stuck! And it didn't change the hand of the fabric at all. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SO COOL!</td></tr>
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So now I have all sorts of ideas to add imagery to my fabrics without changing the hand of it. The downside is that when you dye it, it also changes the background color. But it will definitely have a prominent place in my future works. I'm running more experiments now with different ways of screening Color Magnet on, diluting it, extra applications of it, etc.<br />
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Also, I want to announce that I have a new <a href="http://reginabdunn.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Website</span></a> I built with WordPress. I had never done any kind of tech work like that before. The first two days, I couldn't figure anything out and couldn't get text or images onto it. Then, I hired a service called WordPress Live for $150. For that price, you get unlimited phone calls for 1 month and they screen share with you and teach you how to use WordPress. Their goal is for you to end up with a cool website that will attain the goals you want and that you can maintain on your own. Each phone call is limited to 25 minutes, but you can call right back if you want as many times as you want. They limit it so that you will be encouraged to work on your own. It only took a few calls to get me to understand how to use WordPress. It's a very impressive service and I'm not getting any compensation from them to tell you this. I just want you to know about it in case you want to build a website, too.<br />
I also started an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reginabdunn/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Instagram</span></a> account where I want to share photos of nature and also to help promote my art. All this from a person, who, back in the day said "Email? I'll never use email. Internet? What a crazy idea. Not for me." Now I try to keep up with it all. I've read tech learning is a good exercise for the brain and helps prevent dementia. Hope it's true. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/04/lets-get-organized-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other fabric art blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-50673781780351300742018-03-30T15:06:00.005-07:002018-03-30T15:06:56.060-07:00How Do You Get Your Business Side Of Your Art Practice Together? Do you regularly spend time on the business aspect of your art practice or squeeze it in when you can? My past modus operandi was to just squeeze it in when the mood struck. I've read that to be a successful artist, you must spend at least 50% of your art time on business; marketing, promoting, and managing. Even though I know that, I've not followed that rule.<br />
But, I'm going to try to devote more time to it. To that end, I've reopened my<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ReginaBDunnArt?ref=search_shop_redirect" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Etsy</span></a></span> store with my newer works. I spent hours doing the photography for it showing not only the fronts of the pieces, but also the backs. And some photos of it installed. I plan to add more installation photos soon.<br />
As for my older works, I've decided to get rid of most of them. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet. I may try to cut some of them up and convert them into smaller artworks, or I may just leave them in places with signs that whoever likes them can take them. I plan to take my labels off the back so that they remain anonymous. But I've moved on from what they are and want to move forward with the work I'm doing now. It feels good just to state that.<br />
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My old website is gone and I'm presently building a new one. I installed WordPress and bought a theme for it and am learning how to create the new site. I love being a student, and I've read that learning computer technology is one of the best things to do to prevent dementia. The other good thing to do to prevent it is quilting and art making. So my brain should be in good shape! It may be a month or more before I publish the new website because I'm finding it quite challenging but that's a good thing.<br />
All of this seems like an appropriate thing to do in Spring; to start anew. In that spirit, I take regular breaks from the computer to go outside and work in the yard. I've started a new color scheme out there (bright blue violet and bright yellow green) and have painted almost 50 things so far from terra cotta pots to window boxes to birdhouses.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted CD installment</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painted window boxes with birdhouses</td></tr>
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I've convinced my husband to paint the front door the bright blue-violet, too. And with the leftover paint, I'm going to paint the garage door like the Tardis from Dr. Who.<br />
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So much art to create, but business to attend to first. That's why I have not posted here for so long... I'll let you know when the doors are done. And the website. I'm linking this up to<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/03/market-inspiration-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Off the wall friday</span></a> </span>where you can find artquilt blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting<br />
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-27215138258387632322018-02-11T10:42:00.000-08:002018-02-11T10:42:01.012-08:00When Is It Time To Move On? Do you ever get to a point when you are creating art and get stuck? I was working on my series "Transformations" and wanted to create at least two more large works and several more small collages. I dyed some fabrics for backgrounds and started to collect some photographs to use for imagery. But, I couldn't decide on the right colors or images. I tried sketching, painting, and auditioning digital attempts at compositions. After a few weeks, I realized I had lost the inspiration and energy I originally had for this series. And I found myself daydreaming about another series. So I decided to declare to myself that "Transformations" was done. Perhaps, someday, I'll come back to it.<br />
I'm feeling very good and excited about starting a new series that I may call "Journey". Over the years of traveling that I've done, I've seen a lot of exotic and wonderful things and have become enraptured with many of the cultures I've encountered. I didn't try to create art based on my travels because I'm not excited about recreating landscapes or images of people. Instead, I want to capture moods, styles, feelings, etc. and didn't know how to do that. But my latest trip to Morocco has given me ideas. In the abstract patterns of the rugs I could see the mountain and desert landscape. In the abstract patterns on the textiles, I could see the plants and architecture.<br />
So I've decided to use patterns in local textiles as way to express types of journeys we all experience. I began my exploration into this by printing a couple of exotic patterns onto gray fabric with my printer and using Misty Fuse to attach them to pages in my sketchbook. Then I started to let my imagination take me as I sketched and free-associated words and phrases. I used a mind map like this to inspire the previous series.<br />
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Then I used some markers to add color. On the next pages, I'm going to try to come up with ways to use the imagery of textiles to express some of those ideas and develop them into a form I can put on fabric with dye, printing, stamping, and stitching. <div>
The other evening, I started a small piece with fabrics I had leftover from dye experiments. I fused them to felt, thermofax printed over them with transparent white paint, and added some stitches just to see what effects I could get.</div>
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So that's where I am now. In the experimental stage, which I find very fun and full of inspiration. This has helped me to know it's time for me to let "Transformations" go and begin a new journey.</div>
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I'm linking this to<span style="color: magenta;"> </span><a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/02/traditional-quilting-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a><span style="color: magenta;"> </span>where you can find other art blogs. Please leave comments for the artists so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-69903676759455312002018-01-27T17:10:00.002-08:002018-01-27T21:14:21.614-08:00Do You Like To Work Collaboratively? Have you ever done artwork on one piece with several other artists at the same time? I never had until just a few weeks ago when I was invited to help create a set of art cloths to grace an exhibit at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, my hometown. It was for an amazing exhibit put together by scientists and artists called <a href="http://jessicarath.com/blog/projects/a-better-nectar/" target="_blank">"A Better Nectar"</a>. The artist in charge who coordinated the exhibit is <a href="http://jessicarath.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Rath</a> and the artist who was in charge of designing the cloth is <a href="https://www.creechers.com/" target="_blank">Madison Creech</a>.<br />
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It's about the fact that certain bumble bees pollinate certain plants in a very special way. They hover over the anther part of the flower which contains the pollen and vibrate their wings at just the right frequency to allow the pollen to be ejected out onto them. Honeybees can't do this. Neither can the wind. So these bee species are extremely important to keeping these plants on our planet. Many of them produce foods that are part of our diet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A giant anther sculpture that makes sound of pollen<br />
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Over the course of a three-day weekend, we seven artists practiced printing with screens, designed screens with images of pollen, finalized our design, and discharge printed it onto three purple silk cloths that were each about 4 feet wide by eight feet tall. Of course, since the discharge paste is toxic, we wore respirators when near it and while we printed. And we worked outside in a beautiful courtyard on the campus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's me on the right side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">two of the cloths almost finished</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ironing to make the paste discharge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screening on discharge paste</td></tr>
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The exhibit opened with a reception on three different places on the Stetson Campus the other night. When you stood outside the art museum, they had a portable microscope that you could focus onto anything you wanted and the images were projected onto the outer wall of the building. The purpose was to get you to interact with the microscope and they had some set up inside focused on pollen grains.</div>
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Inside the art building were sculptures of parts of bumble bees' hives with speakers inside. A choral group had prerecorded sounds to mimic the the frequencies of the bees' wings. The speakers are linked to the weather station at our local airport and switch sounds to match what the bees sound like as they would respond to temperature, wind, and humidity changes in the real world. You stick your head into a sculpture and can listen to the changing sounds in real time. </div>
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And at the entrance to the science building is the art cloth we created. </div>
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The flowers and bee are paper sculptures created by students. Notice the musical score (to represent the music of the bees' wings) printed near the top of the cloths.<br />
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It was a magical night not only because of this exhibit, but also, because just a few blocks away, we attended a mind-blowing M.C. Escher exhibit at <a href="http://www.moartdeland.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Art DeLand</a> an hour before. </div>
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So, the answer to the original question, for me, is a resounding YES. I loved working collaboratively and hope to do so again. And do come to DeLand to see these two exhibits if you can. The links above will give you the details and dates.</div>
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I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/01/troubleshooting-free-motion-quilting.html" target="_blank">Off The Wall Friday</a> where you can find some interesting art quilt blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you visited. Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-23692185540065832402018-01-19T13:05:00.003-08:002018-01-20T13:22:27.802-08:00What Do You Take Photos Of When You Are Out And About? When you are walking around in local areas where you live or on vacation do take photos of big landscapes or do you focus on smaller details? When I'm on vacation, I leave the photography of the big picture up to my husband. I'm always attracted to patterns and close-up shots. Some of them get used in my art pieces and some get filed away for possible future use. But a crack in a sidewalk can show me a great use of line or a wall that has peeling paint can hint at an interesting pattern to stitch.<br />
We recently traveled to Morocco and I was enraptured with the use of color and pattern almost everywhere I looked. Of course, there were rugs galore and I found out from a weaver that she creates the patterns intuitively as she works.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">local weavers with rug in process</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rugs placed out to show several styles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">reminded me of the mountain landscape there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">reminiscent of some quilt blocks</td></tr>
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And then there were the mosaics; some ancient Roman ones and some more modern.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another quilt block?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">even the layout of rocks on the road had patterns</td></tr>
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And the clothes blew me away.<br />
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It was one of the most exotic places I've been. I'm still analyzing my photos to see how to use the feel of Morocco in my future art pieces.</div>
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More locally, this week I visited another exotic place; an orchid farm. I was surprised how large it was and how many different types of plants they have. I took many photos and hope to be able to process the patterns of the roots and flowers into thermofax screens. </div>
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I'm going to be teaching a 3-day class at a local fabric shop, <span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://fabrications.rocks/" target="_blank">Fabrications</a>,</span> in March. The first day I'll teach how to take a photo and turn it into an image suitable for making a thermofax screen and </div>
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participants will make their images into screens (the shop has a thermofax machine). On the second day, we'll print onto fabrics using our screens. And on the third day, we'll construct small collages from the printed fabrics. Everyone should be able to go home with at least one completed collage. If you are interested in signing up, click the link above and phone the shop for details.</div>
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Many of the images above are from photos I took from my yard and around the house with my iPhone. Between now and March, I hope to use some of the images from the orchid farm in some collages.<br />
I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2018/01/okay-ill-admit-it.html" target="_blank">Off The Wall Friday</a> where you can find other art blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-79702808445307831312017-11-17T10:30:00.001-08:002018-01-10T06:40:12.533-08:00How Do You Finish The Edges? So, you've just finished the front and back of one of your works... Now you have to decide what to do with the edges to give it a finished look. Do you sew on a binding, a facing, do a pillowcase finish, or leave the edges raw? The answer should depend on the theme of the piece and the style of it. In the beginning, I used to put traditional bindings on my art quilts because I thought it was required. As I look back on them, I think it was a good choice for most of them because of the way I quilted them. They needed the "frame" around them to complete them.<br />
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Then, later on, I started monoprinting my fabrics with paint. That gave a different look to my work, and a framed edge wouldn't look good. They needed a clean edge. So I sewed on a pillowcase backing to these after most of the quilting was done. Then I did a little more quilting through to the backing to secure it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach Walk</td></tr>
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Lately, I've been dyeing my fabrics and doing hand stitches for the quilting. These pieces are fused to ecofelt before I do the stitching. I was going to sew a facing to these, but decided to leave the edges raw instead. The felt backing causes them to hang very straight and the style lends itself to a raw edge. But to give it a finished look, I hand stitch a running stitch around the edge 1/4" to 1/2" from the edge. Since I had running stitches here and there on the front, and stitched it so the stitches were interrupted with spaces periodically, I did the same to the edge. I could have machine stitched the edge, but I wanted the stitches to be the same on the edges as they are throughout the front. Also, I changed thread color as I went around the edge to match the color of the fabric so that the edge stitching blends in rather than standing out. On other pieces in the future, perhaps I'll use a contrasting thread color depending on the look I want.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking Root</td></tr>
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To prevent the cloth on the edges from fraying in the future, I dipped a 1/4" flat brush in matte medium and ran it around the edges. </div>
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I've also made some small (5x7) collages and decided to mount these on 8x10 canvasses in order to make them look more like art than little craftsy things. To do that, I finished the edges first with stitching as I did on the larger pieces, put matte medium around the edge to prevent fraying, and fused them with Misty Fuse to canvases that I had wrapped in black linen. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Transformation1</td></tr>
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On the back, I glued ecofelt with a label attached, hammered in upholstery tacks, applied hanging wire, and covered the ends of the wire with tape.<br />
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It really does take a while for me to finish off the pieces, but it's worth it to give a more professional look to them. And, I'm really loving several products for this... <a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Eco-fi-Plus-Premium-Felt-72-Wide-10yd-Bolt-Black/45452620?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=1453&adid=22222222227033109729&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=83024714808&wl4=pla-113690882208&wl5=9011748&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=112550049&wl11=online&wl12=45452620&wl13=&veh=sem" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">EcoFelt</span></a>, <span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="http://www.mistyfuse.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Misty Fuse</span></a>,</span> and<span style="color: #38761d;"> <a href="https://www.dmc.com/us/six-strand-embroidery-floss-471-colors-available-9003292.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Embroidery floss</span></a></span>. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/11/5-facts-you-didnt-know-about-sewing.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on their posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-1425584192080942022017-11-03T07:31:00.000-07:002017-11-03T07:31:19.799-07:00What Do You Do To Keep Inspired? Do you ever feel like you need to search for inspiration? I have many things I do to keep inspired. I take notice of the things around me when I'm out and about, I read art books, I browse Pinterest images, I meet with artist friends, and I take the occasional class or workshop. If you have been reading my blog, then you know that I am presently enrolled in <span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="http://www.janedunnewold.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Jane Dunnewold's</span></a> </span>Art Cloth Mastery Program. As part of this, I've attended 4 weeks of classes in her studio in San Antonio studio and done lots of work at home. The latest session for me with her was last week. I've learned numerous new techniques there as well as doing color studies in paint and dye and honing composition skills.<br />
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As part of the composition skills, I've gotten better at knowing how to layer images. She has been so generous in showing us her processes in creating beautiful pieces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane showing us her process in creating part of her latest series</td></tr>
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The first day each session always involves each of us putting up our latest works for discussion. I do have a design wall at home, but not big enough to put up all of my latest at once. This was the first time I got to see all of mine from this class together.<br />
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The theme for them has to do with changes and cycles. I'm hoping to have a total of 12 by the time I'm finished with this series. Not sure I can do it, but that's the plan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail of one showing stitching</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">detail of another one showing stitching</td></tr>
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This session, one of the new techniques I learned and loved was lamination. She has a <a href="http://www.janedunnewold.com/books-dvds/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">book</span></a> that illustrates this process, but it was so useful to see it demonstrated in person and see numerous examples of it on finished works and on samples. I was so inspired by it that I can't wait to use it in my works and on clothes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my lamination experiments</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one of my lamination experiments</td></tr>
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Spending every day for a week with students who are like-minded and also on the same journey is inspiration, too. Now that I'm home again, I have to settle down and get to work...lots of work. Our last session is in February and ends in an exhibit of our work. So, for now, my well is happily full. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/11/creativity-exercises-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-12058607962958727022017-09-23T15:21:00.001-07:002017-09-23T19:45:42.775-07:00Is Fiber Art A Good Fit For Art In Public Places It's common to see sculptures in parks and on street corners, but have you ever seen fiber art in those places? My town, DeLand, has just installed art onto electric boxes in our downtown and one of my pieces was chosen. They reproduced it onto vinyl and then shrink-wrapped it onto the electric box.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my art.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's in front of a beautiful mural.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back side</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They even did the top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two by my friend, Bobbi Baugh</td></tr>
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My friend, <a href="https://www.bobbibaughstudio.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Bobbi Baugh</span></a>, has several of the boxes covered with her fabric art, too. So, yes, fiber art can be installed outside into a semi-permanent place. These will remain until they are no longer attractive due to weather or other problems. What fun! I'm linking this to <span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/09/off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> </span>where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts to let them know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-57110474729103048752017-09-08T18:53:00.001-07:002017-09-08T18:53:16.481-07:00What Can You Get For You and Support Art? My piece is up for auction starting September 22. It's called "Across TIme". It all began as white fabric.<br />
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Go to <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?ID=1186" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">SAQA</span></a> </span>to see how the auction works.<br />
I wish I could write more on this post, but I need to spend time getting ready for Hurricane Irma. I've cleaned up my studio and video taped its contents for the insurance company in case of bad things. And I'm rolling up all my art quilts and putting them inside the clothes dryer until the storm is over. My dye notebook is going in there, too. I can't imagine losing years worth of work and information. I may be without power for a week or more so you might not hear from me for a bit. Hope everyone will be ok and suffer no or minimal damage. Good luck to all involved. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/09/focal-points-found-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on their posts to let them know you stopped by and thanks for visiting.Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-22552933287109172372017-09-03T11:33:00.000-07:002017-09-27T00:23:51.115-07:00What Is Your Favorite Technique For Surface Design? Do you have a technique for surface design that you find you use the most or do you use all sorts? I've been experimenting with techniques for years, but I've found that I find creating and using thermofax screens and stencils to be most fun. For both of them, I use my own photos as a starting point. I try to find the element I want to photograph and isolate it by putting white paper behind it.<br />
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Then I use the software <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artstudio-for-ipad-draw-sketch-and-paint/id364017607?mt=8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Art Studio</span></a> on my iPad to alter it and turn it into a black and white image with high contrast. For thermofax screens, I've gotten lucky and found a local shop, <a href="http://fabrications.rocks/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Fabrications</span></a>, that makes them so that I don't have to pay for shipping. I just take them a copy of the image and they make the screens for me for a very reasonable charge.<br />
For stencils, I trace the image onto stiff cardstock and cut it out with an X-Acto knife. If it is a stencil I plan to use a few times, I coat it with semi-gloss medium first so that it is a little water proof.<br />
This last time, the image I wanted to use was the root you see above. I needed an image that was too large for a thermofax screen and knew that making a stencil of it would be daunting. But it was the only way I could think of transfering that image in the color and value I wanted. So I decided to get on with it and do it. I had a transparency made of the black and white image, projected it onto freezer paper, traced it, cut it, and ironed it onto the fabric.<br />
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I figured it took me about 5 hours of cutting time. I couldn't do it all at once because it would strain my wrist so I did it in portions over three days while I involved myself in other tasks in between.<br />
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There were inserts of freezer paper I ironed on into some of the larger open spaces, too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my design wall now with the root stencil done</td></tr>
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So now I'm designing a square version of the green one and hoping I can reuse that freezer paper stencil for that. I may have to cut another one in a different size. I'll have a thermofax made of it for the small collages and other uses. Even though it took time and effort, it was a very satisfying experience and I plan to do more of it. Regarding surface design, I think I've found a place where I can happily stay awhile. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/09/my-favorite-art-quilt-videos-off-wall.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on their posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-68765499132432342082017-08-06T13:53:00.002-07:002017-08-06T13:53:24.239-07:00Do You Multi-Task? When you create artwork do you do several at once, several types of things at once, or work on one piece from start to finish before starting another? I used to do the latter. I didn't feel comfortable enough to start a second (or third) piece until the present one was completely done. I didn't like my mind to wander onto other projects and lose my focus. But now that I'm in the Art Cloth Mastery program, I find the need to have several things and processes going on at the same time. There are a lot of things I want to accomplish before my next session in October and I find that one process helps another.<br />
For example; while I'm waiting for a cloth to batch in the dye bucket, I can hand-stitch another piece or do some color studies with paint. If I'm not sure how I want to hand-stitch a larger piece, I audition stitching on a smaller collage with the same imagery. While I'm trying to choose imagery for an artwork I have in mind, I assemble the background fabrics and have them hang on the design wall to stare at for inspiration. Here is my design wall today. On it is an almost finished piece in gray on the left, the middle one in blue is done printing and layering but needs to have hand-stitching added and be put onto a felt backing, and the green one on the right is waiting for inspiration for imagery to add to it.<br />
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The small pieces on top are collages I made with leftover prints and dyed fabrics from the larger ones. They are waiting to be mounted onto a yet undecided surface. </div>
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So I've changed how I work on art and I think I like this new way of having several things going on. It's more relaxing for me to spend part of day hand-stitching and another part of the same day dyeing fabric, and another part of the day in designing mode. It felt more intense to spend the whole day in the studio working on the same process. Live and learn. </div>
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I'm linking this with <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/08/circular-attractions-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a><span style="color: #76a5af;"> </span>where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you visited. Thanks for stopping by.</div>
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Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-68214916730498375612017-07-23T11:39:00.002-07:002017-07-23T11:39:21.404-07:00Do You Have Access To A Good Museum? People who live in large cities have access to many quality museums, but what about those of us who live in small towns? Our local museum, The Museum of Art DeLand, gets fantastic exhibits. I don't know how they do it, but we regularly get to see top quality shows. The latest one downtown (the museum has galleries in two separate locations), presently has a show called "Painted Bodies" by photographer Roberto Edwards from Chile. The exhibit is on loan from <a href="http://www.holdenluntz.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">The Holden Luntz Gallery</span></a>.<br />
The project had very well know artists from all over the world go to Chile to paint onto the bodies of models. Here are some of the images:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artist- Verónica Rubio, Spain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artist- Sebastiàn Leyton, Chile</td></tr>
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Note: the red strings on two of the models aren't actually strings. They are painted onto the models with red paint and the shadows of the "Strings" are also done in paint.<br />
If you are anywhere close by, do try to see this exhibit in person. It's amazing. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncrl_YNTp-I" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Here's</span></a><span style="color: orange;"> </span>a YouTube video about the project.<br />
In between museum visits, I'm adding stitching to my series.<br />
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Also, here's a link to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/07/quilting-by-lake-2017-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on the posts so that the artists know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.<br />
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<br />Regina B Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377568746998756667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667082763150478419.post-10569743703461372442017-07-09T11:16:00.001-07:002017-07-09T11:16:16.578-07:00What Do You Do With Art Experiments?<br />
When you create a piece of cloth from an experiment do you put it in a notebook, put it away somewhere, or try to create something out of it? I usually try to create something. I hate for things to be put away and not used. Such was the case with an experiment on silk from my most recent Art Cloth class with Jane Dunnewold. We learned how to print on fabric using thickened dyes and used screens we had created in class to print through. Here is one of my results:<br />
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It was over a yard square in size. I cut it up into strips and machine-pieced them together. Then I overlapped two of the resulting long strips and sewed them together with a seam. I topstitched around the edges and then my scarf was finished. <div>
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I have two more cloths from that same procedure, but they don't seem as promising as this one was. But since I don't like cloth to just sit there, I may try to overdye them and turn them into cloth napkins. That's all for now because I'm very busy dyeing and printing to continue with my art series. I'm linking this to <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2017/07/hand-dye-marathon-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">Off The Wall Friday</span></a> where you can find other art quilt blogs. Please make comments on the artists' posts so that they know you stopped by. Thanks for visiting.</div>
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