5×4″ acrylic
Some painted acrylic, some collaged dried acrylic. Quick little project to finish up the month of June.
Big changes in store for the month of July! Stay tuned!
This piece is all acrylic, but some of the shapes are dried acrylic paint blobs from the palette that I have collaged over the brushed-on acrylic background. When I had the dried paint pieces just sitting on white paper, it reminded me of Don Quixote. After I painted the background, it lost some of that for me, but the feeling is still there. No horse, though.
4×5″ thread, acrylic paint on paper
One more use (so far) of the sewing machine on paper. I used the zig-zag stitch for this piece, but again, preferred the look of the back of the paper. I brushed on the acrylic colors, sometimes mixing and blending on the paper itself. I think it needs a little something more, but this is it for now.
4×5″ thread, acrylic paint on paper
I decided to use the old sewing machine again while it is still sitting on my desk. I (crudely) stitched a spiral on the paper. Once it was done, I looked at both sides of the paper and preferred the look of the backside, so that is what you see. Then I brushed on three transparent acrylic colors, each diluted with a little glazing liquid. This was a fun little project, and relatively quick which is helpful these days!
7×8″ (approx.) fabric, thread, shredded currency
The title and general idea of this one have been on my to-do list for awhile. Last week, I had to trim and re-hem some pants, so retrieved my 30+-year-old, faded plastic, Singer sewing machine from the closet shelf. I know I should have the machine cleaned and oiled, but I so rarely use it these days. I made do with its cranky parts to bind the raw edge of the hem (but then finished the actual hemming with hand-sewing).
Anyway, I have been wanting to do something in other media again, so took advantage of the availability of the sewing machine to do a little different kind of piece. What else should I do while the machine is handy?