Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts

Monday, 22 August 2011

Jeanette's New Project


As you may know Jeanette has made and finished some amazing
textile pieces such as 'Leaves' and 'Bolliwood',
she is now started making a decorative box made
with the a new selection of fabrics and trimmings.
Everyone was eager to see what colour she had chosen
and when she revealed her new colour was a beautiful lime
green it got everyone talking.
See more of what happens @The Gallery

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Embroidered Leaves Wall Hanging Finished


Jeanette put the last finishing touches to her
'Embroidered Leaves Wall Hanging', with the
soldering iron and WOW!
doesn't it look amazing?
It is now finished and she left it at
The Gallery for Haydn to frame it ready
to hang in The Gallery Art Space.
Well done! Jeanette for such
beautiful work.
See how this has progressed by clicking on
the written labels below this post,
especially the word leaves .
See more of what goes on at The Gallery

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Machine Embroidered Leaves Nearly Finshed

Jeanette is now adding the last pieces and finishing touches to
her textile wall hanging.
It is a wonderful piece of work with so much detail.
Every leaf is different!
Well done Jeanette!
Click to enlarge.
See more of this wall hanging by
clicking on the written labels below.

Monday, 18 July 2011

Jeanette working in mixed media


This week @The Gallery, Jeanette started using the
soldering iron on the edges of her Leaves Wall Hanging.
It is starting to take on a 3D effect but needs
a focus of interest.
Nearly there but not quite!
See more of Jeanette's wall hanging by
clicking the labels below.

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Jeanette is building up her picture with the mixed media
textile leaves now.
You sometimes get to a stage where you can't see where
a piece is going or how to move it on.
When she un wrapped it there was a wow! from those
in the Gallery but Jeanette wasn't happy with how the piece
looked. We analysed it and it was too flat.
and needed a focus.
Yes, it looked like falling leaves but it needed a focal point
and lift. Jeanette and I spent a few hours
working out focal areas and making the piece 3D.
Jeanette makes fantastic 3D textile artworks.
her most recent, "Bolliwood", was entered into an art show
and was well received.
Keep persevering Jeanette it is working!
Click on the bolliwood label below or the others to see some
of Jeanette's work.

Friday, 17 June 2011

Machine Embroidered Leaves


Jeanette is machine stitching the mixed media background
for the leaves to be attached to and making lots more leaves and
cords to embellish with.
There are so many techniques that Jeanette has used
on this mixed media wallhanging so far.
See more of the leaves and machine embroidery
by clicking on the written labels below.

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Machine Embroidered Leaves

Jeanette's new mixed media textile work is based on Autumn Leaves and
is inspired by a community wallhanging picture she saw in a magazine.
She wants to learn many different ways of making leaves and
Next week is printing and painting the background
fabric to the work and designing more foliage.
See more of Jeanette's work by clicking on the labels below.

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Machine Embroidered Leaves

Jeannette is starting a new project, a wall hanging
containing all different mixed media layered leaves.
There are many different techniques she wants to learn
and improve on ones that she has touched on in the past.
Here are some of the ones she made in her session.
The sessions @ The Gallery are approximately
2, 2 and a half hours long and some stay all day!
See more textiles in my portfolio pages on my website

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Paper and Stitch Leaves

This morning I played on my sewing machine, using
some of my made paper.
Every Summer I make a batch of dyed fabric and made papers.
These, then keep me inspired and stocked
most of the Winter.
Here, I used my Autumn Sketchbook as inspiration.
The paper when stitch goes like leather.
You can use a good quality watercolour paper
and colour it with dye or paint to get a
similar effect.
Make sure you use a new needle in your machine.
See more paper and stitch on my website