Sunday, October 07, 2007

Orange House, 25 1/2" x 18 1/2"

Architecture is not my thing! Nevertheless, here is my attempt. I pulled in what I learned years ago of perspective and vanishing points. I built the house with woven strips, sewing them down with satin stitching which got thinner with distance, and for the vertical stitching, going from black to dark gray to lighter grays.

My thought is that I have mixed up surrealistic elements with more natural ones, and it doesn't work as well as I would like.
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5 comments:

  1. CalicoDaydreams10/8/07, 8:21 AM

    I love how you used the woven strips to create the bricks of the house.

    The tree in the front yard is fantastic- great use of a great print.

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  2. Cherie in Del Mar10/8/07, 4:50 PM

    What great bricks! I will certainly try this technique.
    Cherie

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  3. brendaj10/9/07, 1:30 PM

    Hi Tobi,
    I like the woven strips as well, and the somewhat bird's-eye perspective. One thing you might look at: see what you think if you were to crop off some of the piece to the left (to just about the edge of the tree trunk). Then the house becomes a stronger element I think and doesn't compete with the background as much. Just a thought, anyway.
    Brenda

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  4. Cynthia Ann Morgan10/10/07, 12:11 PM

    Hi Tobi,
    I really like the house with the woven bricks, different sized windows and the plank roof. All the other elements are good too...but I agree with Brenda..they compete with the house. Cropping would solve that. It's a good piece and certainly worth spending the time on making it even better. Do you have Photoshop or some other photo editing software to play with the cropping? I took it into Photoshop and cropped off about 1/8 of size on the left and about 1/6 of size on the bottom and I really like it alot.

    Also, did you quilt the background..I can't tell.

    I'm so glad you're here for the second year, Tobi...it's great fun!
    Cynthia

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  5. Roberta Ranney10/10/07, 3:59 PM

    Hi Tobi - What a lot of work you did to get your bricks woven and your house built. I really like the path to the front door and the way you have bordered it with sepia toned flower beds. I like the interesting point of view - what Brenda called the bird's eye perspective. It adds interest to the work.

    Roberta

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