This is the first challenge I've met since joining last year. The stars were aligned, I've been working with sheers for a few weeks now! I painted the green for the wine bottle, found that white organza was too sheer for the glass so backed it with gray. Added burgundy for the wine between the two layers, using wonder under to keep the fraying down. Quilted the pieced batik backing before adding the sheers, then just edge stitched them down. The upper left corner seemed bare, so added a fussy cut "picture" with some brown for frame. Did a little stitching for highlights, and used fabric paint for shadows since I hadn't thought about how else to do them before the stitching was done! It was a fun exercise and I will continue to explore sheers. Thanks Sandy!!! And I hope to keep up from now on!
janice in Houston
Comments and suggestions appreciated!
Hi Janice, wonderful transparency effects! Glass is so hard to depict and you've done it very well. Love the Rhino on the wall! Good job
ReplyDeleteCynthia
Glass is a great way to depict transparency with sheers. I especially like the way you've added reflection on the bottle through your stitching. Neat!
ReplyDeleteReally well done... I especially like the bottle and the reflections.
ReplyDeleteI love the fact you did the horizontal line in the still life very cool. Great job on the transparency as well.
ReplyDeleteYou nailed this challenge. The rhino provides an unexpected point of interest.
ReplyDeleteJanice, this is excellent! You could teach classes in transparency, very well done!
ReplyDeleteWow.... I'll drink to this one! Fabulous job with the glass and bottle.
ReplyDeleteLove your use of transparency and the reflection stitched into the glass.
ReplyDeleteHi Janice,
ReplyDeleteLike the others said, you have been able to depict glass very well with the transparent fabrics. I love the glimpses of light reflecting, and the vague shapes reflected in the wine bottle. Good idea about using different layers of colour to make it work.
I think perhaps one reason you felt the upper corner needed something is because low horizon emphasises what is above it, so it wanted to be a bit fuller. The rhino does that very well, by giving depth to the room...it manages to stay in the background because of the "line drawing look" of the rhino. If it were colour or even filled in, it would come forward to much.
The rhino also is one of those things that though you think it is a stop-gap, it actually makes the piece. The actual solidity of the frame refers to a Solid creature, and in turn, they bring the focus back to the delicacy and transparency of the glass. It is really a very clever effect!
Well done.
Thank you for joining in!
Sandy