Here I am late with the very first one since I came back.
My piece is 22-1/2" x 24-3/4"
The planets are flying willy nilly through the sky.
Fabrics uses were: the old stand by - cotton, soft wool, a paper towel that I used to wipe up some spilled tsukineko inks a long time ago, netting, etc.
One of them was done on my embellisher and saturn's ring was made from a silver bag that was inside a box of peanut brittle.
The little dog is saying "They took Pluto away. WHY?"
Good to be back
Betty
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Hi Betty, we missed you last year, so glad you're back!
I identify with your little dog here... I was bewildered when they took Pluto out of the planet line up. Love your dreamy planets!
Cynthia
Hi Ricky-- Thank you.
I was looking for a sky showing the planets on the internet but the only thing I found was a picture of them, individually, in a vertical row.
1. The large brownish one in the top left hand corner was just fabric painted with shiva paints.
2. The orange one to the right of it was a red fabric covered with orange sari silk.
3. The light blue near the top was a shiny, ravelly fabric. I don't know what the fabric was but I covered it with a layer of netting and then tulle on top of that.
4. I think I used a jersey like material for Saturn and painted it lightly with shiva paints. Saturn's ring was just a piece of silver lining from a peanut brittle box.
5. The dark blue, just above the dog, was just a piece of soft wool. I made pock marks on it with the heat gun. The marks don't really show up unless you are very close to it..
6. The small brownish one beside the blue was just a piece of cotton fabric. The name of it was "bookbinders". I bought that many years ago and hated to cut into it because it was so pretty.
7. The big red one on the bottom was a paper towel that I had used to wipe up some spilled tsukineko inks many months ago. Of course it was scrunched up at one time. (This is was my favorite).
8. And last, but not least, the one on the bottom had the same soft wool used for the darker blue as a base with green and red yarns felted into it using my embellisher.
I will see if I can add the above to the blog entry.
Betty
This is so much fun Betty! What a creative take on the 'disappearance of Pluto". It really made me smile :-)
Nice work, and so glad you're back!
Cherie
Hi Betty, I love your adventerous use of materials for this piece. It's a little blurry so I couldn't really see much detail. Love the little dog, too.
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