11” X 15.5”
I was on a dive trip to Curacao during the challenge period so thought it appropriate that my landscape be an underwater one. One of the more famous Curacao dive sites is Mushroom Forest and that is depicted in the back with the green manipulated fabric. The green and orange manipulated fabrics are class samples from Larkin Van Horn’s embellishment class. We pushed fabric through a mess screen with chopsticks and then ironed on fusible interfacing or adhesive. The brain coral (yellow) is ruching. The dimensional orange corals and stem of the fan were made in a hoop with water soluble stabilizer and thread. Fan is painted gauze and the purple tube sponges are painted batting. Thanks Linda for a fun project.
Comments are welcome and appreciated.
Pam Harris
This is really wonderful Pam! Takes me back to the 'days of yore' when I used to dive as well LOL.
ReplyDeleteI particularly love the fan coral, so lovely and graceful. The whole piece is smashing...well done.
Cherie
Great use of manipulation, and wonderful 3D effects. A very lively and rewarding piece.
ReplyDeleteJulia
What a wonderful piece. So much dimension and variety, and great colors and techniques.
ReplyDeleteHi Pam, great piece with lively colors and a sense of the swaying you see underwater. The only comment I have is about the dimensional aspect. To help integrate the dimensional elements with the background, perhaps trapunto behind some of the rocks and coral would add a intermediate dimension between the elements and the background.
ReplyDeleteWonderful effects with the various fabric manipulations!
Cynthia
Cynthia,
ReplyDeleteI like your suggestion of trapunto behind some of the coral. I have never done that technique and perhaps I should try it. Thanks.
Pam
I loved reading how you made the different specimens. The painted gauze is so delicate looking, and the tube sponges are really unique too. Great job manipulating fabric.
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