tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410979220416218742024-02-19T15:34:35.123+11:00EilorenArt, Design and Textiles by Neroli Henderson
Tutorials, artists interviews and works in progress.
Workshops, patterns, hand painted fabrics, artworks and quilts for sale. Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-57252507443151809112014-04-08T14:51:00.000+10:002014-04-08T23:11:15.688+10:00My Child Meets and Weekly Review (city edition) - Articles on myself and my I+V+III+I (Stillbirth) quiltI'm pleased to announce I've just had my very first publicity article published. The AQC use a PR agency and they have been great in maximising the exposure my I+V+III+I (Stillbirth) quilt has received.<br />
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The first article is in Q & A format and you can read it online as part of the My Child newsletter and you can read it on their website <a href="http://www.mychildmagazine.com.au/my-child-meets-neroli-henderson-from-eiloren/?COLLCC=1081584112&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-child-meets-neroli-henderson-from-eiloren" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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From today there will also be an article in this weeks edition of the Weekly Review (City Edition) magazine.<br />
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I would also like thank my friend Denise Galuoppo for sharing her story with me in such detail and helping me refine the wording of the poem. It's the only way I managed to capture her struggle to have a second child so poignantly in the design of this quilt.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
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Neroli xNeroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-43449473908571482282014-04-07T13:16:00.002+10:002014-04-07T13:18:13.454+10:00The Plight of the Bumblebee - my entry in 'Living Colour! international travelling exhibitionI've had a really productive year this year so far, at least for me :) I've produced two major works, one as posted below for the AQC 'Ten' challenge and the other is this piece, 'The Plight of the Bumblebee' for the 'Living Colour!' juried exhibition.<br />
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All works had to address the theme 'Living Colour!' and were to be 100x40cm in size - a quite long and narrow format which really pushed me to design something that would be best suited to this rather unique layout.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The flower petals were painted with Lumiere acrylic paints, the yellow centre is needle felted silk velvet surrounded a machine embroidered hand dye. The bee is painted and wings are made out of Angelina fibres that have been fused, backed on a water soluble stabiliser and then free machine stitched. The dew drops were created with plexi glue and opal transfer foil. Thread painting and quilting were used to further enhance the surface.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: #444444;"> The amount of variance of colour and design on the Earth is so breathtakingly amazing and yet so often taken for granted. I wanted to show the beauty of a unique flower and how nature has allowed for so much contrast and detail, right down to the smallest dew drop or insect. The artwork's name reflects on the current significant population decline of bees worldwide, an issue for us all given they pollinate so much of the food we eat.<br />Techniques & Materials: White cotton was painted with metallic and iridescent acrylic paint and fused onto the backing fabric. Extra depth was added with translucent fabric paints. The middle of the flower incorporated machine embroidery, machine needle punched silk velvet and a fringe created with a tailor tack foot on the sewing machine. The dewdrops have been glued and foiled. Bee wings are made from moulded Angelina fibres. I have also used a double wadding trapunto technique on the flower petals to give extra depth</span><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span></span><br />
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<br />Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-46490197979429948362014-03-28T21:32:00.002+11:002014-03-31T18:14:19.395+11:00I+V+III+I (Stillbirth) quilt, AQC (Australasian Quilting Convention) 'Ten' Challenge Finalist 2014I'm pleased to now be able to share my latest quilt which gained entry into the AQC 'Ten' themed challenge. I spoke a little about the theme concept of this intensely personal art quilt in my last blog post <a href="http://eiloren.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/aqc-10-theme-challenge-reason-for-being.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but essentially it's a memory quilt detailing my friends' struggle for a family and the child, miscarriages and still birth that followed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Only one word for this caption - "Yay!!!"</i></span></td></tr>
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Although it's a very simple piece symbology is rife throughout the design - every single leaf represents a real miscarriage, every joined double leaf is an IVF implant that failed to eventuate.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Two faces are carved into the top part of the tree trunk, you can just see their profiles. The Dove represents Paige, now 11 and the eggs in the nest the cycle of life that will perpetuate. The heart on the tree is cut from metal and debossed with Marcus' initials and date of birth: MJC 2/1/11.</span></span></div>
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The entire quilt is made from shot silks, so the colour changes significantly as you walk past.<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> I've shaped the tree from textured silk so that the grain follows the line of the branches. All elements have been fused down raw-edge appliqué style. The poem has been free-motion stitched with metallic gold thread and t</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; line-height: 18px;">he background quilting has been kept simple with the name of the quilt inscribed into the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The borders have been made from sari silk edging which is a new way of finishing a quilt to me and one I haven't seen before. I hope you like it, it was an incredibly sad quilt to make and one that I hope will resonate with others who have had to go through this sort of loss. Still birth is much more prevalent that many would think.</span></span></div>
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Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-36253234635234026662014-03-21T17:00:00.000+11:002014-03-22T23:40:25.220+11:00AQC '10' theme challenge (reason for being slack at blogging #3)Every year the AQC (Australasian Quilt Convention - it's kind of like Australia's answer to Houston, though having never been lucky enough to get there I'm assuming) has a call for entries to a themed exhibition. This year to help celebrate their 10th year of the convention the theme was '10'. Art quilters from all over the world were invited to submit a 125cm x 125cm entry based on this theme.<br />
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My first thought was to make a picture quilt with as many '10' things happening in it as I could think of - all set within a beach scene. Ten-tacles sticking out of the water, a submarine with '10,000 leagues under the sea' written on it, a life guard calling out 'at-ten-tion' on his loudspeaker, Bo Derek sunning herself on the beach, a game of 10 pin bowls going on, a surfer hanging 10 - well you get the idea.</div>
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I drew it up and it looked ok but I had another idea that wouldn't let me feel like this sketch was the 'one'. My other idea was a polar opposite and quite a sad quilt to make. In 2011 good friends of mine had the horrible experience of going through a still birth at full term. Their son, whom I have no doubt would have been the most beautiful boy ever was 'born sleeping'. The hospital staff took a print of both his feet and hands and I had already stitched these out with gold embroidery thread onto silk for them as a memento. The idea of doing a '10 little fingers' themed quilt was born.</div>
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After talking to my friend Denise about if she was willing to let me memorialise her experience through an art quilt that if chosen was going to be quite public I found out that if you totalled her pregnancies over the years there had been 10 in total. Her first born, Paige, now aged 12, 5 miscarriages, 3 IVF implantations and then Marcus who was still born. Obviously this was the quilt to make.</div>
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Denise was lovely enough to critique me on my poem and image concept and helped me adjust it until it aligned with how she feels about her loss. She even came over very late on the night before the quilt was due to help me spray baste the batting and turned up early again the next morning to give her ok to the border. In general I was very lucky to have something so intensely meaningful as the theme for my quilt and such a good friend to aid me in making it the best it could be. I believe if art is personal to you then you're going to do a better job at creating it.</div>
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My submission was somehow successful and the 'I+V+III+1' (Stillbirth) quilt will premier at the AQC in Melbourne this April the 10th in the Exhibition Building, Carlton. It will then be on tour over the next year around Australia and New Zealand and hopefully some other countries as well.</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>Quite a lot it may have seemed</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>And each of our three hearts did break</i></b></span></div>
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Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com1St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia-37.8675123 144.97898069999997-37.892583800000004 144.93864019999995 -37.8424408 145.01932119999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-44832260766086499572014-03-14T20:00:00.000+11:002014-03-14T20:00:01.171+11:00Reason for blogging slackness #2 - My Solo ExhibitionTwo blog posts within a week! Are you proud of me?!? My second reason for being a very slack little blogger is that I had a solo exhibition at the Abbotsford Convent through December to early Jan this year. Lentils As Anything, a lovely community 'pay as you feel' cultural café were nice enough to offer me the residency spot for the month and I had 26 pieces on show.<br />
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Out of the 26 six have now gone to new owners. Not bad really given the café environs aren't generally over conducive to close up viewing and selling. There was also the unexpected bonus in that my husband - after seeing the works framed - now considers them to be art and not "really decorative placemats" (sheesh!). I don't know what it is with textiles - you can do the most thought provoking, graphically amazing design with amazing technical execution - but if you dare construct it with fabric and it measures less than 50x50cm non quilty types tend to see placemats, cushion fronts and table runners… unless they are in frames.</div>
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Here's a pick of some of the pieces framed, we went for simple white frames across the entire exhibition which gave everything a really lovely clean and modern look. Box frames were used for the square pieces which also worked well. It marked my very first solo exhibition incorporating only textile art works. Not a conventional painting in site!<br />
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Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com0St Kilda, Australia-37.822802433527556 144.964599609375-38.623356433527555 143.673706109375 -37.022248433527558 146.255493109375tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-24839794641481082912014-03-08T23:21:00.003+11:002014-03-08T23:21:56.493+11:00'Art Quilts Around The World' blog groupHi everyone, <script src="https://raw.github.com/sudiptosarkar/PinterestForBloggerDynamicViews/master/VisioplanetPinItByImgSizeInShareSection.js"></script><br />
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I'm so sorry I've been incredibly slack when it comes to posting. I promise to make a concerted effort to fix that here and now. I've been a bit busy over the last few months and in the next few blog posts I'm planning on showing you just why that is. Reason #1 for being sidetracked is that I joined the <b>'Art Quilts Around the World' </b>blog group - a group of almost <b>30 textile artists</b> from all over the world who make an A3 sized art quilt to a theme chosen by a group member every 2 months. Our next reveal is on March 31st and the theme is <b>'Song Title'</b> - but as an extra challenge we have to complete it in another group member's artistic style.</div>
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Since joining I've made 4 quilts - the first of these is was for the theme 'Carnival'. Any of you who know me know that I not only get bored easily but I like to be a little different, so I decided to interpret the theme as 'Carni-Val' and take a bit of an anti meat eating stance at the same time. Not that I'm vegetarian but I do quiver at the notion many have of every single meal needing to have some animal as part of the plate… and I wanted to show a bit of support for a newly vegan friend.</div>
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The next quilt theme on this group was 'Out of Asia' and I decided to recreate Hokusai's beautiful woodcut 'The Great Wave' an artwork I've always wanted to incorporate somehow into my own work. I also got to utilise some of the decorative stitches on my now not-so-new machine and incorporate my hatred for 'Hello Kitty' :) "Wave Goodbye Kitty" was born!</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>To read more about "Wave Goodbye Kitty' go <a href="http://aroundtheworldin20quilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/wave-goodbye-kitty-neroli-henderson.html" target="_blank">here</a></b></span></div>
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The following theme was a quite introspective one for myself - 'The Road Less Travelled' required a lot of thinking and I decided to try free-motion thread painting with up to a 9mm stitch on hardened felt, the figure is in the style I used to use for a series of nude oil paintings I did many years ago.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'Confinement' is one of my most introspective works. Read more about it <a href="http://aroundtheworldin20quilts.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/road-less-travelled-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></b></div>
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Last but not least the December challenge (I had to miss February's due to exhibition deadline clashes) was for a theme that I got to choose for the group. I've always loved extreme close ups so I picked 'Macro'. Here's my macro quilt:</div>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">'Fly on the Wall' (what you expected a normal name?). To read more about it - you guessed it - click <a href="http://aroundtheworldin20quilts.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/macro-fly-on-wall-neroli-henderson.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></b></div>
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If you're in the mood for some extra eye candy - and believe me the others in this group have delivered some very impressive eye candy - please take a look at the blog <a href="http://aroundtheworldin20quilts.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">"Art Quilts Around the World"</a>. It was formerly called 'Around the World in 20 quilts' but grew to more than 20 members though we are letting it get back to that number now. I've just given the blog a bit of a facelift so let me know how you feel about the look and feel of it. This one may be next :)</div>
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Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-76912083545864342832013-04-13T17:21:00.001+10:002013-04-14T00:03:12.058+10:00'Ronnie's Red' - A5 textile art quilt as thank you presentHere's what I've been working on over the last week. It's only A5 in size (148 x 210mm ...approx 6x8") and has a whole lot of free-motion stitching in silk, rayon and ultra-fine polyester. The edging is layers of satin stitching using wool thread. It's one of the first things I've produced on my new Bernina 750, and apart from some thread breaks while I was getting used to how tensions needed to sit it did a great job.<br />
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It's a thank you present for Ronnie Di Stasio, the owner of Bar Di Stasio here in St Kilda, he has the most amazing food you can imagine and has been more than generous with feeding me on quite a few occasions. My husband Colin does Ronnie's security systems for him and when he's gone above and beyond Ronnie has done the same and fed us in return. If you've ever eaten at Di Stasio you'd know a thank you present is well deserved!<br />
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Ronnie has a winery in the Yarra Valley and produces a world class Pinot Noir, which is why I thought it should be the focus of this mini-quilt. He is also an avid art collector, of names far, far more well known than my own so I do hope he likes this.<br />
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I figure at worst, it's small enough to hide in his cupboard :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ronnie's Red" 148x210mm, cotton batting, backing fabric and face, printed from one of my own photos of ink jet ready cotton, thread painted and quilted. Bound in wool thread.</td></tr>
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Want something<b> unique </b>and <b>handmade</b> for a <b>perfect Christmas present</b> this year? I made this one of a kind portrait for my husband for a previous Christmas from a photo we both liked but was a little too blurry to blow up. The 'shades' are created by patterning - denser patterns create the darker areas and more open patterns read as a lighter grey from further away. Up close it's a little abstract with the tiny patterns clearly seen where as from far away it reads as a normal portrait.<br />
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The entire piece is hand drawn with black ink. As a special I'm offering a few commissions between now and Christmas for $180 for an A4 and $300 for an A3. (Unframed, ex GST postage extra). Paper will be top quality, acid free art paper.<br />
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Please email me to order, I will also need a photo with good contrast between areas as a guide.<br />
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<a href="mailto:neroli1@eiloren.com.au" target="_blank">Email for more information or to order here.</a><br />
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Now.... to work out what on earth I'm going to get for my hubby this year. Any suggestions?<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>Framing really does make a difference! This was a $50 frame from IKEA.</i></span></div>
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Soldering irons (wood burning tools and stencil cutters too!) make a wonderful way to cut synthetic fabrics. They seal the edges at the same time, giving a laser cut edge look, plus you can also use them to secure one layer on top of another by melting them together. Make this amazingly beautiful butterfly in only about 30 minutes and learn some techniques to inspire your next textile art piece.<br />
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Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-33342240083782257892012-08-30T12:04:00.000+10:002012-08-30T12:23:56.822+10:00Places still available: 'All That Glitters' workshop in Altona, Vic, Sat 8th September, and my new quilt!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I've just learned that there are still a few places available for my full-day workshop "All that Glitters" where you will learn how to use Angelina fibre, Textiva (fantasy film), transfer foils, metal flakes and other bits of bling to add to your multi media / textile art and quilts. Book quickly - it's next Saturday the 8th!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We will make the quilt top for my new design "Tweet" picture below and you'll take it home ready to quilt (or frame for non-sewers).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">All fabrics (except for the background) are hand made from Angelina fibre with Textiva (fantasy film), metal flakes, sheer fabrics and crystal shard embedded. The 'tweet' caption balloon is silver holographic transfer foil on fusible web.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
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Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-53669871944588490012012-03-29T21:31:00.000+11:002012-03-29T21:31:10.232+11:00Competition - Olfa 45mm Rotary Cutter GiveawayHi all,<br />
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I've decided to help drive 'likers' to my Facebook page by giving away an Olfa 45mm rotary cutter to someone who 'likes' my Facebook page. I'll randomly choose the person to win on Sunday or after when the page hits 400 'likes'.<br />
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All you need to do is click on the link and then click the 'like' button. You may need to be a Facebook member to 'like' the page but all should be able to view it.<br />
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http://www.facebook.com/nerolihenderson<br />
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I am looking forward to picking the winner!!<br />
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NeroliNeroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-71456408684292563772012-02-01T14:14:00.000+11:002012-02-01T14:14:55.538+11:00My new T-shirt, iPhone case and Print design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a slow start to the year (my sewing machine is still at the doctors - sob!) I decided to spend some time with my trusty Mac and Photoshop and produce another piece of work for my Redbubble store. The end result is this digitised Aston Martin DB5 from 1964 - I've been assured it's just like James Bond used to drive! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UUveZAzTNotf52oZKx4bA6hTmwzagpEMWOKbHc0eT5bUMkPROuaCVhbLzTv21oFMuc8CHsMIm8A0t9NfDaISlk8Db0MGqXVfqYDLd79FbFocIbU9hyphenhyphenPGRZ0DUuLbrgdXas4b_lRyA_k/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.12.54+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UUveZAzTNotf52oZKx4bA6hTmwzagpEMWOKbHc0eT5bUMkPROuaCVhbLzTv21oFMuc8CHsMIm8A0t9NfDaISlk8Db0MGqXVfqYDLd79FbFocIbU9hyphenhyphenPGRZ0DUuLbrgdXas4b_lRyA_k/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.12.54+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OYvYW9UGIdpyzlzr0tjpbUUaOgtE_ZE_RA6tGMroWMpkR339umLmxcdQkB8yOJfviFn6kjiEnL08Xh77XmeEQIntUwKjDCbtlW9f6zbrG9WO_r98U1Owsm8Z500ENMhFZdJ5UiTGyrA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.01.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OYvYW9UGIdpyzlzr0tjpbUUaOgtE_ZE_RA6tGMroWMpkR339umLmxcdQkB8yOJfviFn6kjiEnL08Xh77XmeEQIntUwKjDCbtlW9f6zbrG9WO_r98U1Owsm8Z500ENMhFZdJ5UiTGyrA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.01.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT57j9J9p8y08gW-qPxU40zvuC56SQ7jc3PHu_76QpoTAwFWhsC6BubxpPZo6U8duMaClQpYW4hK36gWdqc-p4C1myXn-ltkwrQyDkYgsUKO5BRMbn5ZHKK4aGCM3CQ1lf0Lggj1ilnvA/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.01.58+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT57j9J9p8y08gW-qPxU40zvuC56SQ7jc3PHu_76QpoTAwFWhsC6BubxpPZo6U8duMaClQpYW4hK36gWdqc-p4C1myXn-ltkwrQyDkYgsUKO5BRMbn5ZHKK4aGCM3CQ1lf0Lggj1ilnvA/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.01.58+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0VBTxthrKG5Qu9z5zVwNKY4WrIG4HK_idIldqrfSF0cHc_0rfFlEhwki8ZKjk-rPLlwyUxAr0m5K9oAOgbktqZxBsm9bTf6qgAepKtDYm7iRXKmwCKdpcnPEsxD9aKQFKjcrP7oUmds/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.03.05+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0VBTxthrKG5Qu9z5zVwNKY4WrIG4HK_idIldqrfSF0cHc_0rfFlEhwki8ZKjk-rPLlwyUxAr0m5K9oAOgbktqZxBsm9bTf6qgAepKtDYm7iRXKmwCKdpcnPEsxD9aKQFKjcrP7oUmds/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-01+at+2.03.05+PM.png" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span><br />
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</div>I started with a pretty average photo I took with my iPhone 4S on Australia day at a vintage car show at the Royal Botanical gardens here in Melbourne. The 4S phone takes a decent photo but the size is never big enough for large format work. I need to either redraw or digitise the pics in a way where they will print high resolution in big sizes. The photo is a half decent one of the car but there are too many reflections and a piece of paper over the steering wheel. Plus I like to get rid of real number plates and the less said about the background the better!!<br />
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</div>Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-54486939062731229662011-11-22T20:55:00.002+11:002011-12-06T19:59:52.504+11:00How to paint a Seascape on fabric - Tutorial<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Here's a quick </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>tute </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>how to paint</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>shimmering seascape</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> that you can use for further embellishment or simply frame as is (and if DIY isn't your thing feel free to commission a piece off me from $25 for a fat quarter size 50x 50cm). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I love painting and fabric, so it only seems just that I combine the two frequently!</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">1. First wash and iron white cotton an inch or two bigger than your intended finished piece. It should be 100% cotton, washed to remove any sizing (coating) and then ironed to be wrinkle free.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">3. Decide where your horizon line will be. I like to use the Jacquard Lumiere acrylic paints as they have two tones in the one pot - where you paint thickly appears quite metallic and gold and where the paint travels and soaks into the wet fabric is quite matte and the alternate colour. For a sky over the sea I start with halo violet-gold straight from the tub and paint a line along the horizon allowing the colour to bleed out into the wet paint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-L4cOh6X5LS3Yq9Nx4O-PWmCHaToUTBc54zVuHYapbb8S9r08jApwcQQG4iNnAnp9mgvQ-4OJOvwZmElsjopXw-d-T7PgqexAXC5cfIp5Pq1FaotDCEPlKL51q7bKn0Exq84TblVRUY/s1600/IMG_0924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-L4cOh6X5LS3Yq9Nx4O-PWmCHaToUTBc54zVuHYapbb8S9r08jApwcQQG4iNnAnp9mgvQ-4OJOvwZmElsjopXw-d-T7PgqexAXC5cfIp5Pq1FaotDCEPlKL51q7bKn0Exq84TblVRUY/s320/IMG_0924.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
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</div>Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-33165152039655447242011-11-21T14:32:00.000+11:002011-11-21T14:32:17.317+11:00My Sewing Studio - ideas for making the most of a small spaceI've just finished a 3 day clean up of my<b> textile studio </b>and between refolding all the fabrics to prevent fading, sorting colours and boxing threads I decided it was good timing to do a studio blog. We live in a 2 bedroom apartment of about 11 squares (about 102 sq metres) so <b>innovative space consumption</b> is paramount. Cost was a major factor too, so most of the <b>storage ideas</b> are budget friendly.<br />
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The sewing studio in in a smallish second bedroom with one wall at an odd angle which made organisation a bit tougher. Here's the view from the door:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The desk is a <b>Horn Magic box </b>- both wings fold into the centre and the entire front and middle fold into the box the TV is on. This doesn't happen often though! The sewing machine shelf is height adjustable with an acrylic insert for flatbed sewing (my machine is currently having a holiday with a technician).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've found most horn cabinets to position you to either side of the machine needle, I love this one as you can sit right in front and the cutout is large enough for the new, longer throat machines.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPaEdd0RbtJWpdg-Jss2yCiJl9qFFoU_YrRobebrZbulAuRtJoOT8sxJDzx3b8AWIVQ9EVlxTkDSGGAPC6fuvmr14LaMvA_hdSVyYa5KZ6Jo_Wgbo9XWKOwwO40QCFU4KtMzMhCGGjWo/s1600/IMG_0895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><i><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPaEdd0RbtJWpdg-Jss2yCiJl9qFFoU_YrRobebrZbulAuRtJoOT8sxJDzx3b8AWIVQ9EVlxTkDSGGAPC6fuvmr14LaMvA_hdSVyYa5KZ6Jo_Wgbo9XWKOwwO40QCFU4KtMzMhCGGjWo/s320/IMG_0895.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><i>The third book shelf has plenty of boxes from a $2 store that I have labelled. These hold notions, UFO's, roving and the like.</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4Ua7mkrYk1qPxNz4HFDkvKtA7Xm5pmsafzJ-qa3BpKhmBBJQHNW8gqid709Q6NZ05eS7dzBWygDNvjjQnBR-ubYTSRWZnV9Rws-6GiNRkFLTwwgIcjS-Ibc_gqBwmePExosFXdIVD5Y/s1600/IMG_0896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4Ua7mkrYk1qPxNz4HFDkvKtA7Xm5pmsafzJ-qa3BpKhmBBJQHNW8gqid709Q6NZ05eS7dzBWygDNvjjQnBR-ubYTSRWZnV9Rws-6GiNRkFLTwwgIcjS-Ibc_gqBwmePExosFXdIVD5Y/s320/IMG_0896.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><i>My Babylock overlocker and Pfaff embellisher sit in the bookshelf when not in use.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTk3Yz0tJNhrusIq2lZmYw46n2GRYw2brxSHBiO8Jl2W3i7i6Tx6Y3oeav9z9HXRMSaA5IwNlZ-K_cs7SSLV5McXxnUE4e1dvUEDGVuygboW99ORXq0KNFadRK1L3TiRO9W0-ALEZw-uI/s1600/IMG_0897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTk3Yz0tJNhrusIq2lZmYw46n2GRYw2brxSHBiO8Jl2W3i7i6Tx6Y3oeav9z9HXRMSaA5IwNlZ-K_cs7SSLV5McXxnUE4e1dvUEDGVuygboW99ORXq0KNFadRK1L3TiRO9W0-ALEZw-uI/s320/IMG_0897.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></i></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><i>A coat rack found in the bin room on our floor makes a good hanger in a space that would be otherwise too narrow to use for anything else.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia7yYzKkmsixMObcFnJK-HJovZVJQ7vyj9nf2E2rh5DFXwfmmCvz8mJmafNrciQ8pZIzScOryo9a8juYMXYynrM3AwopsJIXdFUBG41Jpmi4LXc9w_Xk3jjuRhAPOQpEBcuoq3TIqx3U/s1600/IMG_0898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia7yYzKkmsixMObcFnJK-HJovZVJQ7vyj9nf2E2rh5DFXwfmmCvz8mJmafNrciQ8pZIzScOryo9a8juYMXYynrM3AwopsJIXdFUBG41Jpmi4LXc9w_Xk3jjuRhAPOQpEBcuoq3TIqx3U/s320/IMG_0898.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">An old stretch canvas painting forms a makeshift pin board for displaying some of my smaller works.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja75Yy9x2Fa5gaVc82VeSiN0g73vgUHyPhS7LGmBcT8p7vxH70M6wN16GNU7EfTfJDs1ojBpaqhmaUOOffttk-fyzU884TbYsS3N7A5cyKRiK3uDCoOmD0VEonVhxfEHSMA7GdwAVIYqM/s1600/IMG_0899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja75Yy9x2Fa5gaVc82VeSiN0g73vgUHyPhS7LGmBcT8p7vxH70M6wN16GNU7EfTfJDs1ojBpaqhmaUOOffttk-fyzU884TbYsS3N7A5cyKRiK3uDCoOmD0VEonVhxfEHSMA7GdwAVIYqM/s400/IMG_0899.JPG" width="400" /></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I've tacked a large piece of white flannelette to the wall to use as a design board. I love how most fabrics just cling to it without pins and it helps me to keep an eye on the bigger picture while making components for a work. When not in the middle of a large project I can use it as hanging space.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">The floor lamp is a $30 uplight that was capable of taking a 100w globe from Bunnings and is essential when sewing at night. I've also put a fluro tube above the middle bookcase.</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7GVliVw3mzg_-XziA0J_0XiG_eDaz7xiEOMMAXz3FK1zD9FFMDK7Nvf9rluCNAAzSr0xxMpsnu2ekGnoQO5M7faknFKV7Op60r42UUI_a3xwWlYPFFwemCv67ABeyjA5Jp6IrP6rbIU/s1600/IMG_0900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7GVliVw3mzg_-XziA0J_0XiG_eDaz7xiEOMMAXz3FK1zD9FFMDK7Nvf9rluCNAAzSr0xxMpsnu2ekGnoQO5M7faknFKV7Op60r42UUI_a3xwWlYPFFwemCv67ABeyjA5Jp6IrP6rbIU/s320/IMG_0900.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Even behind the door is utilised with hooks for handbags (there's just no-where else to keep them!) and large watercolour paper. The polystyrene is used to bounce light for photography when there's not enough even light naturally.</span></i></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHc3t-Eghm9AsBUywFCizkPQdoRZaqGExR2-bDNq8vZgk64JLx7YrLIDz4aIqCZfQclAa1cdxR9duX2OHW4o3pbLETDprrJ1zZuskMgIhXqU9AhMNdlJPfEUn9mpR57m2twpNn4w9_dI/s1600/IMG_0870.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHc3t-Eghm9AsBUywFCizkPQdoRZaqGExR2-bDNq8vZgk64JLx7YrLIDz4aIqCZfQclAa1cdxR9duX2OHW4o3pbLETDprrJ1zZuskMgIhXqU9AhMNdlJPfEUn9mpR57m2twpNn4w9_dI/s320/IMG_0870.jpg" width="240" /></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">On the left hand side of the wardrobe a repurposed bedside tables has stacked racks on top holding all the silks i've collected while travelling. Sadly these have to share with my hubby's pants as the wardrobe in the bedroom is stuffed tighter than an emo band lead singer's pants.</span></i></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For painting fabrics I've set up a panel of Colourbond Steel in the lounge room. The coating Colorbond has means it won't rust and gives the metal a nice smooth service to work on. It's non porous so paint and water sits on top and nothing sinks in - so while it can stain it's easy to clean. To make it sturdier I used silicon glue to adhere two pieces of L shaped aluminium tubing from the widest part at the bottom to the centre of the top. This cuts down on wobbles and ensures it stays in place. Wet fabric can be smoothed onto the steel and stays in place even when dry - but to help ensure it doesn't start to peel off I use some magnetic vinyl strips or other fridge magnets. A sheet of thick clear plastic sits underneath with the length rolled up in front. When the board is in use it's simple rolled out to protect the carpet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTJvZhOwTHFpuzkOojl1vXbcTGuBvXOBOFXkor01Ieh26nN0TmFOHma7FdcmY5O3W3IIiX5vIETNInoC0BGIejega5sRRwvmEJQDdjsfZ6ejuy1fCEn-CUXsYYmEGi7_2i-X6i8CtMVM/s1600/IMG_0858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTJvZhOwTHFpuzkOojl1vXbcTGuBvXOBOFXkor01Ieh26nN0TmFOHma7FdcmY5O3W3IIiX5vIETNInoC0BGIejega5sRRwvmEJQDdjsfZ6ejuy1fCEn-CUXsYYmEGi7_2i-X6i8CtMVM/s320/IMG_0858.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Besta CD/DVD storage from Ikea makes great fabric paint and marker storage. We have gone digital files only with CD's so it was nice to find a second use for these shelves.</span></i></div>Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com9St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia-37.859404404917555 144.97901679003894-37.871357404917553 144.96764979003893 -37.847451404917557 144.99038379003895tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-6722207387343120192011-09-08T13:55:00.001+10:002011-09-08T13:56:00.481+10:00'Brunelleschi's Broken Bicycle' 12x12" Art quiltI made this quilt for the Aus_NZ Art Quilters yahoo group challenge. We all agree on a theme at the start of the year and then aspire to make one quilt per month to this theme. The best 5 of each person who wants to exhibit will be seen at next years Australian Quilting Convention in Jeff's Shed.<br />
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For my first quilt for the year (hey I'm a late starter and arranging a wedding got in the way a little!) I chose Italy and Florence in particular. One of the things that surprised me while honeymooning over there was the sheer number of broken bicycles that littered the streets - generally still chained to bike racks. Some corners had four or five formerly very expensive bicycles with wheels kicked in or bent frames.<br />
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• Cut bikes from a pre-printed fabric and fused them with fusible web to a backing fabric, I pleated and creased them before ironing down to abstract and 'break' the bikes.<br />
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Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-52546719779469229552011-08-17T15:30:00.005+10:002011-08-19T21:14:57.645+10:00'Hot Stuff' Heat Tools Workshop FlyerHere's the flyer for my upcoming 'Hot Stuff #1' textile art / multimedia workshop on Sept 3. It's only just over 2 weeks away so book now if you want to go. You'll learn how to colour and distort Tyvek plastic, how to use, layer and heat alter Angelina fibre, Textiva (fantasy film), synthetic sheer fabrics and more.<br />
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<br />Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-30848728135135254932011-08-16T18:18:00.002+10:002011-08-17T14:58:17.578+10:00'Hot Stuff #1' ATASDA Workshop Sep 3, 2011. Learn how to use heat guns, synthetic fabrics, Tyvek, Angelina fibre and Textiva (fantasy film).I am pleased as punch to announce I'll be running my first Heat Tools textile / multimedia workshop for ATASDAVic in a couple of weeks on September 3rd. We will be painting and distorting Tyvek and then layering synthetic fabrics with Textiva (fantasy) film and Angelina fibres, stitching a resist and using heat guns for impressive (and easy!!) results.<br />
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It seemed simple enough and since I'm demoing (among other things) Lumiere Paints on fabric at the upcoming Melbourne Craft and Quilt fair on from tomorrow, a rather timely find.<br />
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1. if you have long hair put it up. Don't ask me how I know.<br />
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2. Silicone glue is not your friend. Unless you want a line as thick as your thumb, or, after trying to use a thin hole in the end of a nozzle a sore hand and a burst glue container. (Again, hair up could make the clean up of the last a little easier)<br />
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3. If you need to cut 3mm perspex don't expect to score and snap it like they do in the blog. Instead, after giving that up for a joke bribe your husband to do it, with a jigsaw and then allow 3 days for filing the resultant miss formed shards. Of course if we had a fine blade or a semblance of how to cut perspex this may have ended differently.<br />
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4. Cotton buds are your friends.<br />
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5. So are tissues.<br />
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6. Thank the powers that be that you can draw well and don't need to use stamps often.<br />
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Now admittedly I couldn't find the type of silicon filler they used in the blog post in Australia and my equipment (and muscle strength) may have not been up to par. I'd love to hear if anyone has more success with this - the idea really does sound like a great one!<br />
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The tutorial on the blog I found is:<br />
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Have finally (finally!) got around to <b>dying</b> the <b>fabric</b> that's been <b>soaking in soda ash</b> in a plastic tub on top of the dishwasher for (ahem) about 3 months. :)</div>
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I had some old <b>dyestock</b> already made up in squeeze bottles left over from even before then and wanted to see if it would work. I've heard that it lasts forever, that it lasts for a couple of weeks, that you should keep it in the fridge, that temperature doesn't matter and a dozen other things. I hadn't heard about the cold storage before storing the squeeze bottles behind the dishwasher with all my other dye equipment.<br />
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When this place was built the cabinet maker in the kitchen must have been having a hard day - as the bottom of the bench hole left for the dishwasher is fine... but the top is about 2mm too narrow. The upshot of this is that I have extra space to store my dye things but it's in an area where it's going to get warm from the heat of the dishwasher in front of it.<br />
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I made two pieces, I'm very happy with the first. The old premixed dye did work but the colour is subtler then it was 3 months ago. I figure this piece will make a nice sky:<br />
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Coco, as always was very helpful during shooting the pics. She thinks that if you are kneeling on the ground then obviously you're there to pat her. (Usually of course she is right!)</div>
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The green in this piece is new dye I mixed with bright green and bright yellow, so that dye is a lot stronger than the blue. I dyed both of these by wringing out the extra soda ash and squishing the fabric into the bottom of a plastic lidded container. I then squirted the pre-mixed dye directly onto parts of the fabric, put the lid on the containers and left it for 3 days for no other reason than i've been busy :)</div>
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Materials are: Silk Velvet, Silk Hankies, Silk Satin snippets and one piece has Angelina Fibre on one end. These finished samples have had the water soluble stabiliser rinsed out and have been lightly hand felted with a little hand soap and hot water and then left to dry flat.<br />
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I like the very first trial best where the needle felting is done entirely from the front, that's the first square on the top piece (which has 4 different types of needle felting along the one strip).<br />
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I've had a brilliant week! A friend sent me though a link to a great deal on a current, top of the range, refurbished<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> iMac</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> yesterday and I am now eagerly awaiting it's delivery next week. Very exciting! In between looking at pics of it and stroking them lovingly I have had time for a bit of a play on my </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">needle felting machine.</span></span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> am wanting to use this gorgeous piece of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">silk velvet</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> I got from </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Unique Stitching</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> at this years </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">AQC</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> in Melbourne. It's screaming 'background' and the velvet has great sheen and depth in the dye tones that would make a stunning night sky. </span><b><a href="http://eiloren.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-series-lorraine-roy-textile.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Lorraine Roy's</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> brilliant art works in my</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"> </span><a href="http://eiloren.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-series-lorraine-roy-textile.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">interview</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> with her have inspired me to do some more work with snippets and scraps - great timing as i've just finished cutting all the corners off the dozens of colours of silk my Mum brought me back from India so they don't fray in the wash.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The way i've spread out things in the picture above is my way of working when I've got a very vague idea of what I want to do based on a product or technique. I pull out the fabrics and products I want to use in colours that I think will work so I can view them all together.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I read somewhere that using silk hankies over silk velvet gave a great surface texture, so thought i'd try this out. Problem is since I'll be working on a largish piece (fat Q size) how to stop it distorting on the needle felting machine and how to felt to enhance rather than hide the beautiful texture of the velvet. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Before starting this test piece I emailed my friend </span></span><a href="http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/category/blog"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Fiona Hammond</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> from </span></span><a href="http://www.chiatanyadesigns.com.au/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Chiatanya Designs</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> who does wonderful needle felted pieces and she gave me these great tips:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Lorraine Roy</span></b> is an award winning <b>contemporary</b><b> mixed-media textile artist</b> from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Dundas, Ontario,</span><b>Canada</b> who incorporates <b>sewing</b>, <b>collage</b>, <b>embroidery</b>, <b>photo transfer</b>, <b>quilting</b> and thousands of <b>fibre</b> and <b>thread</b> snippets into her work. Lorraine is a full-time <b>textile artist</b> with many international exhibitions to her name. She works from her home studio with her husband fine art photographer <b>Janusz Wrobel</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">As many of you know i've become a bit of a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Facebook</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> junkie in recent months and part of the reason for that is the frequency i've been stumbling upon some of the most amazing </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">artists</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> and their works. I found </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Lorraine Roy</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> this way and after taking a look through her website and reading the quite unique techniques she uses I just knew I had to ask her to do an </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">artist interview</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Lorraine's horticultural background and subsequent research regularly inspire her wonderful imagery. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Landscapes</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> that combine </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">realism</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">abstraction</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> combine with symbols from dreams, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">mythology</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> and memories to create </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">organic</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> conceptual pieces that make the most of the rich </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">medium</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> combinations.</span></span></div>
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fabric, beginning with sewing (from the age of 6), but ironically I never
learned to make a proper quilt. I have been a professional textile artist for
just over 20 years, but my formal education is in Horticulture.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> How would you describe
your style now? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Painting with fabric…
it’s a mixture of machine collage, appliqué, embroidery and quilting. I call my main technique "collage with nets". I love how it allows me to explore the freedom of line and shape that exists in the world of painting without compromising the intensity of colour and texture that you can achieve with fabric.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I begin with a plain
fabric ground. On this surface I drop hundreds, sometimes thousands of tiny
bits of cut fabrics and threads (of any kind – natural, synthetic, metallic)
until I reach a depth and texture that pleases me. I then pin transparent
netting on top, usually nylon tulle, which holds everything in place. The layers
are then machine stitched together. This new fabric is now ready for further
surface work: machine applique, embroidery, collage, and, more recently,
photographic transfers from my photographer husband’s huge collection of
natural images (</span><a href="http://www.jwrobelphoto.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">www.jwrobelphoto.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">).
The finished surface is then quilted over batting and backing to fix the shape
and enhance textures and lines. </span></span>
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evolved? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After many wearable fashion disasters, I learned that I had an aptitude and passion for hand embroidery.
During my teens and onward I absorbed nearly every embroidery technique and was
even teaching them at one point. But as you may suspect, it’s a slow medium. The transition to my new techniques took a number of years and lots of experimentation.</span></span></span><br />
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else to you do within the industry? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I occasionally teach
workshops on a freelance basis (teaching my techniques or design). Lately I
have been organizing my own, by renting facilities in a lovely historic church
just around the corner. I even provide excellent lunches and it’s lots of fun. Also, I do some public
speaking and presentations, and trunk shows, about my work and/or about native
trees and art.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> What's the best advice
you could give someone who wants to try quilting or textile art for the first
time? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don’t let anyone burden
you with rules.. if you feel excited and it’s breaking a rule, then go for it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> Do you exhibit your work? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Over the years I have
exhibited extensively… in commercial and public galleries and plenty of
unlikely places too. I love showing my work and it’s the way I connect with
viewers and clients.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Buried Treasure 30x10" (76 x 25cm) 2009 $725 USD</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Framed textile incorporating cotton, silk, synthetic and metallic fabrics and threads, nylon tulle.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> How do you go about
finding and selecting galleries? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sometimes <b>galleries</b>
approach me directly or via my website, but more often I approach them. First I
make sure they are a good fit for my work, then I speak to other artists to
find out what their experience is with the gallery. After that I follow the
protocol that most galleries post on their site. I haven’t needed to do that in
a few years… I now have just the right number and quality of commercial
galleries.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I also do a few very
carefully selected<b> Commercial fine art shows</b> (where each artist has a booth) –
this is an excellent way to meet the public and increase my mailing list. I
only do shows that are <b><i>well juried</i></b> and have <b><i>high standards</i></b>. They are not cheap,
but well worth the investment.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Sacred Tree #1 12x12" (30x30cm) 2010 $425 USD</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> Do you belong to any
quilt associations? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No, I don’t belong to any
quilt associations. Although I do miss that kind of camaraderie, it’s more
useful and interesting to belong to <b>Naturalist</b> clubs, <b>Fine art</b> clubs, or any
groups outside the textile community. This keeps my ideas and work fresh.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> What would you recommend
people do who want to seriously get into textile art? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hang out with artists in
all media. Learn and study all kinds of things, not only textile art and
techniques. Bring in every experience you have. Don’t let anyone tell you what
to do and how to do it. Be very selective of your critics. Try to build a broad
income base by diversifying, using all your strengths and passions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Cotton, silk, synthetic and metallic fabrics and threads, nylon tulle. Cotton batting.</span></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> What inspires you? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Over the years, my work
has become a blend of all my interests: nature, science, spirituality,
literature, arboriculture, botany, environmental issues, my childhood on a farm
… It’s a long list! I am best known, however,
for my portrayals of native trees. Since my BSc in Horticulture, I’ve done a
lot of research on culture, symbolism, mythology, native uses, stories, poems…
and the more I learned, the more fascinating trees became. So that’s an ongoing
inspiration.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> What sewing machine /
threads etc do you use? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have 2 Berninas: an old
regular one (made in Europe), and an even older industrial one. Both have free
motion options. I don’t need anything fancy, just a strong motor and
reliability. I use all kinds of
threads, but prefer rayon for its shine and strength.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><b></b>Her smaller scraps are bagged by colour and stored by shade. Bigger pieces are sorted into wire draws.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> Do you have any formal
art training? Do you think it's necessary? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I don’t have formal art
training. I don’t think it’s necessary but I’m sure it can’t hurt.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> What's the most rewarding
thing about your career? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Art is my way of sharing
how I see and feel about the world. When people see it, they <b><i>know</i></b> something
about me, much better than when I open my mouth. This makes it easier for a shy
person like me to make connections and bring those fine souls my way. Everything
evolves from there.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> How did you learn the
techniques you use? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Mainly through experimentation
and looking at other artists’ work.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> What are your favorite /
least favorite parts of the quilting process? </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Endless pinning. I don’t
enjoy pinning. </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:( Or putting on the sleeve
at the end... (huge sigh). But frankly, there is
very little I don’t love about every stage of my process.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</script>Neroli Hendersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11928936172972729894noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341097922041621874.post-68700819842287281152010-05-28T00:56:00.007+10:002010-06-11T10:38:34.772+10:00Burning a Quilt - Textile art with a Heat Gun and Synthetic Fabrics, Video Tutorial<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UIouktOMLBHbJQgGHvgKayq3pTxMTVCEBMpYEfBwZHfzI5Ce0FrVcSU0kK5HI1TCN45MHHkpbr-CcbDiesc071ojWkHoMYxKhJ3AkcQB1zP3HN7ZUmIbOsPQ9z_F-9W4807ZIflnOmo/s1600/IMG_4347.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475968546860438642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UIouktOMLBHbJQgGHvgKayq3pTxMTVCEBMpYEfBwZHfzI5Ce0FrVcSU0kK5HI1TCN45MHHkpbr-CcbDiesc071ojWkHoMYxKhJ3AkcQB1zP3HN7ZUmIbOsPQ9z_F-9W4807ZIflnOmo/s400/IMG_4347.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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This is my newest <b>textile</b> based <b>artwork</b> entitled "<b>Pushing Up Daisies</b>". I've created a <b>video</b> above so you can see the <b>heat gun</b> in action <b>melting</b> and <b>distorting</b> the <b>fabric</b>.<br />
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<b>NB. when burning or melting any synthetic fabric, or cutting or scoring with a soldering iron work in a well ventilated area and wear a mask suitable for gas or vapours. You can buy disposables from large hardware stores.</b></div>
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I like to play with contrasts and in this case the normally pretty daisy flowers have been melted, and burnt, I like the way that this keeps the fragility inherent with flowers while giving it a harder, grittier edge.</div>
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I've played with burning before, most prominently in my <b>leaf quilts</b>, but with all of those I was melting smaller pieces and then using them to make or add to a larger work. In this piece I wanted to do a larger work and then burn the entire thing.</div>
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I've layered synthetic <b>fabrics</b> (felt, organza and satins) over cotton and stitched with <b>Madeira</b> metallic gold rayon and variegated rayon <b>threads</b>. I quilted the background quite intensely with little spirals as I having dense quilting here makes the stems, leaves and flower heads stand up more, and that in turns means they will burn quickest.</div>
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I used gold and copper <b>Shiva</b> oil paint sticks (I think these are called <b>Markal</b> paint sticks if you're in the UK) over the background quilting, these seemed to retard the heat effects on the background areas and the heat gun set the paint sticks instantly while only changing the colour slightly.</div>
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I love <b>quilting</b> on satin. The sheen really adds to the curves created by the quilting lines. The burnt areas of this are now essentially plastic, so it will either be framed or edged and hung for a wall piece.</div>
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<b>Heat gunning</b> will shrink a piece and I find it quite fun to watch it flatten and pull together. It helps the lesser quilted areas stand up even more.</div>
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This is my first <b>video</b> and I'm going to hopefully do some more in-depth video <b>tutorials</b> (both free and subscription) in the future. As always would love to hear any feedback - please leave a message in the comments section below. </div>
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