Making paper bowls with artists’ bleeding tissue paper, molds, cheesecloth, recycled dryer sheets, paint and stitch. Also coiled bowl covered with wet strength tissue, paper pulp with rose petals, coiled bowl with eco-dyed carrier sheet covering and bamboo stand.
The class is open on Wednesday, April 23rd at the Creative Campus of the Foothills Art Center. We will be covering how to construct vases and bowls with paper and fabric from top to bottom. You will learn techniques using momigami, mark making and various embellishments to make these with your own style. Please check out the link below to register:
https://course.veevart-apps.com/foothillsartcenter/catalog/vases-and-vessels
Check out some new vessels at the Foothills Art Center’s Creative Campus in Golden, Colorado. Class will be held April 23, 2025. Join in for some fun exploration with paper and fiber art. https://course.veevart-apps.com/foothillsartcenter/catalog/vases-and-vessels
New class will be held at the Creative Campus of the Foothills Art Center. Please follow the link below: for more information.
https://course.veevart-apps.com/foothillsartcenter/catalog/vases-and-vessels
To see examples search IG or Facebook for #unidentifiedmeaningfullobject. I have used dyed linen, embedded paper, roving, stitches with perle cotton, vintage thread and vintage buttons.
To make your own UMO, follow the steps below:
1. Choose a small smooth rock and write a word on it (keyword for you)
2. Write a poem about this word on paper big enough to cover the rock after kneading it (momigami)
3. Wrap the stone in the momigami paper with your poem written on it.
4. Wrap the stone with yarn or thread.
5. Wrap ball in wool roving, fiberfill or whatever you wish.
6. Wrap ball with fabric strips, lace, cording, ribbon etc
7. Stitches to secure
8. Embellish with whatever you wish, buttons, charms
Voila! It’s meaningful because you made it so!
Combining photo images of pix from my phone. Having fun with Duralar (an inkjet acetate printable sheet). You can paint, print or draw on the acetate and then layer it over your image in PSE or make a copy of the overlay and your original to create a new image from an old one. Some samples are below where I have used heat pressed originals and added the clear acetate sheet when copying or taking a new phone image. The one directly below is an indigo-dyed piece of paper, a piece of embedded paper with painted cattail seeds and the acetate overlay on top.
Had to add an item that I consider to be an award “of sorts”. I was selected by jurors Linda Colsh, Nancy Bavor and Alice Beasley to exhibit in the published international SAQA Journal 2024. I was one of 40 chosen art quilters out of over 500 submissions! Feels like such an honor to be included.
My statement: “Once I’d received a diagnosis of osteoporosis, I couldn’t get the idea of brittle bones out of my head. I felt fragile inside. This quilt gave me solace in creating something beautiful and delicate. When I see lunaria seed pods, I enjoy the translucence of the pod and seeing the protected seed inside as something enduring. Creating artwork is a healing process for me, allowing the expression of my feelings in a tangible way.”
I was one of the textile artists to be published in the SAQA Journal in 2024. They had 500 entries and had to narrow it down for an exhibit of 40 artists. The jurors were Nancy Bavor, Alice Beasley and Linda Colsh. “Before us were more than 500 children of the best artists of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, each submission the artist’s incantation to inspire a moment of magic and wonder.” Wow, I felt a huge “atta a girl” with this statement!
A detail shot of “Fragile Within II” showing fragile twigs and lunaria seeds made with organza and florist wire hanging by a thread.
This is the full quilt as published with my statement about the healing process in making this quilt after a diagnosis of osteoporosis and “brittle bones”. It is titled II because the original was a 2-sided quilt that could hang from the ceiling. This one was placed on a stretched canvas.
These are so much fun to make! It only takes about 5 minutes in the sun, rinse, dry and you’ve got some unique cards. The bird print has a bird mask and rice placed on it.
Bin Art in Watercolor
I will have 10 items available in matted artwork at the Arvada Center, as well as spirit dolls, vases and wall hangings. The Market begins November 29th and runs till December 15th. Hope you will stop by and do some holiday shopping. The hours are 11:00 am till 7:00 on weekdays, Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00, Sunday 12:00 to 4:00.
