Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Based on Landscapes

Allison Aller has posted a journal quilt with a landscape theme, here:
http://www.allisonaller.com/cblog/index.php?/archives/116-January-Journal-Quilt...Finished!.html

and Linda B at Chloe's Place has posted a whole series, here:
http://chloesplace.blogspot.com/2006/02/landscape-ufos.html
http://chloesplace.blogspot.com/2006/02/landscapes-continued.html
http://chloesplace.blogspot.com/2006/02/more-landscapes.html

I've been prompted to root out some of mine:



This was one of the first assignment pieces I did when I started City & Guilds, using fabric manipulation techniques. The sky is painted with water colour dyes, and we had to use at least 3 different types of fabric.

Here's a closeup..



(click on pictures for larger image)

Now I look at it like this, I think the piece I cut out for the close up makes a much more interesting composition.

1 comment:

beche-la-mer said...

Love it! I hope this will inspire me with my landscape that is still just a visual journal page!