The Fuller Craft Museum was a state of the art building 50 years ago. It still looks fresh and new. It’s such a wonderful facility for art exhibits. If you’ve never been there, do visit sometime! This exhibit will be there through January 17, 2016. If you’re on the Cape, this exhibit will travel there and will […]
Author: turtlemoonimpressions
As a native plant gardener, the natural world is phenomenal and so much of the man-made world - our architecture, our cities - are stunning accomplishments. They exist hand in hand in both beautiful expressions and sometimes disastrous manifestations.
Our entire existence with the natural and the invented is intertwined – each dependent on the other, even as my art evolves, each breathing in the wake of the other.
As a mixed media artist - textile, paper, printmaker - various substrates and mediums - surface design is one aspect of the process that I love. I thoroughly enjoy the play with color, value and construct, particularly the improvisation which starts with one thing, an idea, a glimpse of a vision, perhaps something that captures my eye for a moment in time and it grows organically. I become focused on whatever piece I'm working on and follow my muse to find my way.
The Learning Curve of Contact Printing
A little explanation of terms is probably in order. So far, I’ve mostly used cotton, which requires some special treatment before you dye or print with natural materials. A mordant is a substance that fixes or influences the color that is imparted onto the fabric. Without which, you won’t get any color to remain on the […]
Eco Prints On Paper
The same eco-print process I’ve been doing on fabric can also be done on paper, As you can see the first batch was way too watery. The second batch was also watery, though slightly improved. By the third batch, I pretty much figured our how to reduce the amount of water on the paper […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 