Just in the nick of time, as my working outdoors season comes to an end, I’m finally making some real progress in the eco-printing process. These are all cotton, as is most of what I’ve printed. This is one of my most recent batches and one for which I used a newly devised system for tracking the […]
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.
Eco Printing
You know I’ve been enamored with eco-prints for quite awhile now. In the summer of 2011, I gave it a first try and I was encouraged by the results but a long way off from what I wanted: Last winter I tried a brief experiment that was encouraging. I had discovered Elena and her […]
Pellon Emulsion Screens
I pulled a new trick out of the box recently – a technique I would never have imagined myself – thanks to Maggi Birchenough on the And Then We Set It On Fire Blog. You can find explicit directions over there. Pellon, or in the UK, Vilene, Emulsion Screens actually begin with a soy wax […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 