New ones! Left to right: first Print, Second print, third print. You can see the color gradations as each screen losses some of the dye on each consecutive print. There’s a lot of info out there on Deconstructed Screen Printing (DSO) that is new to me and perhaps to you, so I thought I’d […]
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.
Autumn Joy
It is autumn! What gorgeous days we’ve been having here in New England! I’m so glad the weather is holding out so I can get outdoors to do the deconstructive Screen Printing that I just learned! These are stars of the show right now. In the early summer all of the logenberries fall off the […]
The Artworks
Among us were varied experience levels with this medium. I had never done simple silk screening, nevermind deconstructive silk screens, but I took to it immediately. I love it – it’s a medium that seems second nature to me and, right from the start, I was getting results that I’ve been trying to achieve with other mediums […]