These days are irresistible! I had to go outdoors again. The sun was shining. The birds were chirping… and I was sunprinting again, only this time, with Jacquard’s Dye-Na-Flow. Here’s a link to a quick and easy tutorial for sunprinting with Dye-Na-Flow: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=C8i5jYmTzvQ&feature=plcp&context=C36599b4UDOEgsToPDskLce4DNTugAglS2xKpAEcJ7 She used a stencil but I used real, freshly picked plants here. Let […]
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.
Sun Prints With Screen Print Ink
Warm and sunny again, although the sun kept ducking in and out later in the day just to make the timing a bit tricky. In this batch I used screen print ink mixed with a little Golden GAC 900 as an extender and some water. There have been some excellent posts on one of my […]
A Fun Playdate with Hema
Another glorious day here in New England! Another day for outdoor fun! Yesterday I was joined by a good friend, Hema, a fellow BMQG member, and her little boy, Kavin, who had almost as much fun as we did. I think I’ve started another obsession for her, so now we’ll both be obsessed with sun […]
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