It’s all been about cleaning up inside and outside and reorganizing, but when I get to the eco print mode my focus has been on experimenting for much of August. Changing things up, trying new options. While I have been developing a new system for documenting, for this post I’m on a hiatus, so please […]
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.
Answering a Few Questions
To answer some questions I received since the last post: Q. Given the abundance of sweet potato vines we have, I want to try some fabric printing! Is the fabric dry or wet? When you encase the rolled fabric in plastic, what do you use? After the fabric is unrolled, do you use anything to […]
Sweet Potatoes!
I’ve discovered, much to my delight, that sweet potato leaves print! Thank you Paulette Welch Shea for offering them up to me! She even delivered them to my door…that’s a friend worth keeping for 64 years! LOL! Stonewashed Silk de Chine; Sumac Leaf Tannin, PAS mordant. Silk scarf laid down on top of plastic; leaves […]
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