Some good oldies :}

I decided that I needed pictures of my old work and recent work. During the summer I dont have access to studio equipment and those beautiful expensive cameras that make things seem magical, so I asked my friend Muse who is a wiz with technology to go into the woods with me and photograph my stuff.

This is from first year Textiles. We finally got to used the super huge screens to print yardage. This is a sea themed printed on cotton using dyes and polychromatic techniques to get the nice multi-tone effect. I do plan to make bed sheets with it so I can pretend I'm sleeping on sand at a nice beach with warm weather! 

I love the way this picture turned out. Except it does not do ANY justice to my piece :/

I put alot of detail work into this piece and unfortunately is not something a camera shows very nice. It looks better in real life. Hand painted and screen printing with dyes on organic cotton. The red little figures are pomegranates and hearts. My inspiration was comparing the pomegranate seeds to blood cell flow in the heart. It also relates to the "you are what you eat" phrase with a pomegranate being fed to a silhouette to replace an empty heart. I used metallic rainbow thread to embellish the tree...yes people metallic rainbow thread...it is as magical as it sounds. I also did some hand embroidery and beading  on some small areas.

This was the first piece I worked on this year. It was inspired by some textile pieces from the Textile Museum of Canada. I screen printed with dyes on different fabrics and patched them together on a larger piece. I also used machine embroidery, applique and foiling for more texture and detail. Again this is one of those pieces that look better up close where you can see the detailed bits that make it so beautiful. This piece was displayed at the Museum for some time. I was quite proud.