Update on Woodwind; new project

I did some cleanup and added more embellishment on my Recycled Art project after last week's post... don't know if you can see it, but I added some ribbon, beading and thread. I also sprayed some polyurethane on the wood to protect it:

Meanwhile, I finally got all the fabric together to start a new art quilt based on a photo I took of the Devil's PostPile rock formation near Mammoth Mountain:

I have been fascinated by this formation ever since I first saw it back in 1997, and have wanted to create a piece of art ever since. Well, I finally decided to bite the bullet and give it a try. As you will see, I didn't exactly stick to the actual color scheme:

My original intent was to include the rock pile (seen at the bottom of the photo) and some of the vegetation as well, and I may still add some of that in. But I am really pleased with just the pillars, so I plan to study the design for a few days before I decide whether to add more composition or not. Right now, the fabrics are just fused onto the background, and I do plan to add detail stitching to the top before I quilt... I also think I will probably do at least another of these before I move on. I have another photo where the pillars are curved in part of the formation... that may be a bit of a challenge, but the subject matter is just awesome, and I can't get enough of it! Loony, huh?

Small Art

I have been working on another 'Small Art' series the past few days. I started with a piece of Complex Cloth I created summer before last... I know, not too swift! But I'm getting there... anyway, this was a piece I dyed using Low Water Immersion, then bleach discharged with torn newspaper as a resist. I fused the fabric to pellum, then I fused on some of another LWI piece, added ribbon and yarn, stamped some with metallic fabric paint, then used various techniques to finish the edges. I will probably go in and add some sparklies before I declare them finished. Oh, and I have 2 more I need to bind as well. These are really fun pieces to work on! And I'm thinking I want to try mounting them and framing as wall art. I'll post pictures of the final result when they are done.

Leaves on the Lake

I have been working on a new piece for about a month now, and thought I would post a progress report. This is based on a picture I took when we were visiting our Son and his family at Fort Lewis, Wa. We stayed in a cabin on a lake right on the Army base, and I took a picture of leaves floating on the lake. I used wonder under to fuse the leaves onto the background, and I'm about half-way through with machine stitching the details on the leaves.

Here is a closeup of the detail work:

Some of the fabrics are hand dyed, the rest came from my stash. I am using variegated cotton thread for the details.