The latest Cloth, Paper, Scissors Magazine had an article about using Citra-Solv Concentrate on the pages of a National Geographic to get an other worldly affect. I tried it one day and was thrilled with the results. Of course, my kitchen smelled overwhelmingly like an orange orchard and I had pages everywhere...but oh, the fun every time I pulled a new page from the magazine. I finally tried my hand at collage with some of the pages yesterday. I fused a layer of Wonder Under to a canvas and then I fused the National Geographic pages on top. I came back in with some markers to highlight a few areas but the pages were pretty phenomenal without my help. Quilting wise....I have been working on a large wall hanging to submit to SAQA's Creative Force Show. I have been listening to great books on tape like Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell so I know that I have 16 hours of quilting in the piece and another 13 hours of embellishment. I don't even know how many hours I spent creating the top in the first place.
I can't show you the quilt until it has been juried in or out but here is a sneak preview of the quilting and the beading. I used Angelina Fiber to add some glitz.
I am working on the binding right now.
2 comments:
These papers are really beautiful. And I can't wait to see the quilt in its entirety one day.
Cheers, Jenn Mason, Editor, Cloth Paper Scissors
Hi Karen. These papers look wonderfull. Have you heard of using Citra-solv to transfer the picture on canvas?
Heidi
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