I've been wanting to do this for a very long time. Finally, tonight, without much forethought, I started slicing. The background is a small piece of Mountain Mist White Gold 100% cotton fusible batting. I don't generally fuse and even if I wanted to, all my fusibles are at the studio. It just seemed easier to iron the fabric to the batting, then free-motion sew it down. So that's what I did. The point, of course, was to capture the essence of my woods without reproducing them. I haven't worked like this in 10 years and it felt good to get back to this pared-down method. I have many photos of my woods but not the original of this one; only the black and white version below. Is this the beginning of a series? Who knows? In any case, I am pleased with the way the piece above turned out and will
let it sit on my wall till I decide what to do with it. In the meantime, it comforts me.
6 comments:
The clean starkness of this piece is very compelling. It kept making me look again and again.
Denise Aumick
I love the contrast of the two pieces. I love the black and white version.
"Is this the beginning of a series? "
Oh I sure hope so- love the simplicity of this and it captures the woods and fence perfectly. Damn, all I see is sky up here in condo-land! Very nice...
Oh, very nice! I feel like I know these woods. They could provide inspiration for many wonderful quilts. I love the simplicity of this piece, you really did capture the essence of the woods.
ok this is cryptic and brilliant at the same time! Susie
Rayna,
Can't help myself: (your)woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Woods and trees are appearing in my work too, but mostly inspired by poetry. Take care, Vivika
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