Here is my stellar quilt - background of black velvet with layers of severely altered paper and lutradur. the orange red centre is made of brown paper with many layers of paint, bondaweb, wax crayon, shiva stick, angelina and walnut ink and melted with the heat gun (using maggie grey's technique from 'paper, metal and stitch' -a brilliant book). the top layer is painted and shiva sticked lutradur, finished off, after stitching, with the heat gun. free motion machine stitched and hand stitched - it has a lovely crunchy surface.
inspired by this photo taken by urbane scrumping i had lots of fun making the fiery centre and endless trouble getting the right black on the lutradur. ironically the right black ended up lacking depth so i attacked it with shiva sticks which gave the piece much more energy and visual texture.
i'm still not sure which way up it should go....(cross-posted at www.textileseahorse.blogspot.com)
This quilt is stunning. I really like it. The colours, the stitching. You did a great job! Thank you for sharing the techniques you used.
ReplyDeleteI like the top photo for direction best. Love the colors...and how you stitched around the center form. Beautifully done and so many techniques used here. I am impressed!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Lisette
ReplyDeleteA fabulous piece using difficult and complex fabrics and techniques. Your love of this piece shines through - you deserve to be very proud.
ReplyDeleteAmazing work
Chris x
whow great quilt< you are so talented
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing - so original! Lots of ideas for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteI love the luminosity you have created with the shiva sticks. Fabulous project. Congratulations
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! I love the interpretation of the photo! I also really like your "plateau" photo which really shows off the textural surface of the quilt.
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