African Safari - MaryEllen Sax - "Vanishing Beauty"

Here is my piece for the African Safari Challenge.  I call my work Vanishing Beauty.  My hope is people will take a photo safari and protect the wonderful wildlife that is so endangered. I have not been lucky enough to be on a safari but, I sure hope to go one day.  And, when I go my camera will be ready.

I used more muted tones to give a feeling of disappearing. While at the same time I also tried to use traditional motifs and natural materials. The colors show the yellow for the hot sun, the washed out blue colors for the water areas and the brown for the land areas.

I used just the animals foot prints for a feeling of -they have gone this way. 

 

The cotton base fabric, cheese cloth and  other embellishment fabrics were all hand dyed.  I used a compination of acrylic paint, Tsukineko dyes, crayon, markers, homemade stamps, burlap, wooden beads and free motion quilting.

 

 

It was a fun project. I hope you enjoy it.