Creating a fibre art piece is fun, unpredictable and challenging. Fibre Art allows you to explore the use of a variety of materials and techniques in your art piece. It allows your creativity to go wild. Creating never gets boring.
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Inspiration: In a workshop, I learned to foil directly on fabric. It inspired me to foil on left over fabric and embellish the piece with stitching.
Techniques and materials: Trace leaf on fusible web, cut out the leaf, iron leaf onto fabric, iron foil over the leaf.
Framed: 9.5 inches x 7.5 inches
Inspiration: Attending a Shiva paintstik workshop, we painted small samples on fabric. My challenge was how can I use these samples? The answer was frame them.
Techniques and materials: Place fabric over a leaf stencil, rub the paintstik over the fabric to outline the leaf, embellish with machine stitching.
Framed: 9.5 inches x 7.5 inches
Inspiration: Having learned one technique applying foil on fabric and liked the results, it inspired me to learn a second technique.
Techniques and materials: Materials: foil adhesive, leaf stamp, foil. Technique: Brush adhesive on leaf stamp, stamp on fabric, iron on foil.
Framed: 9.5 inches x 7.5 inches
Inspiration: Having learned one technique applying foil on fabric and liked the results, it inspired me to learn a second technique.
Techniques and materials: Materials: foil adhesive, leaf stamp, foil. Technique: Brush adhesive on leaf stamp, stamp on fabric, iron on the foil.
Framed: 12.5 inches x 10.5 inches
Inspiration: Having success with eco printing on fabric, it inspired me to try eco printing on watercolored paper using plant leaves. I loved the results.
Techniques and materials: Treat watercoloured paper with alum, place leaves between multiple papers, cover with rust solution, simmer two hours on stove.
Framed: 13.25 inches x 16.25 inches
Inspiration: Having success with eco printing on fabric, it inspired me to try eco printing on watercoloured paper using flowers. I loved the results.
Techniques and materials: Treat watercoloured paper with alum, place flowers between multiple papers, cover with rust solution, simmer two hours on stove.
Framed: 13.25 inches x 16.25 inches
Inspiration: HandyMum Lin videos inspired me to design, appliqué and embroider this piece. Lin’s hand sewing, appliqué and embroidery is exceptional.
Techniques and materials: I hand sewed scrapes of fabric together, added hand appliquéd buildings and finally embellished with hand embroidery and dyed cheesecloth.
Framed: 14.5 inches x 17.5 inches