postcards received
Here are the two beautiful gelli printed postcards I have received so far. Two more to come!

 

Top: hearts and background are all gelli printed,

from LINDA STOKES, Perth WA

 

Bottom: plum blossoms welcoming Spring,

from JENNI STRACHAN, Victoria

 

Thank you Linda and Jenni.

cheers
Cait

gelli printed postcards
Here they are - what an addictive process and so easy - loved it! I only had to make 4 for the online swap, but I became a bit excited with experimenting and finished up making 8!

They will be hand stamped at the PO tomorrow and posted across Australia to ACT, NSW and Tasmania.

white Paddington cotton background,

gelli plate printed with fabric paint

the beautiful feathers were found on the beach

 or in my garden

 

Thanks for visiting!

gelli printing
It's great to be here again after such a lapse in time :-D

Here is my first attempt at gelli printing for a postcard challenge in my online AusNZArtQuilters group.

Click on them to enlarge for more detail.

This one (above) on silk with comb,

bubble wrap and found bird feathers

 as templates

White Paddington cotton, combed paint,

overlaid with grey and black

Cotton - the feathers are less obvious than

in the silk (top). Also stamped with

 antique Indian flower stamp

Cotton with white paint underneath -  

muddier brown than it shows here.

Text stamp, which came up backwards of course!

The black circles were randomly painted

 onto gelli plate before final stamping.

 

Sections of these prints will be selected to enhance with more paint/stencils (maybe), foils and lots of hand/machine stitch, before making into 6 x 4 inch postcards.

Stay tuned for progress!

Thanks for visiting.

cheers
Cait

calling all mixed media artists ...

See you HERE next week!

 

 

cheers for visiting

Cait





some detail pics
If you are a member of Australia New Zealand Art Quilters online group, go to the Living Colour Entries album to see members' entries that didn't make selection in the exhibition (previous post). 

balloon detail

basket with metallic bunting tips

and stitch detail in sky

bon voyage!

sky and sunrise

There will also be an exhibition of entries that missed selection, entitled 'Le Salon des Refuses' at BERRY PATCHWORK, Berry, NSW on 30-31 August 2014.

It seems I named my quilt in anticipation of this French connection, LOL!

Hope you're enjoying the weekend.
cheers
Cait

Living Colour!
My piece wasn't accepted for exhibition :-((( but Himself is happy, because he wants it on his office wall.

There were 177 entries received and only 32 selected for exhibition, so it must have been very difficult to choose. I can't wait to see them.

This project was fun to work on and I learnt heaps - it can only be beneficial for future challenges!

C'est la belle vie!

[This is the life!]

40 cm x 95 cm

 

 

Artist statement

The colour and majesty of early morning hot air balloons

evoke a conflicting sense of excitement, adventure

and tranquillity.

Imagine being so immersed in the freedom of the wind,

with birds' eye views of the changing shapes and hues

of the landscape!

Although the Chinese created paper sky lanterns in the

third century BC for military signalling, it was

the French who achieved lift-off in the first manned

hot air balloon in France in 1783.

I love the whimsy and romance of these beautiful vehicles

full of life, fun and recreation.

 

Hand dyed background cotton sky fabric, stitched over

tear-away; appliqued commercial cotton batiks; machine and

hand thread stitching and embroidery with cotton, silk and

rayon threads; machine and hand quilting.

 

 

Here is a list of the exhibition venues LIVING COLOUR! TRAVELLING EXHIBITION

Thanks for visiting!
cheers
Cait

love love
Look what I found, yay! This gorgeous new old chair will live next to the (soon-to-be-installed) kitchen bench, so a visiting friend can rest her (or his) weary bones, while I make tea and we chat ;-)))

playing with stitch
I'm working on a project to submit for LIVING COLOUR! exhibition. Here's a snippet of how it's going ... nearly up to the hand stitching and quilting steps, which I love.

If it's selected, we will go to Melbourne to see it at AQC. If it's not, we'll go to Melbourne and see the others, LOL!!!

foreground about to be hand stitched ...

some squiggly clouds and sky

 

 

I hope you're working on something exciting right now too!

Thanks for visiting,

cheers

 

Cait