I am finding my way back to the studio. I have a file box of photos and magazine pages that I collect. I took them out and went through them and got some inspiration. I am excited to get going on it. I drafted a pattern and took it to Copymax and had it enlarged. I love working with abstract geometric shapes so that is where I am going. Here is my pattern:
Here are the fabrics that I am auditioning:
Oh, and these dotted blacks:
Mr C’s brother is here for the week-end. He is living and working temporarily in Richland, WA. It is his birthday on Monday so he came down to Portland to celebrate with us. He has a new two-seater Mercedes sports car so the two boys went off exploring this morning in the new car while I got in my steps and worked in the studio a little. This afternoon we visited Oregon wine country for the first time. I tasted and bought some great pinot gris and pinot noirs. Tonight we had dinner at Caprial’s Bistro ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù always a treat.
I can’t wait until tomorrow so that I can start working on my new project – using a much different color scheme for me. I am combining hand dyes with commercial fabric. One thin I have noticed is that using some prints with hand dyes, punches up the design so it is not as flat.
can’t wait to see what you create …I love to see the process…!
Oh you’re so organised, Gerrie! I never draw designs like that . Look forward to seeing the work in progress.
I’m intrigued by the arrows on your design and am looking forward to seeing what these will mean. Your design looks well thought out.
I’m guessing the arrows are used like Robbi uses them…to keep track.
Gerrie, is this going to be a fused piece?? Looks interesting.
teri
I’m with Kristin, what’s up with the arrows? Your fabric choices are perfect, I can’t wait to see the results. I also like the combination of hand dyes and prints together…adds so much sparkle.
Our stashes are so similar…I have almost every one of those dotted fabrics. Now I want to use them.
I like those dotty blacks, especially the far left one (and I have the second from the right). I can’t wait to see what the arrows mean….