Black birds, shibori and stitching

2010, Uncategorized / /
Untitled  each 5.5″ x 5.5 “
original print on shibori dyed fabric with machine quilting
© linda germain 2011

I love these bird stencils that I cut.  I was afraid to ruin the print below and have been torturing myself with how to finish it off.  So I made these small prints and played with machine quilting. They look good in a 10″ square frame with a mat. I have been thinking about why I might be attracted to the crow/raven.  They are everywhere, especially at the farm.  They are known to be intelligent, communicators, soloist and from the dark side of self.

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Mixed media Prints on Shibori dyed fabric

2010, mixed media printmaking / /
Lessons 8″x 8″
Mixed media print on shibori dyed fabric
©linda germain 2011
I am determined to use some of the fabric that I have been dyeing in the shibori class that I am taking.  I picked two of my least favorite dyed pieces and just started stencilling and writing on the surface.  I have to say I am pleasantly pleased.  I mounted the first two on a box.  They look good but you kind of lose the feel that is is fabric. I don’t think that I want to go the quilt route.  so I guess I will just keep playing.
Untitled  8″ x 8″
Mixed media print on shibori dyed fabric
© linda germain 2011

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Shibori – Clamp Resist Experiments

2010, fabric prints / /
clamp resist method of shibori
© 2011 linda germain
I am taking a fun class at Essex Art Center taught by Rachel Hunt Durocher.  We are getting to try out many different ways to create resists and dye fabric.  We are using MX fiber reactive dyes and mercerized cotton.  But you know me I always like to try something else or break the rules or do what I am told not to do.  So I have been trying to dye cotton and linen that I had lying around the studio.  Some times it works and some times it does not.
Clamp resist on rusted fabric
©linda germain 2011
This piece above look better in person, but I love it.  I had rusted the fabric a few weeks ago and added a clamp resist yesterday.  Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.  Below are my supplies for the clamp resist.

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supplies for clamp resist
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Simple relief prints, rust prints and more

2010, relief prints, rust prints / /
Untitled 2011
screen print on rusted paper
© linda germain 2011

I have been playing with foam relief prints in preparation for some kids classes and experimenting with rusting fabric just because I love it.  Today I was playing with a blocking fluid screen print.  With so many experiments it is hard, no impossible to see the top of any of my work tables.

what I have been up to board
24″ x 36″
© linda germain 2011
I really like to play with out having to end up with a product.  Is that strange?  Sometimes I think so and then get into a rut about having to have great finished work.
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