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| Adding my designs to a silk/wool blend shawl |
I have always carved. Mainly wood and even earlier-block prints on
linoleum blocks. Both are time consuming and labor intensive-not problem
normally to an artist but sometimes I just don't have the patience!
So with a "softer than linoleum" product on the market (for years
apparently!) by Speedball, I started carving my own stamps to use on my
scarves. To say it was fun was an understatement-it went fast, I was
impressed and most of all I was enthused! My own designs-not mass
produced ones from the craft stores....what's not to love? :-)
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| Using Speedball tools to carve away my design |
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| A few carved in just a day (and used!) |
I realize with the exception of the heart, these are all horses but
that's where my passion lies when I am trying new ideas. Plenty of time
to come up with other designs as I become more proficient!
Using the stamps with textile paint was a blast! I have a new batch of
scarves to play with so I can't wait to try them but in the meantime I
have two collages of what I worked on so far!
Our frigid temperatures have kept me off the hiking trails until today but the cold is coming back around and I'll be ready!
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| Prototypes! | | | | |
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| Overlapping the design in layers |
