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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Hand Embroidery: Graffiti Fragments
Embroidery floss, acrylic paint on linen
Bad Bunny visits Graffiti Alley, Ann Arbor Michigan
My friend and I are preparing for a jafagirl show in October, which will be highlighting some of our street art represented in stitch,yarn, felt, painting and photography.
Links
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Modern Artifacts: 2010 Year-end Update
A few projects I completed in 2010 were challenging and rewarding. Of interest to the rest include a triptych completed for an art show in Sacramento.
"El Corazon De Sufrimiento" received some nice media notices as well as positive reactions from those at the show.
The link leads to my blog post which contains a few more details about the work. El Corazon de Sufrimiento
Most recently posted are some general instructions on how to make insets for the covers of hand bound books.
The link below will bring you to the page containing the instructions, a few ideas and more photos.
Book Cover Insets
Terry Tyson
Happy New Year!
Monday, November 29, 2010
Reverse painting on Plastic
Every now and again I (jafabrit) like to play with acrylic paint and do reverse painting on plastic. It's sort of the adult version of finger painting because the only way to get soft blended colours is to use your fingers. No special prep is needed like you would if using glass, or special paint.
If you're ever in Yellow Springs Ohio check out my work at IN A FRAME, or just enjoy the yarnbombing we (jafagirls) put up :)
"snowflake tree" on Corry Street
Happy Holidays
Monday, October 18, 2010
Mixing Media: Marmite Shrine how to
I currently have this in my show "stitch gasp", although it's not for sale. It will go in my dining room after the exhibit :) I made the shrine with MDF, collaged on torn pieces of scrapbook stencil paper, painted it black with some red, and then hand rubbed it with goldleaf paint using a rag. The eye piece is from an old bracelet I had that I inset into a found handle or door plate. The doors I stitched on with waxed thread, and used two wood beads for the door handles.
The embroidery is on cotton, and all done by hand using a mixture of satin stitch, long and short and couching, then a light wash over parts of it with acrylic paint. I then stretched it over a piece of mdf covered in felt and anchored it to the back.
