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| "Just Another Parrotthead" 23 x 20" (c) Diane Hamburg |
I just finished "Just Another Parrotthead" for my local
Island Art Association's Nouveau Art Exhibit entitled "It's 5 o'clock somewhere." My husband came up with the idea of using the parrot and a margarita. I used Ellen Lindner's technique of double Reverse Applique! Please go to
Ellen's website to learn more about this very versatile technique. I've fallen in love with it!
I created the following art pieces in June but forgot to photograph them before sending them off to FAN - Fiber Artists Network - my local fiber group. We're completing our challenge to create fiber work for our 52 Pick up - really 54 cards are portrayed, including 2 jokers. We'll be exhibiting the whole deck at Jacksonville, Florida's Quiltfest in September. We're even making the deck into actual playing cards to sell! Check
FAN.
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| "3 of Clubs" 24 x 15.5" (c) Diane Hamburg |
The background for the "3 of Clubs" was created using the wonderful mixed media techniques I learned from
Valeria Goodwin during her workshop held in Florida this past June. I will do this more and more. It's such fun! The turtle's were traced onto organza and fused down.
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"4 of Spades" 14 x 15.5" (c) Diane Hamburg
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The "4 of Spades" started with a dropcloth - painted and repainted in time as I worked on other printing projects. I added some stenciling to unify the cloth and then used white paint as a light wash to tune it down. The trees and grasses were appliqued on using fusible web.
I'm off to Europe for 3 weeks. I hope to come back full of inspiration. I know I'll come back eager to get back in my studio! Bon Voyage!
