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Post by lyn on Sept 24, 2015 14:48:16 GMT
I ended up being too literal. I chose a photo from a lovely trip I took in the spring with a friend, to photograph special,historic & mythical trees of Crete for a book she is writing. I wanted to use the muted natural colour palette of the rugged landscape & the flowering hawthorn tree: www.flickr.com/photos/62077747@N05/21687178901/
Then I decided I *would* keep the topic too (not in the brief, I know), as I could make a felt picture as a keepsake for my friend. I did add a little brown hill & a bluer sky, but tried to retain the tones of the greens as best I could (the picture is a little lighter than the photo shows):
www.flickr.com/photos/62077747@N05/21687307401/
PS Please don't laugh at my beginner's free-motion embroidery! It's a truly beautiful picture and your machine embroidery is perfect! Be very, very proud of the tree (I certainly would be!)
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Post by jwugg on Sept 24, 2015 15:57:22 GMT
Yes Carole, I like your poppies too - was wondering if it's fused glass, that looks so interesting. Lyn that's too kind & too generous of you, definitely still at beginner stage - ie still forgetting to put the foot lever down sometimes so getting huge loops on the back!! But it's good enough for those who don't know better A winter project to practise.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Sept 24, 2015 16:14:01 GMT
I don't know Lynn and Jill, probably, I went to a glass class, my first. I didn't like the laying on of coloured glass it looked boring so I was about to leave. When the woman running the class asked if I had a picture that inspired me and of course it was the challenge picture. So I cut and deigned this piece on plain glass the yellow speckles are meant to represent barley!! she explaind how to create a 3d piece, then she took it away and fired it, and I got it back three weeks later.
I've just read up about glass fusing and that's exactly what is was :-)
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 24, 2015 16:53:04 GMT
Great glass piece Carole. Interesting story about the class. Glad you stayed as your piece is wonderful.
Jill - your tree is gorgeous. It has just the right amount of stitching and accents in stitch. No one can see the back so as long as the front works, don't even worry about the back. That will come with practice. And I still get crappy stuff on the backs of mine after years of free motion stitching.
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Post by koffipot on Sept 25, 2015 6:26:28 GMT
Carole - the glass poppies are lovely. They will look great in a sunny window. Jill - your tree is wonderful. As Ruth says, don't worry about the back. If you're really unhappy with it you could back it with some fabric or mount it onto a canvas or board. Recently, I did lots of hand embroidery on a felted scarf (very messy back!!) and backed it with a piece of silk in a similar colourway to my felted background.
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Post by zed on Sept 25, 2015 10:37:57 GMT
The glass piece is lovely, Carole And Jill, there is nothing to laugh at at all, that is a really gorgeous piece of artwork!
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 25, 2015 15:03:41 GMT
Jill, your felt piece is gorgeous! Great job on the free motion. I'm a beginner, too. I need to practice.:-)
Carole the fused pieced turned out great. I can understand your hesitation, but poppies were good inspiration.
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Post by lyn on Sept 25, 2015 16:47:44 GMT
I don't know Lynn and Jill, probably, I went to a glass class, my first. I didn't like the laying on of coloured glass it looked boring so I was about to leave. When the woman running the class asked if I had a picture that inspired me and of course it was the challenge picture. So I cut and deigned this piece on plain glass the yellow speckles are meant to represent barley!! she explaind how to create a 3d piece, then she took it away and fired it, and I got it back three weeks later. I've just read up about glass fusing and that's exactly what is was :-) Are you going again? Glass is lovely to play with! We dipped our toes into the world of fused glass and made lots of pendants - it was great fun - but we realised that it's a skill that takes a lot of time and dedication to master. Annie and I like to do lots of different things and we weren't prepared to dedicate ourselves to just one thing! The fusing can be smooth or textured - it's a matter of kiln timings etc. Here's some of Annie's pendants. The top one is full fuse and all the different pieces of glass have become one. The bottom two haven't been fully fused and are very textured.
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 25, 2015 16:54:17 GMT
Lovely pendants Annie! Thanks for sharing Lyn. It looks cool, but you're right when you want to try different things it's better to take an occasional class for something like this.
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Post by koffipot on Sept 25, 2015 17:42:28 GMT
Annie's pendants are beautiful. I especially like the fully fused one - it looks so smooth and tactile.
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 28, 2015 0:04:22 GMT
Great poppies and the tree is lovely. Lyn is there anything you and Annie haven't done?
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Sept 28, 2015 8:11:14 GMT
Lyn they are just gorgeous, I did ask the woman about making a pendant or earrings and she said your need to a lot of diamond cutting even after the fusing so she wasn't recommending it - are you still making them?
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Post by lyn on Sept 28, 2015 10:33:17 GMT
Great poppies and the tree is lovely. Lyn is there anything you and Annie haven't done? There are loads more things Annie and I want to try yet...life is definitely too short and paid work definitely gets in the way! We've been to lots of one-day workshops, at a farm in Dorset, to get a taste of various crafts such as: silver clay, beadwork, greetings cards, cut 'n' slash sewing, picture framing etc etc.. and we expanded on some of them at home by experimenting. The glass fusing came about when we were given an old pottery kiln. At the time we really wanted a smaller glass fusing kiln, so we sold the pottery kiln and bought one. We picked the brains of the owner of a local glass supply shop (he is a maker himself) and read library books on the subject. Annie had to teach me how to cut the glass (she had already learnt how to make stained glass stuff) and we made pendants. It was really exciting to see what we had when we lifted the lid of the kiln. We wanted to make larger glass items but we realised that glass fusing is a skill that takes a lot of knowledge, dedication and time. It wouldn't leave any room for other creative pursuits, so, very reluctantly, we sold the kiln and our stash of pretty glass. This quote probably resonates with most of us: "I just want to make pretty things and get enough sleep"
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Post by lyn on Sept 28, 2015 10:58:17 GMT
Lyn they are just gorgeous, I did ask the woman about making a pendant or earrings and she said your need to a lot of diamond cutting even after the fusing so she wasn't recommending it - are you still making them? No, we sold the kiln (please see post above). The cutting of the glass takes a bit of practice, but we didn't do any cutting after the fusing. If you want to make glass jewellery perhaps find another teacher if the current one isn't interested? To make the 'rainbow' pendant, Annie cut a rectangle of white glass, then cut pieces of coloured glass to lay on top. (Yes, it was tricky. And so was transferring it to the kiln!) We stuck silver bails to the back of most of the pendants (using a special two-part epoxy glue) and used leather or silver chain to finish. We did make a few pendants that didn't need bails e.g. Again, this is one of Annie's - my pendants weren't so imaginative!
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Post by elizabeth on Sept 29, 2015 14:00:21 GMT
I swore to myself that I'd do this challenge! So, I found a photo online and put it in the palette generator.
Then I intended to felt a vessel since I haven't made one successfully yet. Then I procrastinated until the last weekend. Then I decided to go to my default- a scarf. And couldn't find the photo of palette. The decided just to do what I remembered, and realized that the 3rd quarter challenge was to BLEND colors. Which I didn't do. So, making a boring story long, I threw together a Boho scarf last night. I'll try harder next quarter!
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