Wednesday, January 27, 2010

 

Art Bra Butterfly Fantasie


Trarahhhh, and here it is.... completed....
I will enter this "Prachtstueck" for submission to be considered for the 2011 Art Bra Calendar

 

Art Bra Butterfly Fantasie


ok, here it is...the Under-Bra foundation

 

Art Bra Butterfly Fantasie

ok, I am smiling..I like what I am looking at so far....
In order not to make this project too busy, I decided to  lightly apply paint to the  Underbra sides using  gold  metallic Luminaire Acrylic paint to give it a leathery slightly distressed look. Also I made cords using several different strips of fabric also adding a string of varigated eyleash yarn, then they  were  twisted and zig-zagged using my Bernina 730, really cool...I like it...yeahhhh

 

Art Bra Butterfly Fantasie

After adding the lining , I used strips of velvet and silk fabric to  finish the outer edges and added the felted body of the butterfly to the center. Imbedded in the felted body are the Butterfly feelers for which I strung  black shiny beads to Beadalon wire and secured the beads with crimps , then added gold crabs to the tip hiding the crimps within and wasn;t this just perfect..  yeah...


 

Art Bra Butterfly Fantasie


 

Art Bra ButterflyFantasie



After hooking the bottom and middle section of the Butterfly Bra , I decided to use the Fiber Art Material which I made during a workshop with Australian Fiber Artist Pearl Moon.

 

Art Bra Butterfly Fantasie

Here the   pattern for the bra base hooking material  has been marked with a feltted pen and darts have been stitched for form

 

Art Bra Butterfly Fantasie

 My  idea has taken on reality - here I transferrd my  Butterfly  Art Bra design pattern to hooking base material



Tuesday, January 12, 2010

 

Critters


This bear found a bowl with goodies . he is made of teasel which was  trimmed and shaped...just looking at him makes me want to make more Critters....I have the supplies but I need more TIME....

 
This is a Bunny with really large ears.
The body is teasel...the only artificial material used to put the Critters  together is a hot glue gun and the prerequisite is that NO glue is allowed to show

 

Pinguin and Reindeer

 

Critters


Cat, Owl and Pinguin . The Pinguin's furry chest  is  from the cotton flower, his bow is raffia,how cute is he?

 

Critters

A while back  my friend Eve also introduced me to the Critter workshop at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds  Ford, PA where I became a Volunteer Critter artist.
Throughout the year some 80 volunteers are busy  gathering, drying and creating figurines made with only naturally  grown materials.

On the first weekend in December the Museum has its annual Critter Sale and people stand in line to get in to buy them as gifts or to add to their private collection. Those Critters have  become beloved collector items often displayed on a Christmas Tree. In 1984 the volunteers were invited to the Reagan White House to decorate the main Christmas Tree.This tradition continues at the Museum where all Christmas Trees are decorated with Critters often using a theme like Angels, or Dr. Seuss figures...They continue to bring joy to the Museum visitiors and collectors alike.

 
This is an OWL was  made with teasel,pumpkin seeds , beans
and oak nut cups I found in nature.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

 

PolyClay sculpting







Today I played with PolyClay and eventhough I had planned to sculpt a Baby Face...it turned out to be this Angel face....she'll need ears and after baking she'll get her make up and then I'll decide about her body.....
and her name......I found this Angel hair in a X-mas decoration and thought it would improve her photo....

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