Textile art.Textile art.Hello. I recently finished another textile picture. It started life as a chrome towel rail I found at a car boot sale for £1. As soon as I saw it I thought, aha, there's a picture there. I wanted to try weaving and this would be the ideal frame for it.
I had a lot of white cord which I got from the Scrapstore, and wrapped it around to make the warp. Then I cut lots of strips of fabric to weave through it. I had a landscape in mind and wanted three trees. I like the colours Hockney uses in his landscapes so I thought I would try and do something similar. A tree doesn't have to be green/brown, it can be any colour. I added beads, sequins, and made felt leaves. I used different kinds of fabrics. The ones that frayed a lot and weren't the same colour on both sides were the most difficult to work with. The trees I made with electric cable, the sort you rewire your house with. I cut the required lengths, bound the joins together with masking tape, wrapped them with beige fabric, then again with a coloured fabric. I found strips of teeshirts were the easiest to work with. The towel rail had four legs, one at each corner where you screw it to the wall, a friend cut them off for me. The finished picture. I have been given another towel rail exactly the same only slightly bigger. I did think about making another picture, but I have decided to mount this picture on top of it to make a frame. This one is hanging on my living room wall at the moment, but now I am getting a few artworks together I am thinking I ought to exhibit them. If you want to see more of this one, it's on my blog. Thank you for looking. http://meanqueen-lifeaftermoney.blogspo ... rials.html Toodle pip. Ilona Re: Textile art.Most effective Ilona.
Re: Textile art.That's lovely Ilona
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Re: Textile art.I agree that you should exhibit them. They are so colourful and there is so much detail in them. I imagine that they look so rich with the different textures that you have used in them.
An inspired piece of work Ilona I am now a widow and live with my memories.
Re: Textile art.That is lovely ...is the next one going to be a similar theme?
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