Try On for Size

Nothing like checking the color and size at the site. This is the room where the three panels will be placed, and it's so nice to see how the light will affect the color. This is the backside of the practice panel.

Color Happens

From brick to paint to coating, if you want to see layers, here you are. The color pallet if this Baltimore building is worthy of stealing, and the irregularities worth noting as well..

What a Difference a Year Makes

This time last year I was teaching at QSDS in Columbus, Ohio.  There is no retreat this year, and memories will have to hold till next year. Can't have imagined!

Easy to Mix

Dynaflo is easy to mix, use, and seems to stay that intensity. A bit. Wet = darker by a shade. But this method is giving me a way to paint these panels easily.

Tryouts More

With a linen base, I'm using under-painting with Dynaflo and adding screened images with profab paint. I like the quickness of these materials, but still can't use them for a functional or soft fabric. And the screens have to be washed immediately, but it's a fun medium.

Start of Panel Project

My daughter has requested linen panels for acoustic help in her living room. And a mom has to deliver. So, this linen has been painted and will get more layers. Happy to have 90 degrees to speed the drying. Stay tuned for more.

Things for Rubbing and Stenciling

Someone requested a visual of things I use for printing. There are bits of snow fence, stencils, plastic place mats, sink drainers, a hunk of rope, a barbecue meat tray, and a scarf organizer. Anything fairly thin and even works.

Remembering Day

Saturday, Sunday, Weekend. Each day melts with the other. But on this Memorial Day, loss feels different. Because there is so much loss all around us. Past loss, future loss, present loss. And the reflection of that loss seems to take more that just this day, week, month.

Something Light

Suiting linen has taken my thinned down dynaflow as a  trial for a three panel sound absorbing device. My daughter asked for this solution, and if your daughter asks, you say "sure!". This is just the sample to see how to work with the textile paints.

Materials List Illustrated

I'll be giving a live virtual class in printing fabric this June (now full). One of the students asked for an image of what I was asking her to have on hand. This is some of what is needed. It reminds me of those great children's books that illustrated nature, things, stuff.

Scrarf for the Scarfless

I need to make more of these scarves. Not that it is scarf weather, but because they're so pretty. I print a third width (15 inches or so) and two yards long. Then sew the ends together in a loop. I usually wrap it three times around my neck.