Textile Postcard Project Week # 125

February 24th -29th

This is an experiment using toning colours and straight machine stitching. The background has been hand dyed, rusted and printed using a stencil. The result is very pleasing. However it does remind me of the dry farming hills we see throughout this drought in Australia.

The machine stitching is very clear in this photo.

Textile Postcard Project Week # 124

February 16th-22nd 2020

Unfortunately this postcard has not photographed brightly..However I hand dyed the fabric on the card with Procian dye and discharged it with bleach. Over this I have used my own 'stamps' and fabric paint to print images - thus giving the finished fabric a more complex appearance.

The close up view shown here has been stamped with a spiral image on a section of bleached pattern.

 

Textile Postcard Project Week # 123

February 9th - 15th 2020

Could this be the surface of the Tasmanian bush track that we travelled today? It was a beautiful drive through wonderful wattles, eucalypts and tall tree ferns, a little south of Stanley in the north-west area of the Tasmanian island.
To give this appearance I have done a rubbing on fabric over a rough surface using 'shiva' sticks. ( these sticks are similar to an oil crayon.) 

Detailed view of the rubbing on fabric

Textile Postcard Project Week #122

February 2nd  - 9th 2020 

We sail across Bass Strait this week to spend a month in Tasmania. These hills have been screen printed and could easily represent the hills around 'Lake Pedder' in Central Tasmania. It is a very pretty island which was first settled in the early 1800s.

A closer view of the hills and still cool waters.