Day 3647: Thread and Paper.

 

"Disjointed": junk mail collage, digital.

 

 

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2GN2S ... 

Artist Floor Giebels 

has endless embroidery possibilities ...

 
Floor is one artist who goes beyond the traditions of embroidery by incorporating photography into her hoop art. Her pieces feature figures with their backs turned towards the camera, looking out at picturesque landscapes. Areas including the ocean, grassy fields, and forests remain as printed images while the characters are enhanced with stitching.   

A key element of Floor’s stitching is her subjects’ hair. This is where she uses the fuzziness of the thread to her advantage. Floor employs the thread painting technique to convey the shadows and highlights on a braided coif or long loose hairstyle. Placing certain hues side-by-side creates a realistic effect that complements the photography it’s stitched on. The results are a unique form of mixed media art. 

 She offers a class called Intermediate Embroidery: Getting Creative with Printed Fabrics.

A short Floor Giebel video here.

A quick step-by-step ...

Working in a journal page on right.

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I started with a 4x4" square, and nothing planned. (piece 1)

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I added piece 2 of torn junk mail, using glue-stick & a brayer.

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 Piece #3 is also torn junk mail, left-center.

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Piece #4  is torn junk mail, upper-right.

 

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The 5th piece is a horizontal strip I cut from another collage, digitally. Also, the entire piece is color-corrected digitally.

5 pieces of paper saved from the landfill?

 

 

 

A fun 1-minute video, courtship dance, here.

 

Just because ...

  

Northern Pygmy Owl

 

 

Smiles for Sunday ...

 

 

  

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

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