In The Studio

Every year I have the pleasure of participating in a week-long Independent Study at Art Cloth Studios.
I think I have participated for the past 10 years, possibly eleven.
It has become a great "fresh start" to the creative year.  I seem to develop many ideas for the work I want to pursue over the course of the next months.
Here are a few things I worked on during the week.

Deconstructed screen printing with thickened dye

screenprinting and stenciling with thickened dye

several yards of cotton and cotton-linen (Kaufman Essex):

someprinted and some low-water immersion dyeing

cloth-to-paper lamination

devore

The group came over and we cooked pizza one night!

Spoonflower design work and resulting fabric.

New Spoonflower fabric

I used the coupon from my Spoonflower "meet-up" in Houston to order a few pieces using different types of cloth.  Today I will post the image (mirrored) of my dog sitting on a chair, legs crossed.  This print is on heavy upholstery cloth.  I'm planning to construct a couple of pillows to use of these chairs (2 swivel gliders) to keep the dog off!   I wouldn't mind it so much if she would just jump up and lay down.  The problem is that she digs first!  Ugh!  Good thing she's so cute and lovable...

 Here is the repeat.  It is a 2-yard length

 detail

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