When I saw the theme "Space" I come to think of the Swedish painter Philip von Schantz and his paintings of vases and bottles which fools your eye and give you a sense of mystery. So one of his paintings was my inspiration for this piece.
Below is a link to this painting.
http://art.findartinfo.com/images/artwork/2012/7/a002810602-001.jpg
To try to convey space I started to paint a white background fabric with Dye-na-Flow acrylic paint. When still wet, newspaper masks with the shapes of bottles were placed on top and then sun printed. The bottle shapes that developed in a lighter shade than the background were then machine quilted. A second layer of fabric bottle shapes were raw edged appliquéd and finally as a third layer there were some organza shaped bottles added on top.
The piece is framed with a narrow binding.
So striking! Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteI love them heavy quilting of them first layer of bottles. Them different layers really give a impression of space.
ReplyDeleteAnn-Mari, this is a very successful piece. The abstract shapes, the upside down bottles, the different texture stitching, the overlapping - it would be a great advertisement for the Kemshalls' courses!
ReplyDeleteThe colour and balance of design is great!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Ann Mari...the play on shapes and colour is so well done.
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