Friday, February 10, 2006

Kinda interesting to me

I did the thread drawing yesterday of Willie Cole.  Dscn1271   I added colouring with caran d'arche watercolour crayons to the face and the circle and crawly motifs were cut from a handkercheif someone gave me a souvenir from their trip to Australia.  The face with the sewn on red fabric is a seperate piece with a backing that will be attached to a background. he lighter piece I'm considering for the background...both the red and the yellowish/greenish fabrics are from Mary's (Quiltstudio77) scraps.  This might be Feb. journal quilt but I might make it larger, undecided at this time.  I'm calling it The Iron King.  Willie Cole makes sculptures from discarded irons and also scorches layers of paper and fabric with irons and then takes the scorched images to create totally new images.  You can see a demonstration of him doing that on the link provided 4 posts below this one.



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9 comments:

  1. ElleFebruary 10, 2006 at 7:53 AM

    This is a pretty cool piece!

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  2. GerrieFebruary 10, 2006 at 12:08 PM

    I really, really like this. The colors, the layout - it is so cool!

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  3. jenclairFebruary 10, 2006 at 1:18 PM

    I like this, too. You are on a roll, K !

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  4. DebRFebruary 10, 2006 at 2:32 PM

    I love how the shapes and textured dots of the aboriginal motifs play against the shapes and textures of the thread-painted features. Very cool, Karoda!

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  5. Tongue in CheekFebruary 11, 2006 at 12:27 AM

    The choice of your colors attracts me, the coils and the snakes move well together, Very nice! I am glad to discover your blog!

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  6. Jen AndersonFebruary 11, 2006 at 4:00 AM

    You have been really in the zone! I really like the portrait (and also the lovely angel piece, you made it come alive). The portrait is more exciting though, because it is all yours start to finish. A wonderful collage and so expressive. Jen

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  7. Mary ManahanFebruary 11, 2006 at 12:20 PM

    Karoda,
    It is wonderful! I am so honored that you used my fabric...I didn't even recognize it at first... You are something else...I love the aboriginal motifs! You go girl!

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  8. Pamela PoorFebruary 12, 2006 at 3:56 PM

    I shall just ditto everyone else. The combination of alll elements make for such an interesting piece. I hope you post it again when it's completed.

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  9. RaynaFebruary 15, 2006 at 4:25 AM

    Karen, you need to send this picture to Willie Cole! It's wonderful. I am always amazed at what we can do with other people's scraps! What a cool piece this is.

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