Showing posts with label Iban Longhouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iban Longhouse. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Dreaming of Borneo

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I first showed you this piece back in October here. I also discussed how I made the stamps here.

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It is long overdue but I have finally got around to finishing it. I am not going to lie to you, I was looking to finish quickly as I had long lost any inspiration regarding the piece, but as I mentioned before it is a piece I use to demonstrate stamping, and as some people seem to turn up at more than one group, I felt I needed to get it off the UFO list.

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With that frame of mind I decided to print off some scanned images and put them onto fabric and just slap them on. I was doing a test print in paper first to check the alignment, when I decided to just skip printing it onto fabric and make some fabric paper instead. As you can see I stitched the images down with monofilament thread and I was done. 

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It won't be hanging in any art galleries or on a wall in my home for that matter, but for a sample it does just fine.
Stay tuned for info on fabric paper in case you don't know what I am talking about (and if you can't wait visit Leslies blog, she uses it a lot). Plus I also want to share with you the method I used for the edging on this piece.

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Thursday, 20 October 2011

Iban Longhouse

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Carrying on from last week's post about pizza base stamps.
This, called "Iban Longhouse" at the moment, has now had an image of said longhouse added to it.
I used a freezer paper stencil and some Stewart Gill paint. These are not the paints that I use for my everyday painting of fabric but they are very good for adding details with stamps and stencils and have a very comprehensive range of textures and colours.

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