Patterns, textures, lines. Photo studies of pattern, to be implemented into quilts.

The threat of a hurricane and a blanket of humidity! What could be better conditions for stamping fabric with thickened screen printing inks?

These WIP's have been plastered to my design wall in my studio for at least 2 months now, since the last time I did some work on them. In that time, I was unsure where I wanted to go next with them, so I've been letting them stare me in the face every day as I went down and worked on something small, something I could finish in 30 minutes or so.

Here are 2 WIP's, which may end up being put together at some point down the road.

The first: A continuation of the orange and blue rusted pieces from a few months ago:

Here's an overall:

And a detail (wish the blue would stay this dark!):

And, here's some work I've been doing to my rusted grid. Here I am stamping with an old empty thread spool:

And a closer view:

September II, Birds in Flight?

Art Card. Scrap of fabric painted with thickened screen printing dyes and pollen from sunflowers in studio. Couched dry sunflower petals. Quilted. About 5 inches square.

September.

Art card. Scrap of fabric painted with thickened screen printing dyes, hand colored with oil pastel. "Painted" with pollen from sunflowers in my studio. Couched sunflower petals, quilted. About 5.5 x 5.5 inches.