conception to inception, digital to tactile

Thought i'd list this entry as "ACAD summer residency", because without the residency, i never would have attempted this. A free association type of entry too, major "what-ifing"!

I had to analyze the "layers" of this, thinking how i would replicate this image. I don't know how most people visualize art cloth with all the ingredients: do they have a solid vision first and work from the beginning to the end, or do they go backwards as i am going to do? And yes, i know, there *is* the just-let-it-happen approach as well, but it ain't gonna happen with this particular design.

I'm not enough of a whiz with digital programs, and i don't have Photoshop so i have to mentally separate the elements here.

 The "base" i think will either be a shibori technique, or rusted. I'm not into having multiple screens however for the rest of the layers---i have two screens of my own and one is already dedicated to different imagery. I*would* like to do the shibori in indigo, saving the rust for another time---assuming all the supplies ever get here.....of course, i could just use Procion as well: shibori is a technique now, not a dye bath in specific. Or, i wonder if i could make a rust bucket and let happen what would happen with some form of tying or stitching?

I want the background to also have some physical dimension and texture. That might mean stitching it rumpled to a backing layer and then screening on top of that. And the next layer might have to be screened, cut out and appliqued. See what i mean about "overly ambitious"? LOL If i end up with one small completed piece done this way, i would be happy. An Important Sample at the very least :} And who knows where that might lead?

And some details will have to be embroidered and beaded---not just hand this time, but machine work as well--time to combine the two as i have left Lalage lately in the dust, sulking.

The big BUT here is that it will have to wait until after the move----FOUR MORE SLEEPS!!!---i'll have the space, resources and time then. I will do this.

......to be continued..........

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HD1, Woman of the Cloth, is being a pain in the ass still. A year ago, i would have given up and left her to rot...I've redone her belly area three times now and am still not happy with the results--you will not be seeing the aborted attempts :} I did have a flash of insight last night that involves this, both the image itself as an idea and the little first Hoodoo:

 

 Belly baby!!!!!!

......to be continued.......

 :)