Well, it finally happened! Three of my marbled pieces are now hanging in our living room.
This is a huge event for me since I really have trouble making things with my art. I have all of this lovely fabric that ends up in my fabric cabinet. Why? Because I feel like the pieces are too pretty to cut. But you know I cut them and nothing happened! No fabric police came to get me. The sun came up the next day! Everything was okay!
I still have two more pieces that need to be hung in this group to fill up this area. Now to decide which ones I’ll add to these. Here I come to the fabric cabinet – ready or not!!
This hanging has been a long time in coming. Dave and I talked a couple years ago about me making something for this specific wall in the living room. It started out being a piece inspired by the owner of a bed and breakfast we stayed at in New Mexico. She is also an artist and I love her work. I even sketched how my piece would be constructed. It would include nine different panels attached to each other.
Then after a trip to Hawaii that idea changed to a huge bamboo wall hanging. I planned to print out my picture in panels on fabric and sew them together. Another variation was to have the picture printed as one large piece and then quilted. Below I printed the picture on paper to get an idea of how it would look enlarged. Puddin was there to help with the process.
That project seemed even bigger than the nine-panel idea. Talking about overwhelming!! So I just put the wall hanging idea on the back burner until the marbled pieces were born. With their birth, I just had to put them in that wall space, but wasn’t sure how until I looked again at Lynn Krawczyk and her art. I ironed fusible web between the marbled fabric and a piece of felt. That fabric sandwich was glued to the canvas I had painted – no stitching – just the artwork. What an easy way to get them up and on the walls! Thanks Lynn!
Here are a couple pieces waiting to be finished for their place on a wall.
It feels so good to have my art on one of our walls. I look forward to getting some of my ice dyed fabric up and out of that cabinet too. Thank you for dropping by and witnessing this big step in my artistic life. Do you have the same problem?
These are beautiful, Lynda!
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Thank you dear!
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Love your fabric!
Awesome Lynda! I’ve seen these on your Facebook and loved them. I know that great feeling of seeing your own artwork on your walls. Congratulations on finally doing it.
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Ronda, Thanks!
Jaime, Thanks. It is a great feeling seeing them on the wall. Thanks for dropping by.
Such pretty designs! I need to learn how to do these! Can’t wait til I am totally recovered from my hip ordeal do I can get back to Shelbyville for more classes. Maybe I need to come see you for some tutelage!!
Annette, Thank you! Look forward to seeing you in Shelbyville once you are ready to roll on down here. I’d love to play with you!!
Every time you post your marbled fabric I am moved. It just makes me happy! What a great idea. This way of finishing a beautiful piece is so doable. Congrats on bringing these pieces out of the cabinet and into the light. I thought I was the only person with that “problem” (dillema, habit…)
Hi Darlene, I am sooo glad you like my marbled pieces. I really love them too. I’m so glad that I’m not the only one with this “problem”!
I love how these pieces look on the wall! And I’m intrigued by your method of mounting them, using felt to stabilize the fabric before mounting on the canvas. I had thought of stretching over foam board and framing, which I have done with some of my fused pieces, but your method makes a lot of sense. Beautiful group of artwork, and I can’t wait to see what else comes out of the closet!
Judy, I also thought of stretching them over the canvas but decided I liked the black of the painted canvas to show and the raw edges are not a problem. Now on larger pieces I don’t want to cut (these I did cut down to fit on canvas), I will probably stretch over canvas or your idea of foam board would also work. Hummm… I’m working on my first exhibit of my ice dyeing work and that may be what I do for those large pieces – Cheaper than canvas or stretcher boards. Wow! thanks for the idea!
Your marbled fabric looks amazing framed and on your walls!! Love that you featured your abstract art in such simple black frames too!
Michelle, Thanks. They are glued on and cut smaller than the canvas. I painted the canvas black to make the fabric look like they are framed. Thanks so much for dropping by.
Nice wall art. I’d have never thought to do that…great idea!
Amazing artworks, I just fell in love with those organic curves and cell-like patterns, and the colors are vibrating! Awesome!
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Beautiful!! Makes a gorgeous hanging!!!
Donna, Thanks!
Very pretty-you did a wonderful job!
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Natasha in Oz
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