Here are three more pieces. The first two were done in the last batch I posted about. The third one was done later.
Except for the star stamp on the middle photo, all the stamps are hand carved by me. On the top fabric, I used some bottle caps as stamps and some drywall tape for texture. With the drywall tape, I placed the tape on a sheet of wax paper (or something that didn't matter.) Then I rolled paint onto the tape with a brayer. Finally, I impressed the painted side of the tape to the fabric and patted it down. I know I used a piece of wax paper to avoid getting the paint on my hands. That said, I never escape with clean hands. It is a messy job, but it is fun too. I suppose I could wear gloves and sometimes I do.
Friday I will be taking a couple of online autoharp classes. I am hoping to improve my playing skills at least a little bit.
Meanwhile, today I have workers in the back yard installing my new septic tank. This will be a two day process as they put in the tank today and will add the field lines tomorrow. They had to remove my flowering bush that I have had a "Love/Hate" relationship with. I will miss the spring blooms, but I won't miss the thorns when I need to mow that area.
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9 comments:
Your stamps are interesting - what do you "carve" to make them? The bottle caps and drywall tape make fun designs. What do you have planned for the fabrics? - ;))
Wow, great printing experiments. Who cares about painted hands....just wash them more often...lol. You are making a lot of great designs.
Beautiful fabrics, Gene. It can't be fun unless there is a bit of mess involved :)
You are having too much fun with lovely results! But a distraction from septic work is necessary. Just keep playing with the beautiful fabrics at least for two days.
You are having a great time. You will quilt when you feel called back to it.
Lots of very interesting stamps on these pieces. I can imagine beautiful quilting to complete the story!
I truly do enjoy your fabric stamping....the first one is my favorite. Sorry about your bush and yeah for the septic tank.
I have a couple of barberry bushes that I feel the same about. They are pretty and very low maintenance but so thorny!
I like that top fabric.
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