February 10, 2013

Tranquil Flora

Posted in Machine Felting, Silk Ribbon Embroidery, Twitter Quilts...Twilts tagged , , , , , , , , , , at 6:55 PM by Shelley Swanland

Tranquil Flora WAnother felted piece, “Tranquil Flora” is my latest Twilt. I’ve been working on the embroidery and beading for a while. Strips of various silks, a little rayon ,cotton organdy and wool yarn with just a touch of metallic mesh were felted onto a piece of white felt with my felting machine.  I then added two painted lace motifs with a ribbon and some trim. Silk Ribbon embroidered flowers with additional embroidery and feather stitch in pearl cotton and silk  were used to fill in. I finished it off with lots of beads.

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For more info on the Twilts: Twitter quilts…….Twilts or see all my Twilts :Flickr Twilts Page. Click on the image of the Twilt to go directly to it’s high resolution image.

 

 

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February 1, 2013

The Art Studio

Posted in Digital Collage, Vintage Postcards and Art tagged , , , at 7:34 AM by Shelley Swanland

The Art Studio W

My latest Digital piece, “The Art Studio”, was taken from a Vintage black and white  photograph. It could have been an image of a kitchen or workroom of some sort but I thought…an art studio. I manipulated the image in Photoshop. I will be linking it to Pixel Dust Photo Art – Photo Art Friday. Head on over to see the wonderful site that Bonnie has set up for Digital Artists and aspiring Digital Artists and the Photo Art Friday gallery for this week.