Finished!!! Piece Six completed!!

And just in time!  Now the whole set is ready to package up and send to Elaine!

The final piece is from another of my own macro photos. Taken in a small East Texas town park. An old log cabin sun bleached to a pearly gray. The spiky green plants adding a great pop of color.

Here it is with its original macro photo.

TUCKED  IN  A  CORNER

Now I can breathe !  Whew!!

Wounded Tree Completed - #5

Here is number five for Beaujolais.  I really had fun with bark cloth and shiva sticks on this one.  Here it is with its original macro photo.

Wounded Tree

The sixth and final piece is well under way so I'll be mailing it by the end of the month as promised.

Rusty Leaves is done!

Number 4 is done (don't panic.....5 and 6 are well under way)

Below is the completed piece with the original photo to the left of it.

Rusty Leaves

Kelly L Hendrickson

Peeling Birch

Well, I think this gets me caught up in Voyage believe it or not!

The third in my Up Close and Personal series...."Peeling Birch."  As usual, it is shown below alongside its photo inspiration.  It does have a bit of a 3-D feature. I used heavy duty aluminum foil between two colors of hand-dyed fabrics to give structure to the peeling bark part.  Fun and interesting to work with! But in this case...I think it accomplished its purpose!

Peeling Birch

Weathered Red Door

I know I'm behind but I'm catching up!!

This is supposed to be the third in the Up Close and Personal pieces inspired by several of my own macro photos.  But I had to dye some extra fabric for the second one so it will be done probably tomorrow and posted on Sunday or Monday.

This is from another photo I took in a small town in Texas on a trip there. I LOVE peeling paint and old buildings and doors and this just fit all of those. It is from an old store front but the premises were empty at the time we were there. Wish I could have found a date on the building or something but all I know is...it was very old.

The door is from a breakdown screen print I had done at least a year ago. Found it interesting how much it looked like the weathered red door without a whole lot of altering!! I cut out portions so the black could show through when appliqued. I also used acrylic paints and Shiva paint sticks to get just the right look.  The "grate" in front of the door is some silver mesh.  It was way too shiny for this old door so I painted it with a charcoal gray acrylic.  I love the way it turned out.  So....here it is....along with it's inspiration photo.

Weathered Red Door

Ancient Cactus

As I have stated...my theme for 2013 is Up Close and Personal. I am using 6 of the most favorite macro shots I've taken and making them into art quilts. I'll be posting the completed art along with the original inspirational photograph.

And here is the first. The photo was taken on a trip to Texas. We were walking along and saw this scarred and beaten very old cactus. I got a very close up shot of a few of the leaves. I've always loved this photo and the resiliance portrayed. An old cactus, well worn over time, yet still growing. An inspiration worthy of an art quilt I think.

ANCIENT  CACTUS

original photograph

I used simple quilting so as not to detract from the scars on the leaves. All the scars are reverse appliqued.On the largest scar, I pleated the light gray fabric before doing the reverse applique on the black for the deeper cut (see below).  I even let the fabric pucker as I stitched it because I felt it enhanced the age of the cactus.  The "thorns" are hand embroidered. All the fabrics are my own hand dyed cottons.

Ancient Cactus - detail

 

Piece 1 - the process continues

As I stated in my first post for this year on Jan. 5, my theme for 2013 is Up Close An Personal.  And I found out that these are called MACRO photos. I also posted the first step in my process on this first piece.

Now, I have step 2 completed.  I cut away and reversed appliqued several areas to get the effect I wanted.  The next step is to do some embroidery and then the binding to complete the piece.

I've chosen to do it kind of like a challenge in a GAMES magazine I used to get.  Very up close views of common things and you had to guess what they were.  Some were easy - others were more difficult. So when each piece is finished, I'll post it and then the next day post my photograph that is was taken from. Don't know if you all will enjoy the "game" or not...but it keeps me from getting bored!!

Piece 1 - Step 2

Can you guess it yet???

New beginnings

Well....2013 is up and running....as am I!

I made a decision as to my theme for this coming year's series.  Over the past several years, I have a taken ton of photos for inspiration in texture.  I think they are called Micro shots.  Very up close and personal shots of a small portion of a larger item.  In fact, that is the title of my theme for this year...Up Close and Personal.

Just started on the first piece.....here's a sneak peek!!

Oh and don't forget to drop by my blog to leave a comment on Week Three in the Celebrate Snow Giveaway.  There is a cool set of Winter Blues and still time to sign up before I contact the Random Number Generator tomorrow night!