Leaf I

I have quite a collection of fabric from our deconstructive screen printing playdays with Fiber Junkies. I decided I needed to start using it.  

 Like many things, some pieces I love and some not so much. This one I really liked and have several versions of this that would work together.

I thought of using the 3 prints together as a long wall hanging but it was just too busy. 

I then thought of treating each as a separate piece and featuring them together might be more effective. The print was made using leaves and the deconstructive screen printing technique. As busy as it was, I still thought it needed more layering;  I ran the print through my printer to get the imagery of tree branches on top. Also adding some writing and screen printing gave it more interest. 

 
 I tried different combinations of fabrics to finish the print

 and settled on this which was the best solution - a little softer to focus on the print.

 I always love the opportunity to use gauze (on right); I think this piece needed it to tone it down.

 I painted up some silk organza to use as a binding...

 which makes such a pretty edge.

I mounted it on a pre-stretched canvas which is one of my favorite ways to mount small pieces. This is one of my Haiku pieces (Haiku written on back). Years ago I was in LINT (Ladies in New Textiles) a wonderful fiber group consisting of 12 fiber artists. At one of the meetings, one of the gals had a bowl with pieces of paper - noun or verb on each. We were to pick 3 and then had 10 minutes to write a Haiku incorporating those 3 words. You didn't have time to give it much thought. It was so much fun and it peaked my interest in writing them for my smaller pieces. This one is :

Trees in the shadows

embracing words in the wind

touch the leaves above

Til next time...