Bamboo

At a recent Fiber Junkies meeting, we were working with fiber pastes made by Golden. One of the things we did was to use a stencil. 

I had a hand dyed fabric and thought it might work with this stencil of a Bamboo.

I did like the results but thought it needed more in the way of color. It was hard to see where the "Bamboo" began and ended.

I thought I would use some of the small leaf shapes as a pattern for orange and green fabric.

I used clear plastic with a leaf drawn in black marker to lay over the piece to see placement for additional leaves.

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I also wanted to bring some of the Bamboo stalks down to the bottom  - problem was I didn't have access to the stencil anymore.

I took Jane Dunnewolds workshop on Complex Cloth many years back. I remember we made stencils out of manilla folders. We shellaced them for endurance; I didn't with these, but would only be using them a short time.

I also wanted to do a little shading on the stalks to distinguish them from the background. So it's a work in progress - Please check back to see what comes next. I'm curious too.