Paisley printing

I carved one of my paisley designs onto Ezy-Carve printing block.  It was harder than I expected to get fine detail but then I haven't practiced on this for ages.  I did print it and was reasonably pleased for a first attempt.  I put in the texture lines for, well, texture.  As you can see from the shape, I didn't have a whole piece of block.

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Triple paisleys

blue paisley

purple paisley

Stitching on plastics

I've been experimenting with some old samples from last year.  These are plastics that I decided not to do anything further with.  I wanted something to stitch a double helix onto, as a sample for something else I'm working on, and pulled out a sheet of two colours of gift wrap cellophane, fused together with some clear plastic.  I didn't like working with fusing plastic, the fumes even with a respirator on myself are still in the air polluting it; but I kept the samples I made and the colours attracted me for this.  I used several different colour threads including metallics, to clearly define a double helix.  Not the centre part, just the outlines.

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Some other machine leaves

Here are a few more of the close ups of the machine embroidered leaves.

printed organza leaves, double layers, free machining over beading wire to twist into shape 

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heavy machine embroidery on thick upholstery fabric, so it can be twisted into shape easily 

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the back of the above leaf - in some ways even more interesting 

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Machine embroidery Leaves

I've had a request to see close-ups of my Leaves - so first the basket, which is how I originally displayed them.

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Machine embroidered leaves

 Then some of the openwork Leaves.

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Machine embroidered leaves

To make these, I zigzagged over copper wire for thick pieces, and over beading wire for thin lines.  Broke a few needles if I went too fast, or the wire bent back towards the needle - slow is best for this technique.  I used different colour threads for variety.

More next time.

Paisley as text

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Map of Life

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From my journal.  Painted recycled papers over a map, hand lettering.