I have a passion for trees - verging on being a tree hugger! I'm the one stopping to stroke bark as I walk past a beautiful tree that catches my eye and doing strange things with the camera to get a close up of the beautiful colours and textures...
Knotted cretan stitch from TAST had that organic feel to it and I felt sure that some kind of tree would be part of the stitch study this week.
A while ago I created a couple of tissue paper and scrim backgrounds based on Yvonne Brown's article in Quilting Arts Magazine (Winter 2005 - issue 20). Of the pieces I made, the yellow ochre one looked unfinished until I added burned sienna to it ...and all of a sudden ...tree bark. It was the perfect background to practice knotted cretan on.
On Saturday I had a studio day with friends in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney and had overdosed on trees - so this was the obvious way to go. I used a sketch of tree bark that I had made as the template for the stitch areas - but took lots of artistic licence!
I found the stitch a challenge, but think I got there in the end. The main challenge was to get the tension right, before the knot tightened and left a loose loop. I've been brave and posted a close up, because I love the textures!
6 comments:
Hi Luci!
I didn't know you started a blog! It looks really good. Your work is beautiful and it's great to be able to read a little bit more about it.
My gosh! I just now discovered your blog (I immediately subscribed to the feed!) and have only left comments on your Flickr pix -- I think. Anway, disregard my latest ?'s re the tree bark over there; you've described everything beautifully and answered all my questions right here on your blog.
Love your work!!
Your TAST challenge this week is VERY tree like - great interpretation of the stitch and its great to have a little more info in your blog (I have subscribed to the feed too)
Thank you for your kind comments. I was inspired by you and the other TASTees to set up a Blog! The Flickr site was OK - but I felt I wanted more. I set it up last week - backdating all the previous weeks! So I would have a complete year of TAST in one place.
I like what you have done Luci I haven't looked at the Flicka sites much because they take so long to download.
I will be a regular now
Great work! I love the textures and was fascinated by tree bark when I was growing up and could freely roam the woods.
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