I really enjoyed the rhythm of the woven and whipped wheels.
I have been very inspired by a photo of barnacles I took a while ago on a trip to Bundeena. It can be seen at my Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/luci_f/387560245/). It has inspired several pieces of work that I have done. I also wanted to try printing photos onto fabric. I don't have the proper stuff to do this directly, but stumbled on method that works for me. I print out the photo on my bubblejet printer. Cover my fabric with clear gel medium and then put the photo onto the fabric and smooth down. The photo transfers pretty well and I get some colour blurring and randomness which I like!
The picture below shows my results - with varying quality of prints and black and white version - onto cotton in the top row and muslin at the bottom. The muslin also had a rusty red monoprint of the same image onto it from a different angle.
I decided to use some of the muslin as a base for the woven and whipped wheels stitches and the end result is at the top as an ATC. I was fairly pleased with this - as it has the same "feel" as the barnacles I photographed, but has evolved to be more abstract.
I am planning to make my first fabric book on the day out at Bundeena, where I took the barnacles photo, as I now have several small pieces inspired by that day. Any hints and tips and links on how do go about this would be really helpful. In particular how to stiffen the pages. Thank you in advance.
