Flower Pot Moon: mixed media on watercolor paper. The crescent moon has words from music sheets that serendipitously reads: fadeless flow'rs shed a fragrance rare, one by one down the stream of life.
Pansy & Rose: mixed media on watercolor paper. Some of the collage is from a French play that some student long ago was transcribing and in pencil wrote "bold-spirited". Thanks to my pal Jes who had passed along the effy. Totally outside of my own self-impopsed box I took a flying leap yesterday and much to my own suprise landed strongly on the ground in an upright position. Crop, Paper, Scissors arrived in the mail on Monday, I gobbled it up on Tuesday and on Wednesday dove into a threadsketch. I am remiss in remembering the author/artists name who did the article, but I remember thinking "hmmmm, i can do that." And am I glad I did.
See, I'm a seamstress, too. I spent ten years operating a sewing & design business. I made wedding gowns, bridesmaids dresses, curtains, bathing suits, mittens, purses, tea cozies...whatever someone wanted no matter how hideous (or beautiful) it would be. I burned out. I put away my sewing machine. I kissed it goodbye. Then one day recently I heard it whisper: "Miss Tammy, I'm over here." Over six moves last year I always brought the dang thing with me. I stick it in a corner of a spare room and look at it sideways wondering why I've dragged it along. Now I know.
Ten days ago I stitched up a purse in about 2 hours. It went together like Sonny & Cher I tell you. I could feel my heart open as the time flew by and joy filled me. Sewing is a huge part of me. And yesterday as I put the machine to use on these two paintings I wanted to cry. The joy creeped in again and soon I was giddy. My dear friend Rhonda was so patient with my little screams of bliss.
I owe the author/artist of that article a whole world of gratitude as I begin exploring this concept of threadsketching. In the meantime a question to all of you experienced artist bloggers: How the heck to you get your pix so clear. I scan mine directly, edit just a bit and then drop them in but I never get a clear pix or a close up. What can I do to remedy this? Should I be taking pix directly?
6 comments:
these pieces are so awesome, tammy!! perhaps you can show me how to work a sewing machine sometime. :-)
the pictures you've got here look good to me, but perhaps you need to adjust the settings on the scanner if you're having trouble getting the details you want?
I am excited for you...Love hearing that you are blissfull!
I scan my pictures too. Sometimes I have to clean the scanner to get it sharp and sometimes I have to cover what I am scanning with a piece of cardstock because too much light gets in the scanner.
The best pictures I see of merchandise on Etsy I know are either taken by a camera outside or a light box is used.
:)
XO,
Melba
Very colorful mixed media pieces--I really like the yellow!
Definitely check out Stadler Gallery the next time you pass through Kingfield--it's a great experience.
Susan
the yellow background looks great with the pink...someday, I will get a scanner...your pictures today look clear to me.
I love learning that you are a talented sewer. I have a decent machine and really want to learn to be more proficient, but I am still terrified of it. Thanks for the push. I love the new artwork too!
Hi Tammy:
I love how you mixed water colors with the saemstress in you!!!
I take pictures upload them directly to my desktop, re-size them and upload to my blog. So much easier than scanning : )
Be nice to Miss Sewing machine : )
Your pieces are REALLY artfull!!!
Cheers
carole
The photographs look good that you have scanned. When I enlarged the 2nd one it is super gorgeous!!!
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