Save The Date :: Project Catwalk :: Interactive Collage On April 5th

March 02, 2019 • Leave a Comment

2019 started off with a flurry of wonderful creative activity.

right now i am in the midst of some mighty collage making.

a solo exhibit is scheduled for April and May

so far, three solo installations are in the making.

this particular making is super fluid, and really really fun.

it involves stitching, a volume of two-sided collaged panels, and lots and lots of dangling black threads.

imagine 4 volumes of FALL VOGUE MAGAZINES. You know. those huge thick ones. like 900 pages each vogues. Fashion. Lots and lots of fashion.

While I am not personally particularly fashionable. I have always loved fashion photography.

i had this idea.

I pitched the idea to Renee at Social Fabric.

I made a mock up of this idea. 7 panels. 14 collages all told. and presented it.

the idea was not only enthusiastically welcomed,

it was also an inspiration.

Renee has decided to make a like style garment to add to the exhibit.

How great is that!!

I thought for a moment that my stitching ideas for this year were going to be stalled. Fiona the sometimes fabulous but mostly finicky sewing machine just wasn't cooperating. I learned a lot from that machine, self - taught and all. She reached a place however where she was just not working.

I asked for help in a local BUY NOTHING group and was gifted a NEW Kenmore sewing machine. WOW!! She sews effortlessly. smoothly. working with her is pretty amazing. and having her makes my paper quilting ideas a reality.

A sample panel is below. I morph something. Add filler pages. A back piece - sometimes this is just something interesting, sometimes it's another collage. this piece it was something interesting. I then add zig zag. I let the black threads dangle.