Finally, I have paper pieced the bitty bits together. The whole time I'm thinking why wouldn't a person just do hand piecing. The template making and basting and whipstitching and removing basting and paper just seems like an excessive make work project.
"What ifs" crossed my mind. What if the back became the front and the papers were left in. I'm thinking love letters, photographs, painted paper..." What if"a dramatically contrasting thread was used as the whipstitch,it would show on the front leaving a subtle ciliated texture.
The use of many red/brown, green/browns and yellow/browns kept the skin tones vibrant. The batiks with light areas adds a bit of glow and depth to the abstract skin tones. The skin proved to be a challenging subject to abstract. I really had to look. Was it a shadow, highlight, contour? How did the seam lines contribute to controlling the viewers eye?
The colourful head scarf and clothing framed the face abstraction very well. TIO's photograph was a wonderful image to explore in such great detail. If you have a moment you will not be disappointed to see some of his other images. http://flickr.com/photos/66179962@N00/1840462551/
"What ifs" crossed my mind. What if the back became the front and the papers were left in. I'm thinking love letters, photographs, painted paper..." What if"a dramatically contrasting thread was used as the whipstitch,it would show on the front leaving a subtle ciliated texture.
The use of many red/brown, green/browns and yellow/browns kept the skin tones vibrant. The batiks with light areas adds a bit of glow and depth to the abstract skin tones. The skin proved to be a challenging subject to abstract. I really had to look. Was it a shadow, highlight, contour? How did the seam lines contribute to controlling the viewers eye?
The colourful head scarf and clothing framed the face abstraction very well. TIO's photograph was a wonderful image to explore in such great detail. If you have a moment you will not be disappointed to see some of his other images. http://flickr.com/photos/66179962@N00/1840462551/
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