Remember this piece I posted about playing with glazing techniques:
Well, this weekend I decided to do a little more experimenting (remembering that Sundays are reserved as art play days here).
I wanted to see what would happen if I tried stitching onto a painted paper board. This is a piece of Canson, cold press, Acrylic paper 185lb. And yes, painting on it did warp it a bit. I’m not sure what I could have done to prevent that, and will have to think of that in the future.
But, back to the experiment. I have a basket in the house that is filled with silk flower parts.
A treasure trove of little bits for fiber art and postcards and stuff.
So, I dumped the entire basket onto the rug and found some leaves I thought would work. Then, taking them to the studio (yes, after I cleaned up the mess on the rug! lol), I started working.
Lesson One: I need to find a better glue to use. The Sobo glue was too wet. When I put it behind the smallest leaf and started stitching, it came up through the silk, onto the presser foot and I had a mess to clean up. The next two leaves, I decided I would put dots of Sobo onto and let it dry. When I came back, I had glue dots showing through the silk. So, lesson one, I need a more gel/stick type glue, rather than a liquid.
Lesson Two: Keep your stitch length a bit longer. The needle perforates the paper and increasing the stitch length (in my opinion) helps maintain the stability of it.
Lesson Three: Keep in mind the throat area of your machine. On my Bernina, I have exactly 7-1/2″ from the center needle position to the throat wall. And paper does NOT bend like fabric does, so approximately 14″ square is the largest piece I could use this technique on. This piece is 9×12 and at times it was a stretch to fit a line of stitching in without hitting that throat wall.
All in all, I like this piece. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it. I’m not sure if it just needs mounted and framed, or if I want to use it as a center of a larger fiber piece. But, I like where this experiment headed:
And I think I’ll keep my Sundays as reserved for me, play dates in the studio!
Well, it’s pretty Judy, whatever you do with it.
Love your experimentation!! And thos colors are wonderful!