What Befell the Reader

"What Befell the Reader"
7x17 inches variable
Cotton, found fabrics, embellishments. Hand and machine quilted.
On display at the Textile Center of Minnesota, Feb. 22 - March 17, 2012. Part of the "Focal Point" exhibit.

Forgive

"Forgive" 

Silk organza, found fabric & mixed media; quilted by hand and machine. 

16x15 inches variable 

On display at the Textile Center of Minnesota, Feb. 22-March 17, 2012. Part of the "Focal Point" exhibit. 

Completed 2012. copyright J.A. Schultz

"Hungry Baby"

Hungry Baby

11x12.5"

Fabric, beads, silk paper, ink

1 in 7 children in America today suffers from routine food insecurity -- Hunger.

Oh boy am I behind on this blog!

It's not for lack of work to show, either. More updates and photos coming soon!

a flurry of activity this week

Steaming bundles of garden material, silk and cotton wrapped around leaves and flowers...

Sun-dyed over the weekend...you can see dancing skeletons, and the basket-weave pattern of a patio chair...

India Flint's "hapa-zome" technique of pounding leaf and petal prints directly into cotton, with a wooden mallet...this afternoon, using geraniums, tomato leaves, and zinnia...the orange is rust-stain from a previous experiment.

It's my first try. Next time I'll compose a picture, perhaps. Or pound a blouse or one of the antique children's dresses I own.

More sun-dyes...a "diptych" this time...

It's difficult to say just where all this is heading. I'm getting more satisfaction out of the sun-dye prints, though I don't yet know their purpose, or whether they will all wind up part of the same series. I enjoy the "eco-printing" too though, and having finally hit on the techniques that work in my backyard (with the plants available), results are more sure. And rusting fabric is fun! Though it does require some patience, and some scavenging for interesting metal pieces. The pile of rusted, dyed and printed fabrics on my sewing table grows... Not everything is posted here, since I'm still sans camera.

work in progress...

Different from the "Galaxy" piece - Not much left to do besides shoot a better photo.

the beginnings of a "Galaxy"