What's here is five layers of fabric, including the backing, and no batting. The backing and foundation fabrics are recycled table linens, shiboried earlier this year. The gray fabric with black squares was black linen, shibori discharged three years ago. The center green piece with black swirls on it is shiboried muslin, then deconstructed screen printed, then had textile paint applied over a rubbing plate. The center circles are hand dyed muslin, soy wax batiked and then discharged.
I've used a variety of threads, but mostly Gutermann 30 wt. silk. There are only very limited colors of that thread available locally but I found a terrific place online -- Craft Connection -- that has all the colors, sells them for less than I can get them in Eureka, charges almost nothing for shipping (less than $2 for First Class), and my order placed online last Saturday arrived on Thursday. I'm impressed. I'll be back.
I've just gotten so tired of all the effort involved in trying to sell and all the competition you have to deal with at every level. I'll also likely be killing my Facebook Page for pretty much the same reason ~ there are too many pages, every business in the world has one now, page reach is down since FB's last round of changes, and it means nothing anymore when people "like" a page because they won't necessarily ever be back or ever see or read your posts there. You might be asking yourself, "Didn't we have this conversation a couple of months ago, the quit FB thing?" Yeah, we did. But I kept my page. Not for much longer, though.
Have a great weekend!
12 comments:
Oh, Connie, this piece is gorgeous! All of those tiny stitches on such beautiful cloth!
The competition is huge and people don't seem to appreciate the time that goes into these hand crafted pieces of art. Like you say, they 'like' them, but that's as far as their interest goes. All of it is so fleeting. You should have a regular art gallery where you sell these things. Wish that was possible. XOX
Aaaah Connie, this chakra piece is beautiful !
Maybe just "simple" layering, but very effective !
What a wonderful piece. I'm impressed.
Connie, Kalachakra is gorgeous. I know that it is even more so in person. The layers and stitching are amazing. I love this.
I hear you, and share the disappointment. I closed my facebook page for the same reason, and have only recently listed work on etsy. I'm not convinced it's the right place to be, but will give it a while longer. I think supplies might be the way to go. Hope all turns out well for you and your work - one door closes, another one opens and all that... :-)
First, this may be the most beautiful piece of your fiber art I have seen, IMO! The fabrics are wonderful! As for selling, I share your frustration. I have sold a couple of pieces at our annual Open Studios Exhibit, but other than that I have only sold a few commissioned pieces and some framed fiber art. My artfire shop is great for selling my tie-dye, but not my art and landscape quilts. And I haven't wanted to take the time and effort to try and get into galleries. As for FB, only reason I'm still on it is to keep up with friends and family, and even that is getting tiresome! Some technology ain't worth the bother! ;->
It's a wonderful piece, so much more than the sum of its parts. A lot going on, and I think you stopped at exactly the right place. Perfect.
Absolutely fabulous!
This has got a nice feel to it. I like the "electricity" running along the background fabric.
this is a stunning piece of work.
and i so relate with what you say. all those on line places are a lot of work and only generate disappointment.
I like the mix of shape and colour.
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