Derwent Inktense pencils, glitter watercolors, micron pen, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching on scrap fabric. Mounted on 4”x 6” blank artist postcard.



Derwent Inktense pencils, glitter watercolors, micron pen, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching on scrap fabric. Mounted on 4”x 6” blank artist postcard.



Part of my art practice is to work in mediums other than textiles. I believe it informs and improves how I create in my primary medium. Recently, I did some continuous line drawing to work on hand-eye coordination. I also practiced a little watercolor painting on a continuous line drawing of flowers in a vase.
This approximately 4-minute video shows the process from material prep to finished art work with video sped up 2X. A few seconds show a slow motion closeup of the Baby Lock Sashiko machine in action. When I make these, sewing on beads (if included) takes the most time. If I worked straight through, one of these little pieces would take about 3 to 4 hours to complete.
Crayon-tinted fabric, textile scraps, glass beads, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching. Mounted on 4” x 6” blank artist postcard.



Scrap textiles, scrap gel plate print on fabric, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching. Mounted on 4” x 6” blank artist postcard.



Gel plate print on fabric, scrap textiles, glass beads, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching. Mounted on 4” x 6” blank artist postcard.



Gel plate print on fabric, scrap textiles, glass beads, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching. Mounted on 4” x 6” blank artist postcard.



Scrap textiles, glass beads, strip of gel plate print on fabric, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching. Mounted on 4” x 6” blank artist postcard.



Gel plate print on fabric, scrap textiles, glass beads, and Baby Lock Sashiko machine stitching. Mounted on 4” x 6” blank artist postcard.



