Mixed Media/Fibre Art, Kansas Sunset – Waiting for a Breeze © Diane Duncan 2014
My roots in sewing and stitching are never far below the surface, in fact, I’ve become like one of those aerial plants with my roots exposed! Although I work in a number of media – I like variety and one media informs another – I always return to fibre!
Work in progress! This is just a sneak peek at ‘By the Light of the Silvery Moon’, my work in progress. Although it is in response to a Guild challenge, I also have an exhibition opportunity in mind for it so won’t be showing the whole piece for a while! The background fabric, a whole cloth, is a sunprint by Thelma Newbury, a friend from British Columbia. As usual, lots of texture added, use of metallic threads and layering of fabrics – my favorite go-to techniques.
read moreJournal Quilt – D is for December Medium Quilt / Fibre Art Description 12″ x 12″ One of an alpha/quilt Journal series. Woven strips, raw edge applique, embellishment with buttons, machine quilting and stitching. Circa 2012.
read more(Another delayed post due to technical difficulties) My word for 2013 has been ‘Renew’ and what a journey is proving to be. I’ve already decided that my word for 2014 will be ‘Focus’ and that one of my primary efforts will be to explore surface design techniques in more depth. Earlier in the fall I participated in workshops where we experimented with sun printing and fabric dye painting. This week I was able to participate in a silk painting workshop led by Gillian Loban. Gillian likes Setacolour silk dyes...
read moreAfter a wonderful few days of catching late ‘autumn weather it snowed today and it seemed that it would be a great day to get started on a new project for this year’s challenge in one of my art groups. The theme this year is water and I’ve decided to work in a similar style to the Forest Surprise piece that I did last year. This time I am painting the background and adding machine and hand stitching to create the texture and colour. I started out with some PFD (prepared for dyeing) fabric I had on hand and used Setacolor...
read moreSunday, October 20th, two of my groups came together to hold a ‘pop-up’ art show! For three hours we were able to share some of our work with friends and acquaintances. I’ve limited my photos to ones that mainly feature my work as I haven’t had a chance to ask permission from other members to show their work. However, you can get a peek at the variety of pieces from the more general shots. I’m saving some of the items for focused blogs to be posted later. We were thrilled with the turn out and had lots of...
read moreI’m slowly recovering from the mammoth task of completing ‘Aspen Moment’ to a point where it could be photographed and a show submission completed! I’ve discovered that working in a confined space does not make large pieces like this an easy task! I’m in love with the lowly aspens of the western provinces! The groves with their rigid trunks and the autumn gold of their leaves are the closest thing I can find in the west to the paper birch that I remember from childhood roams on our Ontario family farm. I have...
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