The Lure of the Open Road © 2014 Diane Duncan
I seem to be turning more and more to mixing things up! Memorabilia, textiles, beads and whatever seem to be creeping into my work. I love texture and working in assemblage and mixed media help to fulfil this need!
Earlier this spring I had the opportunity to buy an embellisher but had little time to play with it. Now that the exhibition work is completed, I was able to use one of the recent rainy days to play and here is one of the first pieces I completed. Because this was strictly experimental I just used materials that were easy to access – quilt batt trimmed from the edges of the T-shirt quilt, some odds and ends of wool and scraps from my ‘baggie’ of clippings. This is a picture of the first strip before pressing. I like...
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