Sunday, October 5, 2014

The space within becomes the reality of the building.
~Frank Lloyd Wright

My 12 x 12 groups's challenge for this quarter was "Structure".  "Structure" can mean many things; for me, from my nerdy engineering side, I thought first of building structures

 I went to Google, looking for structures and the photo below spoke to me.
Below is a photo of my piece in process; it is tough to see all of the layers.  I pieced fabric, sewed additional lines, rubbed  metallic wax on it, covered it with tulle, and then added the two circular appliques.  I knew I needed to add one more layer of stronger supports, but was not sure how I would layer them on.  
 I took a photo of the work-in-process and printed out six copies; I took a white colored pencil and began experimenting with how the final layer would look. Finally, I could add the velvet thread to finish it! 


I wanted this work to be dark and steely, but thought that one pop of color was needed, so a citrine colored velvet puff was added.  Below is my finished piece, entitled, "Industrial Pop".  Enjoy!

4 comments:

  1. I love the yellow puff! There should be more zingy, yellow puffs in this world! It's a great piece, Kathy. And I love the FLW quote. I always wanted to be him!

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  2. It's fantastic Kathy! I love Frank Lloyd Wrights designs and wanted to see his house on the waterfall when I was in Pittsburgh. Fate wasn't with me. I never made it. Something to try again!! I really love this piece and the planning process photos.

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  3. Another interesting well thought out piece Kathy

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  4. When I saw the first photo I thought of spider webs - wow! Then not! It is spectacular Kathy. Love the yellow puff. Question - what is velvet thread - never heard of it. Is it couched down? It adds great depth to the piece.

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