Little Trees

First of all, many thanks to everyone for your good wishes after my recent fall.

Bruises are healing and I'm feeling a bit better every day.

Today I felt like I really needed to stay put, so I set about cutting some

little trees for my landscapes. I think I could describe my style in making fabric

art as a discovery expedition. By this I mean that I look at variegated fabric, especially

batiks, and find the areas that 'speak to me'. No, I'm not a fabric psychic, but I do look

 for passages in the design that remind me of nature and elements I want to depict.

When I cut out trees and other things, the fabric has already been backed 

with Wonder Under, which makes for a nice crisp cut.

These pieces are just tossed on a background of hand painted sky fabric.

More cut-outs...

and here is a hand embroidered tree which I tried recently.

This technique should work well with soft grounds like wool felting.

Finally, I feel like I'm making progress on my landscape-making journey!!

Hope you're having a good week!