Postcards on the Edge
I’m feeling better today(thanks for the get well wishes) so I decided to complete the postcards for MaryBeth’s exhibit, Postcards on the Edge. Read yesterday’s post for details.
Most of the fabric used in these cards is fabric that I hand painted (with prochem’s textile paints) 7 or 8 years ago. I used to do a lot of stamping and painting of my fabric but now I just hand dye solids. And no more textile paint - it’s too thick for the piecing I do. Although it makes a really nice crisp edge when doing the raw edge applique.
I’ve run out the things to procrastinate on so it’s time to tackle my taxes. Hm - maybe I should have done more than 5 postcards!
Abstract #1 6"x4":
Abstract #2 6"x4":
Abstract #3 6"x4":
Abstract #4 6"x4":
Abstract #5 6"x4":
Posted by Lisa in: Diversions
Alyson B. Stanfield said,
March 12, 2006 @ 8:40 am
Glad you’re feeling better, Lisa. These postcards are wonderful. I’m interested to know if you have done much before on this small scale. I can imagine such diversions are a great tool to experiment.
allison said,
March 12, 2006 @ 8:56 am
Of course, these are very interesting structurally… ;-) …..!
DebK said,
March 12, 2006 @ 9:02 am
Lisa, these postcards are real gems! I love them! So glad you’re feeling better.
Claudia said,
March 12, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
Hi Lisa
Great postcards, very inspiring.
Vikki said,
March 13, 2006 @ 5:25 am
Love the postcards! I think I’m going to make some later on today. Praying you’ll feel better.
Patty Altier said,
March 13, 2006 @ 10:24 am
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the postcards!! Hope you are feeling better very soon. Thank you for the link to Deb’s site. I have not made postcards before so I wasn’t sure how to start.
Lisa Call said,
March 15, 2006 @ 6:04 pm
Thank you everyone for the compliments.
Alyson, I had never worked this small before. You’ll notice I filed this under “diversions” but working on figure/ground relationships is probably valuable no matter what the scale. I probably won’t do many postcards in my future but it was really fun to pull out the old hand painted fabric and play with it again.