Week 3 lace and feathers
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
The week 3 work. I am still working with natural materials as resists and substrates for transfers. I remembered I had pressed some Queen Anne’s Lace in the phone book at the end of the summer to make it thin enough for sun printing. It works well for transfers as well, showing the sweet branching nature of it very nicely.
I am still coming to grips with the delicacy of the resulting images, particularly on satin. I don’t want to work into them because they feel perfect already – I can’t add anything to them by stitching them, so I tried stitching around them to make their perfection pop out. The best example here is the golden/brown feather at the bottom. I rather like the way that came out, and I’m thinking I should pursue things with more elaborate edges.
I still have the TIF challenge to finish up over the next two weeks. Yikes!
Lee Thomson 
I really like what you have done with this.. What size is it out of curiosity?
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I like the feather as well, and think the dense stitching around it works very well. The prints are amazing – thanks for sharing so much about your process. I have some transfer paints languishing in the cupboard and you’ve inspired me to get them out again.
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Wow! The Queen Anne’s Lace is gorgeous! How did you keep the dried Queen Anne’s Lace from breaking apart during the painting and pressing process?
I’m so glad you are doing these experiments and sharing what you’ve learned! It gives me lots of ideas for things I want to try next summer.
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very beautiful lace.
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