Friday, August 1, 2008

Meditation

I chose to work on the buddhist meaning of illumination.

My background fabric was shibori-dyed.
I drew a very simple shape of someone sitting and meditating, and with that shape, I made a stencil out of freezer paper. I used oil sticks to print the shapes, and their shadows, on my fabric.
I added a little yellow oil paint in some of the white spots of the dyed fabric and embroidered small stars.
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10 comments:

  1. Terri StegmillerAugust 2, 2008 at 6:49 AM

    I really like how all your borders are different. They keep my eye moving around. And of course your dyed fabrics are so lovely.

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  2. Lisa Flowers RossAugust 2, 2008 at 6:51 AM

    I like the variety of all these quilts. I have posted mine on my blog for you to see.

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  3. Diane PerinAugust 2, 2008 at 7:19 AM

    Francoise,

    This is so beautiful! It evokes such a sense of peace and contemplation. I really like how you've used the shibori lines as structure for your figure shapes... stencilling them to show the outline the way you did gives a very ethereal feel. (I probably would have been tempted to have them colored solidly and this is so much lighter.) And the composition with your borders -- wow, these borders just make the quilt but always focus you right back to the center. I love how you've done that. I think you've illustrated illumination beautifully in this piece.

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  4. GerrieAugust 2, 2008 at 7:43 AM

    Lovely, serene — The colors are very meditative. I love the bursts of yellow. And, like others, I appreciate the variety of the borders.

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  5. Terry GrantAugust 2, 2008 at 8:48 AM

    Beautifully serene. I love the little glow around the stitched star in the detail. The figures are a bit mysterious and seem almost to exist in another dimension. Lovely!

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  6. artfilstitchAugust 2, 2008 at 4:39 PM

    Very meditative. I love the glowing colors with the shibori lines. The images cast so much feeling. Your borders brings everything back to central theme. Gorgeous!

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  7. AnonymousAugust 3, 2008 at 2:27 AM

    Very soothing and meditative (and thoroughly in keeping with your other Twelve by Twelve quilts).

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  8. kirstenAugust 3, 2008 at 4:34 PM

    Those lovely little glowing stars down the side are wonderful (I loved them when you teased us with one!) and, like the others, I am really taken with the borders. Very clever!

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  9. NikkiAugust 4, 2008 at 10:21 AM

    So calm and pleasing. If I could find that now. I love the little touches of illumination.

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  10. Kristin LAugust 4, 2008 at 2:33 PM

    There's a feeling of levitation in your composition that really underlines your interpretation of illumination. Great job.

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