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A Forest Surprise
Representative
Diane Duncan
The highlight of a day in an ancient forest was the discovery of
this lichen. Surrounded by moist black organic soil and fallen needles, it was
the star of the show. It was growing from an almost buried fallen tree that
provided yet another texture to the scene.
Capturing both the essence and the reality of this fragile beauty was a
challenge!When choosing a photo to use for our work, Judi MacLeod and I independently selected a photo of this same species from our personal photo collections - a meeting of minds.
Techniques: Machine and hand stitching, machine and hand
quilting, paper cloth, free motion stitching, crochet.
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A Forest Surprise
Abstract
Judi MacLeod
This abstracted piece was done in collaboration with Diane
Duncan who is doing the realistic piece.
Technique: printed, machine and hand stitched.
Process: Diane and I emailed
and set up a Skype session where we discussed what we would decide to work on
.. Both of us are inspired by nature ..we exchanged several photos by email and
then decided on a photo of Diane's of some lichen in a forest . She proceeded
to design her realistic piece and then sent me a photo which I
manipulated in Photoshop, then had printed onto fine cotton at a printing
facility. Then I did a lot of hand embroidery stitches that Diane also used.
Diane had also sent me a sample of the colour threads she was using along with
a piece of black painted material, which I cut up and used on the piece. I did
some machine stitching but really did more hand stitching.A fun project!
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