As it turns out, stitching leaves together always takes about five times longer than I think it will in my head. I've spent over 25 hours sewing this panel together, I cannot even begin to fathom how long all of the leaves took me to make! (ok, 30-45 minutes per leaf x just over 120 leaves is approximately 90+ hours....and I've been hard on myself for slacking.) It's a good thing that I love to do detailed work. I'm not even close to being sick of making leaves. Rather, I have even more leaf panel designs floating around in mind and my sketchbook.
This panel is made up two different leaf-techniques. The first is the Russian Beaded Leaf that you see in so many of my jewelry designs. The second leaf is a new exploration for me, with my handwoven remnants cut and stitched on my sewing machine for the leaf detail.
The white background doesn't give this panel justice. I stained the dowel that I'm going to attach it to this morning, so it will soon be hanging free and open. You'll have to come to my exhibit in March/April to get a good look at it.
This activity is made possible in
part by a
grant from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing
grant from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing
2 comments:
This is beautiful! Sort of like tapestry but with beads... and probably way cooler. Take some good photos of it hanging for us all!
Rebecca, are you suggesting I start in on gradation with this too? ;)
It's actually a ton of piecing. I'm looking forward to getting back on the tapestry loom though!
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