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by Carolyn Doe
$30.00
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This piece combines the technique of Eco Printing on silk fabric with palette knife and oils.... more
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This piece combines the technique of Eco Printing on silk fabric with palette knife and oils.
I create the leaf print by a process that uses a direct-contact method of printing onto fabric with leaves to impart color and design onto cloth.
The silk is bundled with various leaves and boiled for a period of time. The permanent colors and patterns that emerge result from the plants combination with mordants and ph modifiers.
I glue the silk onto the canvas using an acrylic medium. When dry, I use palette knives and oils paints to create the sky.
Welcome to my art. Please check out my personal website: www.carolyndoe.com I am self taught which only means I just played until I figured something out. My ongoing education in art takes place thru my own passion and pleasure in the exploration of creative processes. Always excited by fiberarts and having been raised by a seamstress, I started working in batik on silk fabric over thirty years ago. Batik has become my voice. When dye touches silk fabric it spreads like crazy. The wax creates a boundary. It is this dance of control/no control that captivates me for hours. Through this ethereal quality, I try to convey the essence of a place and of the creatures who dwell there. SIx years ago I took a class on palette knife...
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