Ocean textiles

Ocean with painted and dyed thread by Jeri Flom

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textile artist photography and mixed media - Carolyn Saxby Textile Art St Ives Cornwall

Needlework, quilting, crazy quilting, embroidery, designing, silk ribbon, beading, SRE, free tutorials, free classes, embroidery charts.

Finally finished my City and Guilds Level 2 and was fortunate enough to get a distinction with my final project being my large coral reef picture. It turned out to be more purple than I imagined with more of the mount showing than I wanted but I like purple so no harm done. There are many techniques used including heating lots of chiffon, Tyvek, Lutradur and 3D medium with a heat gun as well as hand stitching and beading. I have extended this work into different colours mounted on a canvas.

“Saltwater heals, healing referring to its various forms; tears, cleanses and heals the soul; sweat, cleanses through labor; the ocean, heals in all its forms.” #ecology #contemporarytextiles #fiberartist #textile art #embroideryonpaper #slowprocess #fibreart #fibreartist #contemporarytextileart #embroideryisart #abstractlandscape #abstractart #sea #blue #fiber #ecofriendly #textileartist #textilesculpture #naturelovers #sealover #upcycling #textiledesign #contemporaryart #smallart #artr...

CAROLYN SAXBY MIXED MEDIA TEXTILE ART: a day with friends

As a free motion quilter I think one of the hardest things is to come up with yet another fill stitch that is just right for the quilt I am working on. Lucky for us there are an abundance of fantastic books out there on the topic each laying on yet another creative dimension to