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View from my studio of rose-breasted grossbeak that visited the feeder outside my window. Done during Matisse Magic class with Rosalie Dace. (Applique, machine quilting, thread painting, digital manipulation.)

Self portrait done during class with Rosalie Dace (Matisse Magic). Done from the perspective of what the Zoom audience sees of my studio. Hanging behind the figure are pictures of my actual fiber art. Inspired by Matisse’s “Red Studio”. (Applique, machine quilting, thread painting, digital manipulation.)

Thread painting of photo manipulated digitally. Thread painting of a red bird that has been manipulated to show the photo without theform, in a single color, and with all the points of color contained in the form. In some cases, the thread is “painted on” the picture and in others the photo of the thread providesContinue reading “Coming into Focus

Susan Sances

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Thread painting. Thread paintings of three vintage photos of women wearing hats.The hats are madefrom fabric and netting that has been sewn onto the thread painted portraits, Thetitle came from a quote by Neil Gaiman: “Some hats can only be worn if you’rewilling to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walkContinue reading “Hats Demand a Lot of You

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Thread painting. This was a series of 6 photos that I found in my collection. Each is a person I haveknown. The girl with the big standing doll is me! It struck me how little girls areinfluenced as we grow up and I wanted to show two different perspectives. Eachpicture is a 3×5 photo transferredContinue reading “Growing up Female 1 & 2

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Acrylic paint, thread painting. Entry in NSNG guild challenge “Over the Moon”. I drew the moon on cotton fabric and traced the bird outline from a photo. The fabric was then painted with acrylics and stitched with free motion machine quilting. I wanted to show the magnificence and strength of the bird’s triumphant flight asContinue reading “Over the Moon

Susan Sances

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A friend traveled to India and brought back a photo of a man with birds flying around him as he threw food from a plastic bag. I changed the city scene to a beach setting and surrounded the man with more birds, sky and water. One of the reasons I love to use birds in my work is to show how theyContinue reading “Indian Man Feeding Birds

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Thread painting of original photo. Original photo taken at the bird sanctuary in Sanibel, Florida. Thread painting using. free motion machine stitching on photo transferred to cotton fabric.

Thread painting of original photo. Original photo of peacock taken in Maui at a conservatory, thread painting using free motion machine stitching on photo transferred to cotton fabric.