Susan Sances
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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Susan Sances
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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Susan Sances
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.
Susan Sances
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.
Sheila Schaeffer-Hirsh
Pages sewn – link stitch over tapes. Cover is etched copper with attached enamel medallion. This book was inspired from a class I took with Dolph Smith. It incorporates my 3 favorite art techniques; enamel, sewing, and exposed spine book making.
Sheila Schaeffer-Hirsh
Exposed spine coptic stitch sewing. Sewn endbands, attached leather clasp. Covers made of etched copper. The challenge of this book was sewing the endbands and attaching the clasp.
Sheila Schaeffer-Hirsh
This altered book was cut, sewn, stamped on punched, pasted, reinforced and painted. Tabs A – Z were added to the edge. This altered book contains pictures and descriptions of birds and bird knowledge, A – Z. I was challenged to artistically attach the many articles of bird ephemera I collected for this book.
Sheila Schaeffer-Hirsh
Hand sewn book. Exposed spine sewn over leather cords. End papers and tabs made of hand decorated paper. Cover made of etched, pierced copper and brass with leather lacing. I bound “Books Will Speak Plain (a history of the book)” to honor my teacher Julia Miller who wrote it.
Sheila Schaeffer-Hirsh
Hand sewn blank pages over ribbons. Exposed sewing on the spine. Cover is made of Mica over photos with a window. This whimsical book would make a good journal for a bird lover.
