Rising from the Rubble Collaborative Project

UPDATE: Completed the Batik process of the project and I am not happy with the results, so I have decided to start over, lesson learned: back off the anxiousness. Below are the first 2 finished pieces and the other 2 are the new ones awaiting the black dye and iron out process. Off to Wally World to buy more dye.

Looking forward to better results. Tabbi is underway with her quilted tapestry and I think she is establishing what she set out to do and she is pleased.

Rising from the Rubble Collaborative Project

My friend from Momtastic Stitchery had this really cool idea to create a couple tapestries relating to the Japan Earthquake and Tsnami disasters. She put together a great sketch of her idea and she is going to complete hers using quilting and stitching since that is how she mostly expresses herself artistically. I am completing 2 Batik tapestries with the same idea. When we are finished with these we will be auctioning them off and the proceeds to go to this tragedy<--in the process of researching who, what, when and how so we can make sure it goes to the right organization or one we both like.


This is a record of the project:
First, her sketch and the start of her tapestry.

The start of my Batik

 Painted

Wax applied

Immersed in Black dye

Waiting to dry so that the wax may be ironed off to reveal the finished desgin.

Taking ink to another place...

While still enjoying the use of india ink with pen and washes of various value, I have been trying another technique called Tempera Resist. This technique uses a thick layering of tempera paint on a bright colored paper leaving some paper exposed. This is followed by covering the whole tempera painting with India Ink, allowing it to cover and soak the page. After drying, the whole painting is immersed in a tub of water and tempera paint along with some ink is washed away revealing a very dramatic and serendipitous design.

Using the same imagery I experimented with the "Inktense" pencils and regular India Ink.

I have also continued my work in Pen and Ink...

As well as colored inks...