Tag Archives: art

manama

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

More art! This is another one of my little artworks made to fit a little frame. In case you’re wondering where the board comes from, it’s all native to the studio! I have dozens of these little 5×7″ boards all … Continue reading →

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Almost Persuaded

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

    I made this tonight after doing a little more organizing and working on an unfinished project with which I am not sure what to do. The background fabric is unbleached muslin that I “dyed” using watered down acrylic … Continue reading →

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Squid girl is done!

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

After some penciling and a little more paint, Squid Girl is finished. Yay!

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Dyeing in Process

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Arranging fabric on pulley system in preparation for dyeing.  Yup, pulley works.  Yay! Fabric being dyed main color: teal blue that doesn’t really look teal. Under-dyeing with ombre technique using teal blue. About an hour later: Over-dyeing in bronze using … Continue reading →

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Swatch Me Ombre

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Rebecca Fox

Ah, more dyeing adventures and another work in progress….Just to complicate the dyeing process of a silk dress-in-the-works, I’ve decided that I would give ombre dyeing a shot.  It didn’t go too badly with these small strips of silk.

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The second easiest book you’ll ever make

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

The pamphlet stitch binding is a classic, and one of the simplest you can use. In an effort to use oddball studio droppings, like an 18″x24″ piece of watercolor paper on which I had doodled while laid up from a … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of personal peace

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

Paper fabric, painted and inked. Quilted onto sandwich and mounted on canvas stretcher.

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Show me your mess!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

This… is my studio. Yes, it’s a mess. I admit it. I’m not sure it does me any credit to say that this is 45 minutes cleaner than it was when I got home from work yesterday. When we moved about … Continue reading →

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It cannot be stopped

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

An unrelenting wave of frozen water, falling swiftly, then blowing sideways. White, white, everywhere, like a blank page presenting itself to an intimidated artist. And it’s really cold, too. Otherwise known as… SNOW DAY!!! Yippee!!!

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It’s here.

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

Tie down the children and dress the dogs warmly! It’s the snow day to end all snow days! It’s… Actually, I’ve seen worse, but sensationalism is fun!

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