Showing posts with label Joie de Vivre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joie de Vivre. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Washing Out Fabrics and Thinking Ahead


After setting the fabric paint and washing out yesterday's fabrics, this is how they looked.


It got me thinking about what I'd like to do for the Strohl Gallery Shop at Chautauqua. I've been thinking about going back to some signature pieces but using my Controlled Breach technique. So I'm going to try a version of Joie de Vivre and Surely You Jest! (see printed, stitched and beaded versions below). I hope to "keep it simple", as Jennifer says. Maybe just a bit of stitching and a bit of beading (I will try to control myself!).

Joie de Vivre
Surely You Jest!
Tonight, in Exploring Surface Design we will be working with gelatin printing plates. Students in the fall and winter sessions made remarkable prints during this class. I can't wait to see what this semester's students create.

Gelatin print with dandelions and yarn by Julie B Booth


Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Feelin' Like Spring

Joie de Vivre #9 by Julie B. Booth

It really feels like spring today! And...it's supposed to hit 70 on Thursday. Time to do a little "dance of joy"!

I'm off to a meeting with F.I.N.E this morning but hope to be back to work on the Hamsas this afternoon. I'm about to get to the more interesting layers and hope that by the weekend, I can reveal what the Hamsas really look like under all this glue and paint.