Painted Peltex Pod Form
Stitched painted Peltex, embossed aluminum and wool felt. I was curious what the surface of Peltex would look like painted. This is the non fusible kind. I painted one side green and the other side purple, orange and metallic gold with textile paints.The surface came out slightly porous looking, not smooth and flat like painting [...]
Nov 16, 2008 | Categories: Creative Process | Tags: crafty stuff, mixed media, sewing metal, vessels | 11 Comments »
Blue Vessel
After making the first vessel I realized that I needed to change a few things in the construction process. I used a fused hinge method to put the base on this new vessel. This was the method I used making the Dream Houses. It made construction much easier with less bending of the panels when [...]
Sep 06, 2008 | Categories: Creative Process, The Work | Tags: crafty stuff, mixed media, painting, sewing metal, vessels | 8 Comments »
Vessels
For sometime I have wanted to try making some vessels. I have several ideas I want to explore. Besides trying different shapes, I of course want to include metal. I suppose it would have made sense to make one without adding metal first to try and work out the logistics of how to put one [...]
Sep 03, 2008 | Categories: Creative Process, The Work | Tags: crafty stuff, mixed media, sewing metal, vessels | 4 Comments »

