Orange Tire Tread Canvas

Over the past few days I've been painting up a storm, trying to prepare a pile of different fabrics to sew into functional products.  Learning to sew scares the crap out of me, so I need some truly awesome fabric to motivate me.  My most recent project is canvas supply pouches/clutches.  Here's what I've come up with:

This puppy has everything I love in a design.  Bright colors, lots of contrast, a grungy look... it makes me happy.

I'm not sure I can bear to cut it up!

Also in the works is a "geek chic" bamboo rayon scarf featuring binary.  I don't have a proper stretcher frame, so I have to use an embroidery hoop to hold the fabric taut when I apply the resist.  That means I can only do one binary word a day, because that's all that will fit in the hoop and the gutta takes hours to dry properly.  I sure hope it's worth it.

What art have you been working on lately?

Busy Busy

We've been working up quite the sweat here at TiMae Creations!  I can't count how many different techniques I've experimented with over the last month, trying to perfect stuff for our Etsy shop.  Shiva Paintstiks, sunprinting, splatter painting, rubbings, bound resists, and more.

Tim and I want your opinion on what pre-made t-shirts to use as a base.  Here's one I painted as a trial:

Modeled by the ever-so-handsome Tim.

This is the back, obviously.

The stars were hastily stenciled to cover up some silver paint I spilled, but I kind of like them.  What do you think?  Stars or no stars?  How about the v-neck?  Would you wear this?  Please leave your opinion in the comments.

Coming up:  A sunprinted resist for a furoshiki cloth.

Ranger Color Wash

This past week I've been experimenting with Color Wash spray dyes from Ranger.  I've gotten mixed results, with the most common problem being the colors getting muddy as they blend.  Some things have turned out nice, though.  Like this rainbow scarf:

Colors are not accurate, but you get the idea.

And this broadcloth:

I got the splatter effect on the cloth by very lightly spraying on the color wash and splashing water randomly all over the place.  Messy but fun, my favorite things!

Now I'm working on a hat for my brother-in-law.  If it turns out nicely, we intend to offer similar hats on our Etsy shop, TiMae Creations (open soon).  I'll be sure to post pics once it's done.

P.S.  Does that tarp look like a pond to you?  When I went out to check on the drying cloth, I found a very confused frog.  

"What do you mean, it's not water?  It's blue-green, ain't it?"