any mixed media quilters here?

I'm just starting to dabble a bit. I have a good friend who makes the most amazing paper on earth. I've begun incorporating that into a few of my little tiny "experiments". As for anything other than paper.... I've been stitching just about anything I could get to stitch onto fabric for a while now. And, painting, ripping, staining, and now I've bought a wonderful piece of rebar, totally rusted, and I'm going to wrap a piece of RTD cotton around it, stitch and bind and twist, put it in a bucket of water for a week and see what happens. I've turned into a mad scientist LOL

What area of mixed media are you interested in? I love the boxes .... little stories made of wood or cardboard with paint and findings and bits of fabric here and there.

I would love to hear all about what you're interested in.

Sunny

Howdy!

Yes

R/Sany

I saw the results of rust dyeing in Chicago - there was a whole booth just about rust! I'm currently excited about nearly every technique I see, and have been, when time allows, exploring all the materials and techniques in making ATC's. They're small - won't take up weeks of work time, and I can trade them. I personally am drawn to paints - stamps - polymer clay - and my newest material to experiment with (it's waiting in line for TIME to become available) is a transfer paper called TAP by Lesley Riley. Sunny, do you have a blog? You should start one where you can keep a sort of pictorial journal of your mad scientist experiments, and let us see the results!

uummm, ok, I'll bite. what?

If you go to

you can see my artquilts and felted creations. I have to admit I often feel a bitintimidated by traditional quilters and quilters! Erin

I like playing with embellishing and dying and painting and stamping and.....just about any new technique that looks like fun....does that count as mixed media? Or just confused? LOL Allison

for the rust dyeing put in salt and vinegar to speed it along. i do quite a bit of heat gun(ing), soldering iron as well as dyeing. I love it!

I love to dabble, burn melt etc!

Howdy!

Been doing this for years; used to trade w/ Susan in Austin, egging each other on. Details spread around the house... state... country. ;-)

R/Sandy

Erin, your things are very cool. Lyn and I attended a small workshop on needlefelting, and she is going to try it with the hand felting unit to make things to fill butterfly and dragonfly appliqued wings - I have delierately held myself back from it - exploring instead the angelina fibers and various paints for that kind of thing. I'm still facing the same dilemna I faced back in my pre quilting days, when I made embroidery and cross stitch patterns meant to hang on the wall - most people, including myself, already have their walls done - they can't use more "art". that's another reason I like ATC's - they are small, collectible, storable - and I can just pull them out like a photo album to look at when I please. IF I can develop my artistic expression to the degree that it's 'saleable', I'll try on etsy.com.

Ragmop, are there pictures? Musicmaker

I'm thrilled to see so many of us venturing into these areas. It's fun and challenging at the same time it allows one to explore ideas that have bubbled for a while. Estelle, thanks for the bit of information. I am heading today to put the bucket out by the back door and add fabric and water. I'll be putting in some salt and vinegar as well.

Sunny

Howdy!

Some. Somewhere.

R/Sandy

Thanks! You've just made my day! :-)

t people, including myself, already have their walls done -

Yes, I've found that smaller pieces (i.e. letter or A4 sized) sell better. I LOVE making ginormous wall-hangings since I've always loved medieval tapestries and really would like to have my own castle too! But I've also found that semi-practical things, like bags, sell well while also providing a "canvas" for creativity.

Erin