Mixed Media Fiber Artist Grace Forrest,
who keeps up with my students here at Artisun,
graciously sent us Garden Deva to enjoy at the Holidays.
And she is a beauty!
Love the elongated format that you worked to Grace,
and how you let Deva go off the edge.
And the expressive quality you captured in her delicate face seems to really pull me into the piece.
How brave you are to draw directly onto the fabric,
I've never had the courage to try.
The glorious color you extract from your dye plants is fabulous
And do I detect some Deborah Lacativa dyed fabric as well?.
The frayed edges here and there are so perfectly placed,
yet I know how spontaneously you work.
Are your design skills innate or have you studied design?
And of course your Kantha stitching (running stitch) around the edges pulls it all together.
We loved and enjoyed it so much Grace.
Thank you for sharing yourself and your work with all of us here at Whitney.
so HAPPY thinking this is there with you, your so Great students...
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Spirit Cloth who freed an innate love of scraps and frayed edges where the
spirit of the threads can lead, one thing to the next. In a way, the
Cloths make themselves. and yes...there are pieces of Deb Lacativa's work
here.
i am working more and more at integrating the line drawing into the cloth...it's still new and all an experiment. Would so much love to be doing this in your
classroom, along side your gifted students....LOVE the thought of that.
Again, thank you ALL there at Whitney....You truly are inspiration.
Love, grace
So great to hear from you Grace and I know the kids will love that you sent them this heartfelt message. Much love to you there in beautiful New Mexico.
DeleteSo great to hear from you Grace and I know the kids will love that you sent them this heartfelt message. Much love to you there in beautiful New Mexico.
DeleteHow great to see Grace over here within her soul-filled piece. This community's connection grow and grow, making the world seem smaller and cozier.
ReplyDeleteKnowing one of Grace's cloths is here makes me treasure my own piece of hers all the more (mine is titled "Underlying order" and dates from when I "met" Grace during Jude Hill's Considering Weave)
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