In my old quilting group, I was teased for my inclination toward so-called neutral colors. I haven’t worked that much with blacks and tans lately, but a big striped shopping bag from Designer Shoe Warehouse came into the house recently and begged to be cut up and used.
This piece reminded me that when you are working with multiple media, the order of operations matters. The monoprinted layer went down first and produced interesting blotches. I hated to cover them up.
Another thing I remembered is that I like little collections of vertical marks. I like making them and I like looking at them, too. You’ll have to click on the image to really see them. I could make more ….
I might make another piece like this and work harder on the composition. It was a really big shopping bag: There’s lots of striped paper.
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