It's time for Amy's Spring Bloggers' Quilt Festival!
"Parrotpalooza"
12.5" by 14"
Acrylic inks on cotton. Wool batt with cotton threadwork.
I think it worked! I left the birds mostly unquilted. The background was a wash of a couple of different colors of the inks -- they are very rich in pigment and when mixed with water, they have a tendency to spread. But when used straight out of the jar, they are wonderful for fine detail.
This is the finished painting on cotton before I layered it and stitched it.
This is the central bird -- this was taken from a photo I took at the Milwaukee County zoo a couple of years ago when they had an exhibition of birds -- mostly parrots-- from Australia.
I snapped lots of photos and pulled this beauty from those.
This is another ink on fabric drawing from that day at the zoo. This is my daughter. I did this with Tsukineko inks -- they're quite different.
9 comments:
Wow that is beautiful!
So clever. Love it to bits. I may try and join this next year if they have it. I have so enjoyed going to an on-line quilt show.
what a fun quilt! The parrots all looks so bright - the detail is great with the inks, you definitely won with this experiment!
That is really interesting! Thank you for sharing it and a bit about the process!
You're right the parrots make you smile!!! Especially if you have ever had a relationship with a parrot.... They are really fun pets too.
Nice work Karen, love these birds. I have never bought any of that ink, which do you prefer after having tried them both, the acrylic ink or the Tsukineko ink? I suppose it depends what you are using them for...
love those parrots and love reading about your technique - super cool!
Very nice indeed!!!
Love your work!
The parrots may be pretty but they are noisy and messy! But we Aussies love them anyway!
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