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To make Carried Away 1, I took an original photograph of a downed tree and manipulated it on the computer and had it on cotton sateen. After cutting up the fabric I then collaged and stitched my impression of the tides into a triptych mounted burlap. The representation of the tide on the bottom of the piece is made from the wool batting that was pulled from the back of work and then enhanced with wool roving that I felted onto the batting.
Inspired by the river and what lies beneath when the river recedes. These are 12 of the 15 in “River Series”. Each 17” x 17” on cotton canvas, worked with earth pigments, India ink and acrylic.
Next decision, should I mount them in floating frames?
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| Boxed In by Judy Langille |
I visited an Italian palace built in the 15th century. It was constructed using 8,500 white marble tetrahedrons. Their carving and positioning created the light and shadows reflected on this building that I was so taken with.
My immediate fascination with the stories within these stones
allowed me to look closely and inspired this piece of 3-D work.
Jeanne Sisson, www.jeannesisson.com
To start I ironed fabric onto freezer
paper to stabilize it before drawing or painting. Then I used this Arabic calligraphy
pen and India ink to draw the figure onto the linen.
The textures above and behind the figure
are multiple layers of monotype printing with acrylic medium that will act as a
resist when a wash of acrylic paint is applied later. The background was masked
with freezer paper and textures were monotype printed onto the figure and foreground
with paint.
Lastly, I applied a couple of layers of acrylic
paint in washes to create depth.
Carried, 12 x 14”, mixed media on linen
During the pandemic I obsessively hand stitched. Here are some of the MINIMS I made, each is 6" square, banded by needle lace which separates them but allows them to speak to each other.
