29 Faces - day 28

I'm saddened to say that today is the last day of the challenge.

I am thrilled to say that I crossed the finish line...

I am also thrilled to say that I did it with
some really fabulous artists.

I met some great folks thru this challenge and
think they will become long time friends...

I think they will.... I make the vodka cubes!

~so here is my entry for day 28~

And here is the final piece... day 29

what better way to end than with my self portrait!

Once again, thank you Ayala Art.
You challenged us.
You brought us all together.
You made us create art.
You're the best! 

 ~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 27

a quilt in progress:

this is a mock up of my own images.. a test for image & color

This is the piece in progress.

I added 2 dancers on the road to the Taj Mahal.

~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 26

digital collage
from my own images and silkscreens

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - days 24 & 25

I love doing freemotion faces!

Once I start, I can't stop...

These are now small quilts, ready to hang on your wall!

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 23

Called 'Looking for Stumpy'

Many of us participating are already worried about
and/or experiencing withdrawals...
the challenge ends in just a few days.

 ~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 22

fabric face from a photo

then quilted

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 21

Prom Bride Princess

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 20

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 19

Making lots of scarey faces these days.

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 18

Back to digital...

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 16 & 17

 I started out going in one direction today,

but ended up in a completely different one...

 

Both were done on canvas,

one with gesso applied first, the other not.

Layers of paint were applied, then stencils, papers and fabric.
 The freemotion face was stitched last.

I had numerous thread breaks...
and probably won't stitch on painted canvas any time soon.

At some point I will add embellishments.
~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 15

Just a goofy piece to say,

Happy Valentines Day!

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

I did this free motion face (actually I did 2 )

with the intent to paint it. 

I haven't gotten around to the painting after a week,

 so I thought I would post it in its naked state.

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 13

This was a photographic accident that became a 12 x 12 quilt.

Bored one day looking for a photo to make into a quilt, and tho I passed this one up many times before because it was a boo-boo, one to delete, I just never did.

For some reason that day it spoke to me.

original photo

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 12

The last few days have been challenging.

I'm trying to work thru it.

Still working on 29 Faces.

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 11

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

~

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 10

My computer is my friend..

especially when it works properly!

~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Face - day 9

 Digital

 

Oh Ayala Art... you've created a monster!

~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists:
http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 8

Went digital this time

 

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby:http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists: 

http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/
~

Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are all originals.

29 Faces - day 7

Today is a total WTF day. I swear. You all think I'm nuts but there is some entity in my house doing weird things to my electrical stuff. So for more than a week it has been the computer. Today, my sewing machine.

I have been sewing on a machine for forty plus decades, and this has never, EVER happened before...  While I was sewing, the needle dropped out. Thankfully it didn't break. In fact, the top and bobbin thread were still intact, ready to do their job. That in its self is very odd, but then it gets even worse. I could not get the needle back in. It was like the hole had just closed up. Not kidding. Not being dramatic either. I was getting mad and for sure frustrated. What is going on?? The needle came out of a hole so the danged hole should still be there, right??

I ended up having to take the needle, bobbin, bobbin case, and faceplate area all apart just to get a needle back in... no, no, no... this should never happen... unless some trickster from the 'other side' is trying to be funny and torment me for some unknown reason. Ok now...haha.. now could you please let me go back to a normal boring yet peaceful day-to-day life?                            (miss you too Pops)

For this piece I took another scrap piece of fabric to use for the base, cut a scrap that had the face screened on it, tore some painted book pages with a Stencil Girl design, gessoed the paper down, added paint, then stitching.

 Note: Please be respectful of my images, which are originals. 

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby: http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists: 

http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

Had to add stitching

I couldn't help myself....

first photo: stitching added

second photo: back of piece

As for the recycling aspect, this canvas
was someone's throw away.

I can't stand to see usable 'good' stuff pitched

when someone (me!) can use it for something.

(ding!)

link to textilerecycler: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

29 Faces - day 6

Back to fabric...

Here's an artsy fartsy face.

 

Though I have tons of fabric, none were the color 

I wanted for the skin... 

so like any obsessive creative person, I had to create it.

Heaven forbid that I be forced to use something

too light or too dark

...no, no, no.

The face fabric was painted using one of my own silkscreens,

some paint added in other places here and there,

then some sketchy free motion stitching.

~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is herbaby: http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists: 

http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

29 Faces - day 5

I've been feeling like I'm in the wrong group.

My group-mates all are wonderful artists, painters, charcoal users, watercolorists and I work primarily with fiber. Hmmmm.

So on a whim... (omg, I have so much other work to do)... 

I decided to see what I could whip up.

You want us to stretch outside of our comfort zone... 

ok, well this is it for me!

I cut a piece of heavy canvas, lightly sketched the face, colored in with Derwent Artbars (which I totally forgot I had),

oh-so carefully ran a slightly dampened brush over each color

to spread the paint, then added acrylic

where I thought it needed it. 

I like the messy, drippy, fusion nature, 

so I added more water... just for fun.

It needs more work,

but I need to sit back for a few days and figure out what....

or I'll just wait and add some stitching (ding!)

~

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is herbaby: http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists: 

http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

29 Faces - day 4

Do you believe in spirits? I've been struggling with this for quite a while now. But, I do. This morning it happened again. I heard a crash. No not cars outside, but inside the house. I'm in one part of the house and in a totally different part, with no one around, a pile of things crash to the ground. I know who it is...

~ R.I.P. Jimmy: Tu eres ido, pero nunca se olvida, mi amigo ~

 

My best friend of twenty years passed suddenly away last year. He was bigger than life, Mr. Personality, the center of attention and yes, Mr. Entertainment. You may think I'm some nut job thinking that this departed one is moving things around in my house, but it has happened before. . . . on his birthday and the anniversary of his passing. Still think I'm crazy. . .  ask me about the missing cell phone some time.

So in anger, disbelief and pain, I cut out his image from black fabric, stitched it down and wrote him a personal note. He already knew what I was going to say. I'd said it all before, but I said it again. . . .

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby: http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

 

Here's the link to the list of participating artists: 

http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html 

 

This link will take to to my textilerecycler blog for more detailed info about this project & my creative and spiritual journey: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

29 Faces Challenge

This folks, is the challenge that got me to finish creating

my artFace blog: 29 Faces in 28 Days

I've spent 2 days now looking at all of the wonderful faces people are creating. Please take a look. I know that you will be entertained by the whimsy and wowed by the talent. I am in awe of all of these wonderful artists... 

Join me as I take this journey with over 70 other artists from around the world.

Here is my first offering, a threadwork portrait.

Here's the link to Ayala Art. This project is her baby: http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to the list of participating artists: 

http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/contact.html 

This link will take to to my other blog for more detailed info about this project & more: http://textilerecycler.blogspot.com/

New blog, First day

I tried to start this blog a year or more ago to write about and showcase a line of face related dolls, cards, etc that I created. I just never seemed to have the umpf to set it up in a way that made me feel good about it. In fact, I tried to delete, it but couldn't seem to manage that either.

Two days ago I stumbled upon a blog challenge, create 29 peices of art in 28 days, all relating to faces. I was so thrilled! I LOVE faces...so I jumped on board. Then I thought, oh that danged blog. For me, this challenge was more than just creating faces as art, it was finishing and publishing this blog... 

So a big thanks for the kick in the pants. I obviously needed it....