Applique and beading of whale watching in Victor Harbor, South Australia. A contemporary art quilt which I donated to the Anna Ziedare's Latvian Summer High School in Normanville, South Australia, January 2013. The wall hanging measures approx 1 metre wide by about 1 and a half metres high.
12 x 16" Mixed media on canvas. I use paper and fabric collage as a base and then add painted elements to finish the piece. This piece has hand painted ladybugs, leaves and sparrow on top of the collage work. Detail:
I used dark denim for the base, and burlap for the background. The roof is a scrap of houndstooth fabric, the door is red felt, and the house white cotton. The windows were cut from decorative paper, to which I added light blue paint and drew the panes with a silver permanent marker. The grass…
I love incorporating fabric and trimmings into my mixed-media collages with vintage photographs because items such as cloth, ribbon and lace portray a softness. A softness impling the softening of our memory that can come with time. This 6 inch square collage, "Time was … Moody & Jinny", is sewn on cloth, mounted on a…
In my Art piece I used a paper bag, card stock, circa picture 1940's, jute, weaved ribbon, cotton cloth ribbon, string, chiffon ribbon, yarn, acrylic paint, soft jersey recycle shirt, sparkles, tacky glue and a sharpie. I used a hand single stitch, a double stitch and machine running stitch .
Image transfer to cloth from scan of cut and paste collage, hand and machine stitching, paint, metal, floral, sequin, ribbon embellishments, fabric -wrapped wood backing.
I remember when my Grandmother would bring out her piece of Mica rock and let me play with it. I would slowly peel away a piece and then would peel each little layer apart as well. So you can imagine the memories it brought back when I started designing this vintage necklace. I also used…
By Deborah A. Pierro – On wooden substrate with attached frame; gesso; hand-dyed papers; hand-dyed paper towel pieces; piece of suede in center; cutout of design I created; vintage metal "goddess"; pieces of manila folder with cloth doily pieces attached; masking tape; various acrylic paints; antique gold alcohol spray ink; Elmer's and tacky glue; mod…
By Deborah Pierro–The other day I was taking trash to the dumpster and came across a charming chest of drawers that someone was disposing of. I opened a drawer and found a Nautica(R) jeans tag, which I scooped up to use to make this art tag. I painted the back with black acrylic paint and sprayed it…
I enjoyed the wonderful article in the January/February 2012 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Mixed Media Walks The Runway, the contest sponsored by the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA). Asked the question: What would you create for a challenge like this? I would create a 'CHRISTMAS Dress RUNWAY… "Simplistic" To an "Intriguing Style" with many…
