Trash Bird study is set aside. Time to move on to the large piece. Three birds have been cut and stitched to the background fabric along with a scattering of leaves. I have no real plan for the stitching within the birds, I will stitch away with a bit of intuitive stitching. The study has helped with ideas to use. And truthfully, if I spend too much time planning it all out I will lose the desire to stitch it.
I have not abandoned the Hearts and have been stitching bindings on them for the next step. I find bindings and hanging sleeves to be the drudgery work that I really put off. Having the Trash Bird ( it really needs a better title ) to switch to after a bit of binding work makes it bearable!
It feels good to be working on a new piece at the start of a new year.
3 comments:
pretty colors, you're right - the bird does need a name that flies beyond "trash" - is there a story how it began as trash bird that hints of its metamorphic artistic transformation?
Trash bird started when I saw a piece of trash by the roadside as I was driving. At first glance I thought it was a bird but no, just a shape that caught my eye. I would have stopped to take a photo ( as well as dispose of it properly ) but traffic was heavy and no place to pull over. When I could I sketched out the idea and it has been evolving since. Hence the name Trash Bird.
There's an old saying "trash to treasure" - perhaps your bird could rightfully be called Treasure bird now!! Its beautiful and I love your stitching.
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