Synergy: Traditional Fiber Art and Digital Design
This piece was created on a recycled sheet. The sheet is an excellent quality, high thread count pima cotton with a beautiful sheen.
The pattern was created by simple folding and low water immersion dyeing. This process was repeated four or five times. Each time the material was folded in a different direction or a specific area was dipped in the dye bath.
The piece measures 24 X 96 inches, it is long and narrow.
After washing, rinsing and ironing, I took 30 shots of the fabric. I adjusted the camera for a variety of sizes, and moved the tripod closer and further from the work for detail or long range shots.
After the images were uploaded into PhotoShop I evened them out and then cropped the areas that were most interesting or had photographed the best. Then saved them to a folder.
I opened a new document in PhotoShop and sized it for the maximum image size of each product I intended to place the final image on. The document was set up as a PNG with a transparent background.
Opening my image file folder I selected one image and placed it on the background. To create larger images, I copied the original image, rotated it until I was pleased with the direction, created a new layer and then pasted the second image. Using the move tool I combined both images together.
Another image, sometimes two, was selected and added as a border or both border and center piece.
I don't smooth out the edges where one image meets another. I like the collage effect and in some cases the work reminds of quilting.
The completed work is uploaded to my online store sites and digitally printed on a variety of products.
Today I began uploading images to Spoonflower, so expect to see some yardage soon.
The pattern was created by simple folding and low water immersion dyeing. This process was repeated four or five times. Each time the material was folded in a different direction or a specific area was dipped in the dye bath.
The piece measures 24 X 96 inches, it is long and narrow.
After washing, rinsing and ironing, I took 30 shots of the fabric. I adjusted the camera for a variety of sizes, and moved the tripod closer and further from the work for detail or long range shots.
After the images were uploaded into PhotoShop I evened them out and then cropped the areas that were most interesting or had photographed the best. Then saved them to a folder.
I opened a new document in PhotoShop and sized it for the maximum image size of each product I intended to place the final image on. The document was set up as a PNG with a transparent background.
Opening my image file folder I selected one image and placed it on the background. To create larger images, I copied the original image, rotated it until I was pleased with the direction, created a new layer and then pasted the second image. Using the move tool I combined both images together.
Another image, sometimes two, was selected and added as a border or both border and center piece.
I don't smooth out the edges where one image meets another. I like the collage effect and in some cases the work reminds of quilting.
The completed work is uploaded to my online store sites and digitally printed on a variety of products.
Today I began uploading images to Spoonflower, so expect to see some yardage soon.
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