25 September 2014

Imitating Fabric

My house has been under construction for a number of weeks and, since I work in a home-based studio, my art making has been pretty severely disrupted. Today I waded back in a little bit and made some trompe l'oeil pink fabric with moku hanga and Nishinouchi washi.



The trick is to use lots of rice paste so the brush strokes show.

4 comments:

Andrew Stone said...

This is beautiful. Beats cutting two blocks with parallel lines.....are you going to make faux drapes with your faux fabric for your new living room?..
It's a great color, by the way. The beige Nishinouchi sometimes really helps mellow/warm some colors.

Annie B said...

It sure does beat trying to carve lines like that. Looks more natural, too, to let the brush strokes do the work. I agree completely about the Nishinouchi mellowing colors a bit.

Elizabeth Busey said...

I'm so envious of the brush strokes! Somehow roller marks just don't achieve such a subtle effect. Looking forward to seeing what comes next.

It is amazing how disruptive things can be when you work at home. I gave up a great chunk of the week replacing a much beloved 14 year old minivan. Had to find something to haul my artwork!

Annie B said...

Elizabeth, that's funny because when I took that workshop in August with Karen Kunc I was all excited about roller marks!

Glad you got your van replaced, but yes, so disruptive.