Tomorrow I have a presentation for my Art Marketing class, so I have been working on that...Here is a movie I created featuring new all-organic cotton kid/baby items:
These goodies are being sold at Real Goods, in Hopland, California. Real Goods is a very green, solar-energy kind of place, and these seemed a good fit for their clientele! So soft, so colorful...and looks like I was able to insert the slideshow, even if I can't get it to center very well.
Glad You Is.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
PeaceHeart
The basic design seen here is at least 20 years old...although details vary from one batik to another. I am currently incubating ideas for a new series of batik wall hangings, and they too will be anchored by my favorite icon, the peace sign.
PeaceHeart, Teri Johnson
Hot-Wax Batik w/Rit Dyes
Sign of Peace
This is a detail from my SweetPeace Design banner/sign:
This is a view of the whole sign...batik on heavy cotton drapery panel, Procion mx dyes and hot-wax resist applied with tjanting.
Thickened dye has been applied, after background was waxed (tjanting tool). Next, dyed areas will be waxed, leaving spaces to create final outlines in the design. A trip into the freezer will chill the wax and help make the crackle sharp, then a deep black overdye will be applied, to create crackle and outlines (spaces left unwaxed).
This is a view of the whole sign...batik on heavy cotton drapery panel, Procion mx dyes and hot-wax resist applied with tjanting.
Pics of batik process:
Thickened dye has been applied, after background was waxed (tjanting tool). Next, dyed areas will be waxed, leaving spaces to create final outlines in the design. A trip into the freezer will chill the wax and help make the crackle sharp, then a deep black overdye will be applied, to create crackle and outlines (spaces left unwaxed).
Below, the black overdye has been applied and air-dried. After removing excess black dye on waxed areas with wet papertowelling, wax will be removed by ironing. I don't steam or boil out my wall hangings, as I like to leave a little wax to provide sheen, and added weight and body to a hanging. In this case, the combination of wax residue and the heavy nature of the fabric makes this sign hang well, even in outdoor venues, and store easily when rolled up (and no wrinkles if not squashed).
Batik by Teri, sign construction by Virginia.
Peace Witch
Detail from a batik I made some time ago, using Rit instead of Procion mx dyes...I have always loved to slide in a peace sign if at all possible, and since I draw the picture... .
Full view:
Witchy Woman
Teri 1991
Hot-wax batik, Rit dye, deep brown crackle and overdye
terijane.com - argh!
terijane.com is turning out to be a real learning (or rather, not-learning) experience! Evidently I am NOT currently tech-savvy enough to figure out how to get the web page up and manage it. I know, I know, not a huge surprise to those of you who know me, but in the spirit of "why the hell not?" I am working at it, with the help and support of my whole famdamily and any strangers I can hook in off the street...thank goodness the blog was so easy to do! I am loving the blog even more after trying to figure out the geekspeak that passes for instructions when you push the help button when working on the web page. Argh.
Yet, I really, really want a web site, so you can expect lots more whining about how hard it is and how long it is taking, until I (well, really, we, my son Jayme and husband Mike and anyone else I can rope into helping or doing it for me) get it up and running. My very first post here was about old hippies learning new tricks, and the blog was deceptively easy to set up and use, I really did do it all by myself!...but the original question is still reverberating out there in space -- "Can she do it?" so stay tuned... .
A picture, just for fun:
Yet, I really, really want a web site, so you can expect lots more whining about how hard it is and how long it is taking, until I (well, really, we, my son Jayme and husband Mike and anyone else I can rope into helping or doing it for me) get it up and running. My very first post here was about old hippies learning new tricks, and the blog was deceptively easy to set up and use, I really did do it all by myself!...but the original question is still reverberating out there in space -- "Can she do it?" so stay tuned... .
A picture, just for fun:
Detail from a silk scarf, procion mx dyes (yellow/bronze/red areas) with indigo edges. When I pulled this one out of the indigo pot and unwrapped it, I had to let out a WooHoo!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Peace Apron
by Lolli Jacobsen, Mendocino Textiles
This time Lolli collaborated with local artist Shizuko, to create a stunner! I love this black work apron, which is well-constructed and features handy front pockets, much appreciated by artist-types. The beautiful image seems to both whisper and shout its message: PEACE!!!
Although I almost hate to get it dirty, I couldn't wait to get this picture taken, so I could do just that thing...visualize me in my studio, splashing dye and paint around, inspired by Lolli's cool apron. If you just have to have one too, "e" me or leave a comment, and I can arrange for that to happen!
This time Lolli collaborated with local artist Shizuko, to create a stunner! I love this black work apron, which is well-constructed and features handy front pockets, much appreciated by artist-types. The beautiful image seems to both whisper and shout its message: PEACE!!!
Although I almost hate to get it dirty, I couldn't wait to get this picture taken, so I could do just that thing...visualize me in my studio, splashing dye and paint around, inspired by Lolli's cool apron. If you just have to have one too, "e" me or leave a comment, and I can arrange for that to happen!
Give Peas A Chance
PeacePeas Dish Towel
by Lolli Jacobsen, Mendocino Textiles
Created as a statement about the then-new Iraqi war, artist Lolli Jacobsen combined historic (and copyright-free) images from old seed catalogs with free-spirited calligraphy by a friend, to create these charming and useful dish towels. The PeacePeas design is also available on other items, as are many other designs created by Lolli, in her studio in Fort Bragg, California.
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