Saturday, March 15, 2014

Andrea's Translate

 From Paper To Fabric

hand-dyed 100% cotton, screen-printed, fused, machine and hand-stitched

My first thought when I heard the word Translate was to work with a foreign language, probably French.  I then googled, and from thefreedictionary.com one of the definitions "To change from one form, function, or state to another; convert or transform" captured my attention and pulled me in a different direction.
 
I have been quite obsessed with monotype printing since taking a gelatin plate printing class with Linda Germaine last August.  Although I have yet to make my own gelatin plate, I do have a Gelli Plate which I have been using to make my prints which are mostly on paper.  I decided that I wanted to develop my quilt based on one of my prints using my printer to transfer from paper monoprint to fabric.
 
After going though my prints and choosing a few favorites, I narrowed it down to one of my fuchsia designs.  Fuchsia blossoms have fascinated me for years.  This particular design started out as a rubber stamp that I designed and carved at least 20 years ago.
 
Last fall I started cutting stencils based on my own designs, out of mylar instead of the paper/tyvek ones that I was using with the Gelli Plate.  The first stencil that I cut was an enlargement of my little rubber stamp fuchsia.
 
I have included photos of the original monoprint, mylar stencil and rubber stamp.  

 Gelli Plate monotype print on paper


hand carved eraser rubber stamp and mylar stencil

12 comments:

  1. You are a master at printing as well as quilting. This is one of my favorites of your quilts. Love the colors and the loose quality to the illustration. Perfect

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  2. A beautiful and striking quilt, Andrea! Every time I read about your use of screen prints, Gelli Plates, etc. I want to get into this aspect of art in a major way. But somehow, I just don't! Maybe inspired by this lovely piece of art I will!

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  3. Gorgeous Andrea! Love the vibrancy of the colors and am so impressed that you carved your own rubber stamp! A really beautiful quilt!

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  4. Just beautiful! I love the fuchsia and the colors.

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  5. Once again, you have proceeded to pass my expectations of what I imagine you would do.
    Wonderful and of course I just LOVE your printing.

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  6. Beautiful colors and exotic figures. Your use of the gelli plate inspires me to get mine out to play with.

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  7. What a beautiful piece! I really like the depth of the design. Your fuchsia stamp and print are perfect!

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  8. This is lovely! I would be happy to hang this on my wall to look at evey day.

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  9. This is really beautiful - love the colors and the imagery - a fabulous use of the printing process and one of the best looking monoprints I've ever seen. Makes me want to get the gelli plate out (I bought it after I saw your first mention of it here but have not used it yet - you are really opening my eyes to the possibilities it yields)

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  10. Love to see such wonderful results with surface design techniques. I am trying to learn more about printing. You did a marvelous job! It is inspiring.

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  11. I think this is so beautiful, I wish I knew more about quilting. to be honest I don't know what you all are talking about most of the time. But I keep coming back and looking at this, just stunning.

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  12. I think this is so beautiful, I wish I knew more about quilting. to be honest I don't know what you all are talking about most of the time. But I keep coming back and looking at this, just stunning.

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