Friday, January 15, 2016

Carol's Pun Poetry - Poet-Tree

In the beginning when the word was chosen I was completely stumped. I started thinking about it and came up with poetry, which translated to Poet-Tree.
I copied a small picture that was my inspiration (it was about 3”) and used my enlarger to obviously enlarge it! I started out with a white piece of fabric and used fabric paints and Inktense sticks, not the pencils, to create my wood tree. I also used some masking for the
whites of his eyes, which I had never done before, and a hair dryer to dry th inks and paints when I added more color. Once I had him all painted up, I did stitched texture for his bark/mustache/face/hands and then cut him out of the fabric.
I then got another piece of fabric and painted his background. I attached him to the background and stuffed him a little so he would have a small belly. I then sewed him down and added more

quilting and fancy stitching, etc. His right hand and book were added last. The book cover is a small piece of silk and the pages are white cotton. I wrote the poem Trees by Joyce Kilmer in his little book, of course.
All in all, I like him quite a bit.

9 comments:

  1. In a word, Carol: brilliant! The pun itself is clever and one I've never heard. The execution of the quilt, all the obvious work that went into it, the overall beauty and excellence of it wonderful.

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  2. WELL...my first thought was brilliant also, but as Alice got it first, I'll say fabulous! It is so "Carol"!
    Your sense of humor & creativity all in one quilt.
    I am so glad that you were "stumped" by this theme!

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  3. Your tree is wonderful. So much character and texture. Well done

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  4. I adore this pun Carol. Beautiful work and so perfectly executed!

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  5. This is fabulous Carol. The pun and execution are outstanding! Love it!

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  6. Stunning quilt! The tree expression is perfect! As always so well executed! Great job!

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  7. Truly Fabulous. I love the pun and love the quilt. Such attention to detail.

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  8. Stunning ! Your work is brilliant, and I love that you provided details of how you accomplished everything. And then to top it off .... You included Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" poem ... WOW !

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  9. Inspirational! What a lot of techniques you used. I think you have a real flair for painting. The piece is very cohesive. The tiny book is a great bonus. Excellent!!!

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