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Thursday, January 7, 2010

The Making of A Lacy Sunflower Garden While Playing Hooky

Yesterday I had a slow day at work so got to go home for several hours for some playtime! For me playing with my sewing machine, paints, fabric, junk and paper all made for a great time. Here is the first layer of a collage with things like a tea bag (can anyone tell me what aufgussbeutel means and what language is it?)...a lace doily, an empty sewing machine needle case, crinkly papers, candy wrappers (my latest favorite embellishment), lace, painted paper and fabrics and snaps on cotton strips! After all of these are sewn down using invisible thread I begin painting with acrylic paint and a sponge brush. After a lot of the painting was done (I thought) I added Mod Podge to seal and shine it up a bit.
Here it is mostly dry, with more paint added...
and marking pen too...
And here is the finished piece!
Playing hooky from work can be lots of fun!
I am actually grateful for an occasional short day!
;-))
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15 comments:

  1. CarolineJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:42 AM

    Another gloriously textured piece Lynn - what fun you've had with your Aufgussbeutel - German for teabag apparently!!

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  2. Lisa at GreenbowJanuary 7, 2010 at 3:23 AM

    This is a great garden of textures. I like the idea of garten rather than auggussbeutel.

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  3. sukipoetJanuary 7, 2010 at 5:13 AM

    inventive and beautiful. I love your use of the snaps.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 7, 2010 at 5:21 AM

    oh my! that is brilliant....

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  5. studio loloJanuary 7, 2010 at 5:45 AM

    here's the definition from the English-german dictionary!


    Aufgussbeutel Aufgussbeutel m sachet (containing coffee/herbs etc ) for brewing
    (=Teebeutel) tea bag


    I love your wonderful, crazy, colorful textural pieces!!

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  6. soulbrushJanuary 7, 2010 at 6:02 AM

    i haven't heard that phrase 'playing hooky' in ages...what a great piece of art, so much joy- bet that's because you were playing hooky. i was in bed mostly with a headache, but feeling better today. maybe go back to work tomorrow.

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  7. Cris, Artist in OregonJanuary 7, 2010 at 7:17 AM

    Wow this turned out great. I love how you painted over everything. I was wondering where you were going then I saw the painted leaves. Yep you need to play hookey more often. Right now your mind must be running over with tons of ideas as you sure have been coming up with cool ideas.

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  8. Kate RobertsonJanuary 7, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    This is gorgeous, I love all the texture.

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  9. TeriJanuary 7, 2010 at 8:59 AM

    You certainly know how to 'play hooky', great piece of art. Love everything that went in to it (tell your hubby to watch out or he will find himself on the inside looking out) lol

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  10. marianneJanuary 7, 2010 at 11:08 AM

    What a nice result!
    I an't believe you have a job with all the creative things you accomplish!

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  11. KatiejaneJanuary 7, 2010 at 12:28 PM

    Wow, I thought I liked it before you painted it, but now I see that I like it a lot better after the paint! You did an outstanding job and this is beautiful.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 6:24 PM

    Really nice. I like the soft colors.

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  13. StampmaidenJanuary 7, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    Oh Lynn, I love this art piece. It's wonderfully texturized. Great layering and placement.
    Linda

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  14. ShopgirlJanuary 9, 2010 at 1:16 PM

    What fun it was to visit today..love your garden and just everything... You do make a joyful sound in my heart always,
    Mary

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  15. SethJanuary 10, 2010 at 10:45 AM

    Spectacular. I love the texture you have created in this piece!!

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