Leaf textures

I want to start a new group of leaf studies so I was shooting some of the dried leaves that I have to be able to enlarge and look at the textures close up. This is a solarized version of the back of one of the leaves. Now to figure out how to recreate it. I might print all the textures out or maybe make a silkscreen. Something to ponder.

Off to San Antonio

Tomorrow I head to San Antonio to work at the Art Cloth Studio with Jane Dunnewold and 11 other people in a weeklong intensive program. We each choose a particular project to concentrate on for the week. Judy Langille, fiber artist from New Jersey and Maggie Weiss, fiber artist from Evanston, Il and I will be doing work with paper and metal lamination. Watch the blog for postings about our progress through the week!

Today I held a workshop in my home studio for 4 artists. The topic was Exploration of Thermofaxes and Silkscreens. We tried out lots of ways to  expand  the usage of these 2 techniques. And we had lots of fun!