{"id":1976,"date":"2017-01-28T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T02:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2017-01-28T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T02:35:37","slug":"overdressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/?p=1976","title":{"rendered":"Overdressing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you’ve read my last two blog posts, you’ll know that I’ve been working on a textile poster, pieced and appliqued out of trash–used packaging. A lot of the assembly came about in flip-and-stitch sections, with quilting to flatten everything down onto felt, then onto a backing.<\/p>\n

The problems I saw were a jumble of clutter and a lack of cohesiveness. Many thanks to everyone who left a comment with a suggestion. I considered every single one. And I was determined to move on to address the problem, to redress\u00a0and resolve\u00a0those issues, and others brought to my attention, with paint.<\/p>\n

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Paint day 1–Brushwork, dabbing, sponging, dotting the fuchsia matchsticks—! or i?, adding a soft color to the f in RefUSe:<\/p>\n

Better. But still, not half as cohesive as I’d like. On to Paint Day 2, now armed with my favorite paint tool, the Gelli Gel Plate–for mono-printing, and a few\u00a0high quality tubes of acrylic. Continued to daub, sponge, and brush.<\/p>\n

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Getting there, now, I think. It’s a lot more impressionistic, which helps to blend the sections for the cohesion I’m after. A lot more yellow, yellow-green, and orange tones, for warmth and sunniness. I’m thinking most of what Joan had to say: “I would use paint so it would have the look of a wall that multiple posters have been ripped from and covered with more posters. I would soften some, completely paint over areas and leave some bright…”<\/p>\n

I’ve darkened the S in RefUSe, and the outer edges of the second e–which seems to\u00a0need a bit more darkening to be readable…Not that ReUS doesn’t have some merit as a message. It’s about “us” doing our part. And hopefully, this message won’t be interpreted as a plea for\u00a0nationalism over globalism, cuz this citizen really doesn’t cotton to the America First slogan we keep hearing over and over…<\/p>\n

OK, focus on your art, Eleanor. We’re not trying to be controversial this time. Honest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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