Feeling Blue

 i can't figure out why i can do an image transfer 

using a magazine page but not with something

 printed with my laser printer. 

imma figure this out!

(((why did blogger get rid of the option

to decrease line spacing??????)))

Batwoman Fails

 boy howdy...i'll bet you can hear

all the snap crackle pop of dem bones

from where ever you are

i bought a laser printer specifically to be able

to do image transfers using my art and a gelli plate.

i spent the better part of a day jacking with that

thing...i can get an image using a magazine

 photo but nothing with anything printed

 with this printer. i'm ready to toss it in the yard!

Doubting Thomas (jody)…...

Being unemployed and without money sure does boost my

innovativeness…(is that a word?). I'd like to have some screens

made to print my drawings but that's just not in my budget so I

decided to try transferring them using gel medium….ok…but 'iffy'…

sometimes they looked ok…sometimes not. My next idea was to use

a light box and trace the image onto the fabric with permanent marker.

Since I don't HAVE a light box I commandeered an old picture frame..

taped the image to the glass…layed the fabric over the 

frame…held it over a lamp... and transferred the image.

Finally…something I can live with! I like doing a 

combination of paint and free motion sewing to finish 

these up. I had planned to use regular pin backs on the

brooches but couldn't figure out a way to ship them...

without worry of damage... that I could afford. After a

little research the solution is to use laundry pins. I had

to source them from overseas to get a price I could live

with. In the mean time I'm trying to get a few finished

up so they'll be ready for the laundry pins. My 

plan is to put a small selection in my Etsy shop

 to see what sells and what doesn't…always scary

putting your art out into the world. I look at the art

of some of the published artists I follow and  think…

mine is just a good as theirs…but then when I think of

putting my own out there I have all these doubts….

I'm pretty sure that's what most artist go thru…

we'll see….