Collaborations

 The other day as I was headed to the library, I stopped on the bridge for a few minutes to enjoy the scenery. I was particularly drawn to the swirly patterns in the flowing water. Afterwards I was thinking about how I'd use a photo I took (of the water) in a collage--either paper or fabric. This brought back memories of a time a couple decades ago when Bill and I used to collaborate on art projects, which we displayed and sold in art galleries and other places in one of the towns we used to live in. We'd print Bill's photos onto fabric and I'd create collage-like wall hangings using hand stitching with fabric, yarn, and or thread.  I still have a few pictures of some of them.

Unfortunately, this is not a great photo as the details aren't sharp, but it gives an idea of the overall piece

We also used to make photo collages for people with their family photos. Bill would scan their photos and create a collage that we would then print out onto the fabric and I'd create the wall hanging. People really liked those back in the day when digital photography was just starting to be a thing and not everyone was carrying phones with cameras. 

I should find out if there's a place online for me to get photos printed on fabric--or a place to get just the fabric because there's a place in town where I might be able to get the printing done. I know there are other ways to do photo transfer on fabric as well, so I'll have to investigate. I'd like to do some fabric/photo collage again, although I suspect it'd be in a completely different style than these were. Now that I'm thinking of it, I remember a few I did with felt that I made. Felt would work with regular photos printed on photo paper, possibly backed by card stock or watercolor paper. I can get photos printed here and I have lots of wool roving scraps for needle felting. Hmmm. I'll let this percolate. 

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