Fabric postcard #1

I decided to try making a fabric post card and discovered it was fun. I have not sewed in years and my sewing machine is 40 years old this year. I used some very heavy two sided fusible interfacing as an inside. The fabric is some that I dyed a long time ago for a project and this is just a left over scrap.

Artarazzi challenge #32

Here is my entry for the artarazzi challenge this week. Below you can see the challenge photo which I contributed this week. The results that have been submitted are amazing.

Artarazzi challenge #32

I am the guest artist for Artarazzi challenge #32. Here is the challenge photo. It is a photo of Sake barrels at a shrine in Osaka, Japan. I just love the variety of designs on the repeated shapes.

Artarazzi challenge #28

Artarazzi has digital art challenges every week.

Here is the original photo:

Here is my entry: New Mexico Dreaming

The colors in the original photo reminded me of the many photos I have from New Mexico. I added some scenes from San Augustin an almost ghost town in north eastern New Mexico. I used images of a crumbling old ruin of a house, a church, and a cemetery stone from 1888. I also have superimposed a scene from Chaco canyon. The woman's face is from a collage I did years ago. I Can't remember her name now.

Inside of the weathered book.  I dribbled some blue paint on it before the project.  

altered papers project

Painted paper towels that have been hanging out in the weather since February.  

Altered book project

On February 20th I put out some books and old magazines to destruct in the weather.  They hung on a little tree sculpture in front of my house through snow storms and ice.  Through rain and sun they stayed put.  I took them down on May 2 but I am just now getting around to posting them.