Ever since my first digital camera , I've been taking photos from trains at speed - I love the blurring. I've made a few journal quilts and one experimental piece but have always wanted to scale up . The current theme 'Through the Window' of the International Quilt Challenge gave me an opportunity to start down that road (or should that be rail?!!!!)
In 2006 I travelled with Susan Briscoe to Yuza-machi in Japan and took lots of photos from the Shinkansen train from Tokyo to Yamagata. The green of rice paddies, the purplish grey roofs , the mountains and the coast were so different from the train photos I'd taken in the UK
Techniques and materials used? Photos were printed on colour catchers treated with 'Ink Aid' . I used Photoshop to increase saturation slightly but that's all -the blurring is as captured by camera. These were applied to a section of lightweight fabric from a secondhand kimono bought for Pojagi in Tokyo.
A silk organza scarf with woven lines was laid over the top and attached with twin needle stitching. Interesting difference between the raised ridges produced when stitched through 1 layer of kimono and the flatter ones where stitching through both kimono and colour catcher. I really should have stabilised the kimono fabric first but I actually like the effect!
I'd like to produce an even bigger piece next perhaps inspired by the paintings of Atsuhide Ito although quite how I'd photograph it and display it....
5 comments:
Wow, that's really interesting. I like the effect of the photographic images beneath the stitching very much.
The effect of the sheer scarf over the top works brilliantly to give an impression of blurred speed. Love this!
These are great!
The impression of speed is wonderful, and highly original. Lovely to see your interpretation.
Looks great!
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