Playing with Fire
August 20th, 2010
With the fire theme in mind, I had the inspiration to play with some red yarn on paper. I really didn't have a plan in mind, just wanted to play. I used some matte medium to hold the swirls and curls in place. After it dried, I thought I saw a few different images in it, which I brought out in paint until this tree emerged. Fun!
I enjoyed doing it although, I did not like the way the yarn felt on my fingers when coated in matte medium. Ick!
Hope you all have a magnificent weekend!
14 Responses
that is super fun!
i am in love with the energy of it.
but i can imagine the ickiness of mediumcoatedyarnfuzzies, lol!
Posted by: andrea | Aug 20, 2010 at 6:52 pm |
it’s beautiful – i admire you for taking different materials and messing around with them; i don’t do that enough. but i DO know that that gluey yarn feeling precisely – the yarn always wants to stick to the fingers, never for the intended surface!
Posted by: aimee | Aug 20, 2010 at 7:24 pm |
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Were your fingers red when you were done? LOL
Posted by: Annie | Aug 20, 2010 at 8:27 pm |
Love this!!
Posted by: chel | Aug 20, 2010 at 11:26 pm |
ah, yes…a venture into the world of the collage artist’s ickyness! Nothing like getting those hands sticky! Glad you had fun! =)
Posted by: Maron | Aug 21, 2010 at 8:51 am |
this swirling yarning firetree
wraps itself twirling sweetly
into my heart & rests
like a yummy savory picnic afternoon.
LOVE IT!
xox
Posted by: rachel awes | Aug 21, 2010 at 9:04 am |
Oh, I love it! I’ve been discovering some neat art lately that incorporates string/yarn/thread with paint and paper, and it is so captivating.
Posted by: Lesley | Aug 21, 2010 at 10:33 pm |
Leah, this is gorgeous
I LOVE the swirling patterns, they inspire me
Milena xxx
Posted by: Milena Widdowson | Aug 22, 2010 at 5:37 am |
Ohh, yeah! I am totally going to play with yarn in some mod podge now!
I was ’stuck’ on how to wrap up a few background pages I’d started…but now you’ve given me a groovy idea.
Amy
Posted by: Amy | Aug 22, 2010 at 10:01 am |
Until I read that this was red yarn, I saw shoestring licorice whips, HA! I’m all about food art lately. I see it everywhere, even where it’s not. You still had sticky fun though, didn’t you? I like the coils in this one.
Posted by: Henniemavis | Aug 22, 2010 at 10:22 pm |
Hi Leah
Yarn on paper – an interesting technique. The result is quite stunning – love the 3D sense of it and the great colours.
Evelyn
Posted by: Evelyn | Aug 23, 2010 at 1:17 am |
I can imagine the feel of it, but I am just captivated by this. Love it.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Aug 26, 2010 at 12:24 am |
Love this Leah!
Posted by: becky aka theRav | Sep 21, 2010 at 12:14 pm |