Tag Archives: silkies

Nov4

UV Spray

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UV Spray
UV Spray
My next experiment was actually to use Krylon’s “Preserve It” to spray my recently printed silkies. I experimented on the “Three Mary’s” since I felt I had used too much color saturation. If it ruined it, I wasn’t going to use it anyway. It didn’t, so yesterday I sprayed the print of Jesus as the Good Shepherd.

The only misgivings I have about the spray is it contains toluene. Because Hurricane Sandy was afoot, (we only got wrap around winds, here,) I sprayed it in the basement, but made sure I scotched the door open for ventilation.

Oct28

Bible Covers

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Bible Covers
Bible Covers

I fused three silkies onto Bible cover foundations. The Wonder Under worked great. It was the heavy adhesive kind.

Then, I auditioned fabrics to go with the angel. She was the easiest.
 Next, I scrounged through my stash of embellishments for baubles, trims and threads. I packed the angel and her accoutrements in a tote bag that is now my “project bag” for her. I think I’ll work on her first because she looks like the daughter of a friend of mine. Maybe, I can gift her!
 

The fabrics to surround Rembrandt’s “Head of Christ” were next. I think they are most beautiful.

I had thought “The Good Shepherd” protrait of Jesus would be the easiest to choose coordinating colors for, but it was the toughest. Since I’m way too sick to go to church in the morning, I’ll save that to do then, as an act of worship.

Oct27

Today’s Experiment

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Today’s Experiment
Today’s Experiment

This is not the best photo in the world, but I just want to document what I’ve done. I printed four of the “Bible cover” images on silk charmeuse. Before I printed them, I edited them by increasing the saturation of color for each image. It was too much for the “Three Mary’s.” They look like they’ve found the fiery furnace instead of the empty tomb.

I traced and cut out a 8,1/2″x11″ piece of Wonder Under that I’m going to fuse to the back of the silk after I remove it’s paper backing. Then I’ll cut the images apart and fuse them to the muslin Bible cover foundations. I’ll have to be careful with my iron, not to burn the silk (though that might enhance the look of the “Three Mary’s!”)