a gallery of green

Today I am embracing the colour green with a few pebble/round shaped samples from my sketchbook seaweed elements of my art quilt and remembering a summer day when everything that caught my eye was green

nougat

I love playing and sampling ... such fun!

the first few samples were inspired by sliced nougat

loving all those round pebble shapes
looking at those wonderful lines and textures

noticing the many tones of brown in the walnuts

being seduced by that lovely lime green angelica

yes ... there is inspiration to be found in everything!

playing with my paints
mixing copper, gold and sap green to recreate the tones

and using fabrics from my stash to play with pebble shapes

a simple and fun example of reverse applique

I used a synthetic kunin felt for the background. On top of that I layered an animal print fabric and then a soft lime and green fabric on top. I used my sewing machine to stitch some pebble shapes and then carefully cut through the green fabric to reveal the animal print fabric below

after cutting out the pebble shapes
I top stitched over the edges to secure fraying

and stitched round some of the green shapes too

to complement ... I cut some round shapes from paper
and stitched to the felt through brown sequins

I painted some textured paper with copper and sap green and used the pebble shapes I cut from the green fabric, arranging them into a pebble column which I then stitched to the paper with black thread and free motion stitch

fun little samples looking at shape and tones of colour

These are a few details from the bottom of my St. Ives quilt. The background is silk that I dyed variegated shades of green dark through lime and yellow greens

I had loads of fun embellishing the sea bottom with real shells, beads, textured threads that fanned out like seaweed, melted plastic carrier bags, melted textured chiffon fabrics and tiny hand stitches

the finished edge of my quilt folded over
with seaweed and coral elements

long lengths of frayed silk knotted for texture

and my quilt features pieces of real seaweed
couched to the silk with beads added

real seaweed (lettuce variety) on the left

and then, inevitably, I get the urge to create a mosaic
featuring beautiful photos from my friends on flickr

(hope you like it Jackie)

1. I dream in chordaria 2. Ghost flower
3. Seaweed Tolsta Beach, Isle of Lewis
4. River deep Mixed Media Collage

the rest of these photos are from a summer day
walking on Porthminster beach

green seaweed, barnacles and mossy rocks

a tangle of flotsam and jetsam

green string and weed in a rock pool

green layers of rock decorated with moss

a type of bladderwrack growing on the rocks
beneath Pedn Olva Hotel

seaweed branching

seaweed

a green crab ... still alive

green rocks

more research:
The Natural History Museum:
Identifying British Seaweeds

hope you enjoyed the gallery of green
have a great weekend and week ahead
Carolyn

♥