The absolutely stunning quilting and fabric work of artist Bisa Butler hearkens back to the roots of African American experience, evoking Gullah culture and Gee's Bend quilts. She uses no paint at all in these incredible fabric portraits...just cotton, silk, wool and velvet in quilted and appliqué techniques. The hue and chroma and shading she gets is phenomenal. Top to bottom: Broom Jumpers; Dear Mama; I Am Not Your Negro; I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings; Kindred; To Truth and God detail; To Truth and God detail; close up of a portrait; Bisa Butler at work; Bisa Butler at work https://www.instagram.com/bisabutler/
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Before starting your fabric collage pet portrait, discover what you need to know about colour value. It's the secret to great pet portraits.
Imagine you’re in one of my five-day classes. You’ve chosen an ambitious project: a fabric collage portrait of an important person in your life. But this is day two of the class. You…
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Portraits are tough. Doesn’t matter which medium you use—oils, watercolors, crayons, charcoal or fabric—depicting a person is a huge challenge. Ellen Parrott with her “Flower Girl”…
A new pet has joined the pack and this time it’s a cat portrait. I’m pleased to say that everyone’s getting along just fine although that’s quite a glare in those eyes! This time, I decided to make a large portrait so I enlarged the original line drawing by 140% on my Canon printer. As you can see on the fabric reference chart, I chose to use 8 values for this project. I traced the cat onto muslin with... Read More Read More
Check out these picture quilt patterns and projects from the Bluprint community to inspire you to plan your first picture quilt.
Have you ever wanted to turn a photograph into a quilt? That's exactly what we've been doing in the Meander Quilt Guild this month! I started with a photo of my beautiful Grandmother, Dorothy, taken right around the time of her wedding. Isn't she stunning? I then turned that photograph into a design that I could use.
Here is how I turned a photo into a pattern: Pick a photo of your choice. School photos work very well as the lighting is good...
So what does a fabric face phobic person do when someone in their group suggests everyone make a fabric face? In my case, she goes a little overboard learning about and getting comfortable with fabric faces. I ended up spending most of the month of April working on various faces
Yoon Ji Seon's embroidered portraits blend fiber and photography. Much of work consists of self-portraits, with varying degrees of emotions, abstraction, and detail. Her "Rag Face" series goes back to 2006, when she started experimenting with these mixed-media pieces.
Imagine you’re in one of my five-day classes. You’ve chosen an ambitious project: a fabric collage portrait of an important person in your life. But this is day two of the class. You…
Learn how Melissa Averinos uses these appliqué techniques and design wall tips in making her quilts.
A new pet has joined the pack and this time it’s a cat portrait. I’m pleased to say that everyone’s getting along just fine although that’s quite a glare in those eyes! This time, I decided to make a large portrait so I enlarged the original line drawing by 140% on my Canon printer. As you can see on the fabric reference chart, I chose to use 8 values for this project. I traced the cat onto muslin with... Read More Read More
This artist can turn an old pair of jeans into a museum-worthy masterpiece.
The People and Portraits exhibit celebrates the expressiveness of the human face in stunning quilts created by an international array of a...
Learn how Melissa Averinos uses these appliqué techniques and design wall tips in making her quilts.
One of the unfortunate realities of teaching fabric collage is that I don’t often get to see my students’ finished work. Only rarely do students complete projects in class. They get a s…
When it comes time for me to quilt, I usually have a fear of starting. Most people don’t quilt the face at all — but my entire quilt is a portrait and I have no choice but to quilt it. …
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This artist can turn an old pair of jeans into a museum-worthy masterpiece.
If you're aiming to make deeply personal and authentic artwork, perhaps nothing is more individual and expressive than a self-portrait.
L'artiste turque Deniz Sağdıç dévoile un art étonnant en découpant des jeans et en assemblant les morceaux pour des portraits saisissants.
Before starting your fabric collage pet portrait, discover what you need to know about colour value. It's the secret to great pet portraits.
Earlier this summer, the Happy Zombie posted a quilt-along called the Ron Swanson Along. I don’t watch much TV and haven’t seen Parks & Recreation, but I still thought her quilt was…
Love textiles, fibre art and contemporary portraiture? Here is our list of 10 Textile Portrait Artists You HAVE to follow.
