Karen Ruane

paper, fabric and paint chips

half paper, half fabric

There are two sheets in progress here, one with two inch squares, one with four inch squares.

The two inch squares will have one half fabric, one half paper.

The four inch squares will have one half paper and one half patched fabric. That will enable more pattern mixing, more pattern choices for when I move this forward again.

If you are wondering why this patchwork.....it is inpsired by the dress here top left.

 

sticking and stitching

I have added to the piece from here. ........three inch squares which mimic the patchwork on the dress, part of the original design sheet.

This morning I put together some larger squares in order to enlarge the ones you can see here, to look at the patterning in more detail.

watercolour, embroidery and thread matching

The sheet from here has been developed a little from when you last saw it.

I've added a little area of watercolour along with simple embroidered circles which reflect the stitched paper on the lower right hand side.

I think the next thing to do will be to patchwork some patterned papers.

a different colour palette

A new design sheet in its very early stages.

I'm not saying the progression of these is over. I'm actually still working on a piece for that collection but I needed some white in my life, some subtlety.

This morning I added a little paint to this....I will show you soon.

developing ideas

After mentioning yesterday how I'd struggled to find time for creativity last week I have hit the ground running today.

A window viewer, six by six inches, a fresh piece of paper and concrete purpose.

Also here, a little bit of fun playing, just a little gathering of 'things' which loosely relate to what i'm doing here.

process

Images from the past few days.

I'm working on more pieces for my new collection of design sheets.

The pile is building and I will gather everything together soon to assess....and to consider what comes next.

ribbon

If you look closely at the last image, there's a red rectangle marking the place I have put a pin.

The head of that pin is resting on the tiniest image of embellished ribbon, ribbon adorned with found objects.

That's what I am playing with here, the idea of adorning ribbons taken from this design sheet.

It's just one of many samples I hope to create going forward.

auditioning lace

I'm managing to spend a few hours with this today.

Here I am auditioning scraps of lace to use on the next piece of the puzzle.

Things have eased up a little here thankfully in terms of family issues so going forward I am hoping to make great progress with this work.

creating

A couple of images today of my table over the past week.

I am unable to progress my new work at the moment because of some family things so I am putting it to one side for a few days.

Not to worry though, I've got the gingham out instead.