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ShahrazadStrange — Three little fishes
Published: 2004-07-05 17:21:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1368; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 78
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Really not sure about this piece. First time I've produced a figurative textile piece, usually I just like doing abstracted images of cell structures, but I like fish... Mixes machine embroidery, melted fabrics and handmade fymo beadsRelated content
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hi!your work is featured in my journal,hope you don't mind
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Thank you! Sorry for the late reply!
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Ah, new person, more fascinating traditional mediums... nifty.. 
spirits bless,
Marion
blame *Little-Red-Pumpkin for pointing me to your gallery.
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melted fabrics? I feel sheltered now, because I've never heard of this before.
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Hehe, it's just a process I sometimes use 
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Oh... this piece is stunning... the brilliant colours and all thoes sumptuous textures are just something to be looked at and enjoyed
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oh your welcome
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Cool, I'll add you now if you like and then you can just send us a note whenever you want to upload something, no pressure
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Oh I shall do!!! 
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I went to the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. It's the smallest place ever!
Have you seen a book called Knitwear in Fashion by Sandy Black? That's got some really cool stuff in it like knitwear installations and knitwear in performance art...heh I always do this to people, I'm a total book fanatic.
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Oh Bournemouth - I remember that...I also thought it seemed small looking at the prospectus... small is good in some way though, eh?
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It's very small. I kinda liked that though, I'm not the most ambitious person, I just like to sit and get on with making things, which is why I have no money at the moment lol.
Heh Amazon is evil, they stole all my money and replaced it with books
I'll check the website out, i had a little look, it looks cool
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you should enquire at your local art gallery (we have one, called Drumcroon... its an art education centre and they frequently exhibit new and upcoming artists there!) and see if you can become an artist in residence and also exhibit your fabulous textiles there too... its worth a try??
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Yeah definitely sounds like a good idea. At the moment I'm furiously trying to make some lush stuff because I'm trying to become a member of the Devon Guild of Crafts...well actually that's a lie...at the moment I'm on the net...
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Aw thank you so much....yeah I'm terrible, I'm worse with Live journal at the moment tho, I'm like the biggest journal whore
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I started that... but it didn't last long... hehe
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I love fishes.especially goldfishes. I love the way you did water!
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*gasp* gorgeous! i know what you mean about working representationally. that's a big word. whew. it took me awhile to go down that road at all. it's very interesting that you work with cell forms as well, that's imagery that i use in my drawings and paintings. i lovelovelove seeing them in your textiles, the layering is fabulous and the texture is so wonderful. i love the idea of these soft cells. i normally see them as hard walled, thick bodied creatures. in fabric with all your colours, they have a whole new life in my mind. it's like...cells on holiday.
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I love cell forms, I have this book published by Phaidon i think called Heaven and Earth and it has all these cell structures and then pictures of galaxies as well. Thanks so much for your comment, it really means a lot to me! I guess I'm a very girly- girl so I love taking cells and making them all pink and "squadgy". I think cells are very beautiful too, it's amazing to think all that detail exists in a minute thing. I'm trying to do a few more figurative things but I often worry that something like this piece could turn into something you expect to see at a Woman's Institute needlework class!
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haha. this is a way classy piece. dreamy and high quality. you needn't worry!
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Whoa how cool, I really never seen these mediums used together like this. I love the fish, they remind me of those japanese koi ponds with all the lovely little colored stones. ;}
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Aw thanks, I love fish too. I used to have some white fantail goldfish with red heads a bit like the top fish. They're my favourites
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hehe... I was stoked about joining tex.alliance last night and was trying to tell my boyfriend what a textile is exactly... so I'm sitting there trying to tell him that it's a woven type of cloth in general... but textiles are made from many materials nowadays. I was telling him about your work, and how incredibly amazing it is... and trying to describe what it is that you do... and I couldn't paint a picture exactly of your work. So I just told him that I'd show him in the morning... well I just showed him and his jaw dropped. He can definately admire and apreciate work like this, he's always seeing me like a mad woman hovering over my sewing machine... and he was in aww when he saw this and a couple of your other pieces. Seriously, I think your work is incredible, and just had to share that with you. I'm sure you already know... but just in case you haven't heard it in a bit... you kick ass gal!
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awwwwiiieeeee!!!!!! (that's a big happy squeal by the way! 
Thanks so much for all the nice things you say
I'm so happy you joined as you have loads of ideas and we need people like that! When I first came here I thought there were hardly any people interested in textiles, how wrong was I!!! You and your style of design are such a breath of fresh air. We'll kick ass together!!
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Hey I saw some really great drawings in your gallery of fish, whilst I was having a snoop last night! So cool! I love fish too, thinking of working on a fish bag at the moment...
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oh wow, this is excellent! im so amazed!
did you use a sewing machine to get the circles? i would sooo pay for this if i saw it for sale! im so very impressed, its gorgeous.
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Hey again! most of the stuff on the piece is like fabric sewn on top of the background, sewn in place and then painted into and stuff. Oh and if anyone's interested I sell stuff at my website *pimps self out*
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its such a cute piece. whats your website link? i wanna seeeeee!!!
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I love it. (Not to mention I love fish too 
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Hey thanks! 
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Its very interesting = ) With all the different textures!
Great job!
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