I donated a piece to the SAQA Benefit Auction this year for the first time. I’m rather fond of what I came up with, a fun departure from chickens.

Commercial fabric was screen printed with a vintage pattern, then I added black Misty Fuse and black cheesecloth to the surface. Wrapped it on a black gesso’d canvas, added some stained glass squares, beads and finished it with a little bit of oil stick paints. It looks like a forgotten piece of wall from long ago. There maybe more in the future.

They asked for the chicken art. People seem to really like it. So who am I to argue? The chickens were inspired by an old table cloth that once belonged to my grandmother. I drew them up and made screens, hand painted, stitched and embellished with some vintage quilt squares.

I made one like these several years ago out of an old feed bag that my grandmother kept. It was one the first mixed media fiber art pieces I created, so its near and dear to me. You can see it here.

Here’s the current pieces for sale at the gallery.

Then last weekend I got to take some supplies to the gallery and work on them while I was there. That was fun and it made the time fly by. Here was my setup.

I fully intend to do this again. Why? Eight hours surround by artwork and working on projects. What’s not to like?