Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Back to big

After completing the small self portrait, I am now back to working on a big piece, Double handstand, which is just right in this cold weather!
This photo was taken last year, before the snows and the cold came - even with the extra heat of the quilt I also need several layers more of clothes these days.
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6 comments:

Meabh Warburton said...

Gosh Olga that looks like a very orderly studio!
Father Christmas brought me a North Face gilet - very thin (can't bear being overwhelmed by voluminous clothing) with the teeniest of tiny feathers in it and I have hardly taken it off since. I don't think it was cheap but boy it really works.

3:47 PM
Meabh Warburton said...

Oh and by the way it is nice to put a face to the writing/work/name!

3:48 PM
marja-leena said...

Gorgeous colours to brighten a dull dull day here! And wonderful photo of you, Olga, with your lovely work.

9:32 PM
Olga said...

Meabh, yes, I do try to keep my working space tidy, but there are lots of areas which are much more tip-like, out of shot!
Marja-Leena - it is indeed warming to work with bright colours, but the size and weight of the work is much more warming!

9:37 AM
Paula Kovarik said...

Love these colors and the composition Olga. What is the size? It is such a joyous drawing, I would love to see it in person. Did you paint the fabric?

12:33 AM
Olga said...

Thanks Paula. The fabric at present is roughly just over two metres tall and one and a half metres wide at present, but as I stitch quite intensively, the dimensions will change a bit by the end.
I develop the image digitally - in this case it was from a pencil drawing and some soft pastel work, scanned into the computer and played around with. And then with the big pieces I have them printed digitally by a company who prints for individual artists as well as for couture designers.
When the printed cotton comes back to me I start the hand quilting.

4:43 PM

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