Hilarious issues with "couching challenge"
I'm not sure what I had expected when I posted this yesterday in the "couching challenge"
I explained what the materials were...seemed quite straightforward for how I work!
But then the comments started arriving...and I realised that maybe some people do not understand what a "thread can be" - probably never met anything outside an embroidery or yarn shop. And certainly not one cut in half from the strapping on a shipping box. I had posted the boxes for reference!
Some thought it was "tongue in cheek" some thought that the background material that looked all grungy was because it was a "mop up cloth after an accident" and a whole lot seemed rather confused or they thought I was trying to do recycling...a couple hadn't heard of an alcohol ink but did know about coffee dyeing!
This morning taken it to another level and posted - more alcohol ink over it all...and mentioned for the strange commentator that to Right: mopping up paper. That said paper interesting marks that will move onto be another work.
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I began to realise pretty quickly that there is a wide chasm between me and the textile community that is part of. I explained at one point I did have ordinary threads & proper threads!
I kind of left that hanging...because I didn't truly want to "UPSET ANYONE" even though it appears most are dull-wits on pushing the ENVELOPE...
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Not sure I'll continue to post anything more
Although I may do one of the earlier challenges as I can see the strapping would make a rather nice "white picket fence" in a garden setting...
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Now to show you I've got a few other things done...
One piece on two separate backboards, can't decide which is best to use
Or do I do something else
(the dark brown backing will need repainting, is has some pink peeping off to one side)!
Comments
of the dark background and the lighter one. can't decide which I like better.
did you mean for a little owl to be sitting there? !!! xo
tammy: what have you been smoking :-)
I think I see the owl--there is a term for it...but you have to use your imaginination. It is the very top piece! Sort of looks like it has googly eyes and a nose.
Pretty sure there are people who work/make "outside the box" v those "inside the box"
I've never been at inside the box - especially if the lines are drawn for me to stay inside...my hands just so disabled at times that they make "threads/paint/other" jump right over the deep dark line. Same when I'm supposed be following a straight line of x-stitch or similar. Some mad person forgets that you've supposed to bring the thread in from the L and over the R, every little x-stitch...
yes, I've met your person who enjoys what you "do" but will never chose it themselves... I think they admire that you can "push the envelope" or they are scared that their peers will send them to perjury or similar :-)