I discarded several ideas before I settled on the idea of the treasures hidden in the seas. While working on this piece, the latest & probably greatest, man made ocean catastrophe to hit the seas was on the news. Very sad, very depressing.
The above picture is before any stitching, the background seascape, was once a shirt, the small coloured fish are fussy cut. I trapuntoed the large white & blue fish, added bits here and there to give it some life.
The threads represent those tangled things that tend to 'creep out' this swimmer.
Gudrun
Excellent Gudrun --- It is so real, you feel as if you are underwater with the fish! You have been able to get the feel of the ocean, coral and rocks too. I love it! Shirley
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely scene, nice movement. Seaweed creeps me out too.
ReplyDeleteSharon M
Great job, I love how you did the trapunto on the fish, makes them stand out real well.
ReplyDeleteI love this piece!
Wonderful aquarium colors and detail!
ReplyDeleteI love this. I like the variety, fussy cutting, trapunto, thread tangling, etc.
ReplyDeleteLots of movement and details that lead the eye around the quilt. Like that you re-cycled a shirt for this project.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this! Beautiful job quilting this piece. Love the texture of the seaweed.
ReplyDeleteI love anything undersea- fish - coral. The fish seem to speak to me.
ReplyDeleteNice piece of work.
Delia
What a fun, colourful piece. Hmmm, I wonder if I can find a shirt in my husband's closet...
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