Continued with the tea-stains and tried to get the colour to transfer onto damp paper, I don't know whether it was due to it being a pale tea but very little colour came out and the same happened with damp fabric, which I thought might take better.
To transfer any colour I'm going to have to paint with tea , which could be interesting combined with other mediums or just dip the paper or fabric into tea.
The major benefit that I discovered was that it made the material/paper smell strongly which I'm going to incorporate into the work so that I can get it to smell of home with maybe tea, cake smells, maybe flowers, who knows .
I've photographed some flowers that a friend gave me and this is going to be my starting point today, as the colours are gorgeous and they remind me of my garden .
Cut out and overprinted with the lino and have then sewn folded pictures of my friends and family onto the fabric
I've added a copy of the tea drawing of the mug
I love the teapot and the idea of the friends and family flowing from it into the home mug. I'd like to incorporate the scents of home into this and try to transfer the images onto the fabric in a cleaner method so that I can get a crisper image, at the moment they're just taped on. I like the simplicity of the image, how it's incorporated so many of the important aspects and emotions of my home without feeling cluttered or complicated.
Flapjacks were the order of the day today and whilst I was deciding what to make I photocopied another recipe and used it to reproduce an image of my cat Motti. It's a bit rough and ready but I like the idea which I got from an amazing artist called Peter Clark ( www.peterclarkcollage.com/ ) and I enjoyed the process as again it allows me detail without getting overworked and contrived.
Obviously the materials I've used are personal to me as this is a recipe that I've used hundreds of times , so very much part of home life and the subject is a very much loved part of home
Not sure what I'm going to do with this next but I like it, slightly bizarre but interesting.
Lemon Drizzle Motti !
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