Mary Felder Art - Art Quilts, Mixed Media Collages, Photographs

Abstract Fabric Collages At the May meeting of The Contemporary Fiber Artists of Louisiana, I led the group in creating abstract fabric collages. Mary Ingalls and Michael Young assisted. We, along with Rosemary Uchniat, had recently taken a class with Randall Henry, a local abstract artist who uses mostly paper, tissue and found objects. Materials are easy to find - fabric, fibers, magazine paper, tissue paper, glue, foam brushes and found objects. I used heavy paper or fabric for my background. Below are some of the collages I created as samples . "Blue Bayou" "Eye See You" Collage: An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color. ( www.answers.com ) "Twisted" "In the Forest" "Blue Skies" TIPS: Be careful when gluing. Too much glue can warp a paper background. Work intuitively. Don't try to create a picture. Starching and pressing fabri...

Fabric Collage Class Mary Ingalls and I taught a "Fabric Collage" class at the Livingston Branch Library last week. We provided students with a background fabric, a TAPPED photo and quote, and fabric scraps. We showed samples and demonstrated the TAP product. Below are some of the "works in progress". TAP stands for Transfer Artitst Paper, a product from Lesley Riley. Sharon arranges birds around "Evangeline" sitting under an oak tree in the forest. She uses a frame to control the size of her project. Joan used a photo of two birds in a tree and created this image on a piece of my hand dyed fabric. This piece uses a photo of my husband's amarylis garden. The quote is "Earth laughs in flowers." Laura Varnida, one of the librarians, created this piece using a photo of a sailboat from a vintage music sheet.