I am digressing from my Gaudi series this time for the prompt of Heritage.
I visited a living museum a little while ago called Meroogal and was taken with the simplicity of a home which had been the home of a relatively wealthy family, the Thorburns. This is an image of them in 1891.
They were the first in the Nowra region of NSW to have their own water pump which even though it was outside made life so much easier for them.
Inside the home there were original recipe books so I created some thermofax/silk screens of them and printed it onto hand painted fabrics. I used this fabric to create the timber boards of the house.
Using techniques from my Photo To Quilt class, I converted the image into a vector image using Photoshop Elements and Vector Q as well as a plotter version.
Hand painted fabrics were then layered to create the coloured background image and the plotter files were cut using fused painted Pellon 830 non woven material on a Silhouette Cameo 4 digital cutter. These were then layered over the background layer and quilted with my Bernina Q20
Water for Life
26″ x 41″
Hand painted fabrics & Non woven material
Thermofax printed and layered fabrics
Free motion quilted
What an amazing story and the wonderful planning, focused time and your screens that were created for the project – truly a fantastic, creative take on Heritage. Thanks, Lisa! I love the artwork – treasure.
Thanks – I always enjoy the journey
I look at the image of the family, I recognize they were all dressed up in good clothes for the most likely rare occasion of getting a photograph taken. Their faces speak of a life of many challenges, so having a water pump at the house must have been a great relieve.
The color palette you used and the abstraction you applied is lovely.
Yes the formal photo is interesting but I expect that was a special occasion
What a great composition, and combination of warm and cool colors. It really pops. AND I love your story of being struck by inspiration in a museum. I’ve had that happen, and it’s a powerful pull to people in the past.
Thanks. There was so much inspiration in the house. Could be a whole series
What a beautiful diversion. I think I need to live in a house that color.
Yes it was quite a tricky colour to match
Beautiful. It’s funny how appealing we find hand written cards. It seems as if a person spoke the words.
I loved the personal memories throughout the house