Jafabrit's Art
Blog URL http://jafabrit.blogspot.com/
Located Yellow Springs, Ohio USA
Tags painting, photography, sketchbook, craftivism, sewing, assemblage
If am not painting I am hanging around with the jafagirls, running an art gallery in a local public restroom, leaving art for free art fridays,putting up knit graffiti, sketching, drawing, photographing, sewing or blogging.
Latest Blog Posts
- Next Phase:shiny pretty things on Nov 20, 2009 in mixed media embroidery contemporary textile art mount ida college
I finished the hair using a couching method with string and white floss and padded the wings (one on the left looks like it needs a bit less). The next step is to paint the wood panel, then reattach the black fabric panel,stitch on the girl and then...
- Wordless Wednesday: Flock of Hands on Nov 18, 2009 in yarnbombing call photography public art olga ziemska
Public art by Olga ZiemskaJafalad and I (& maybe jafajane if she can stop making oven mits and bottlecap art) will be giving a helping hand to Olga for the final stage of her beautiful public art piece in Yellow Springs, Ohio...
- Building Up the Layers on Nov 16, 2009 in beefrancks embroidery art contemplations contemporary embroidery art mixed media textile collage hand carved stamp mr.x stitch
It's slowly coming along, building up the layers and taking my time. I do a bit and then just sit with it until an idea of what to do next comes along. I added batting to the hands and arms to give some dimension, old bits of lace for the sleeves and...
- Experimenting: Collage, Paint and Embroidery on Nov 15, 2009 in aminah robinson collage embroidery and paint on fabric
I thought I should loosen up with my stitching a bit and so I'm playing with an old image just to experiment with. Figuring how to layer the paint and fabric etc was a little tricky. I painted the arms and then realized I needed to cut them out in wh...
- Beetoe Pees Here on Nov 13, 2009 in ohio magazine knit graffiti yellow springs best hometown yarnbombing KNit knot Tree II
JafaLad (namely Pierre), Karen, Teresa and I met up and yarnbombed today and I couldn't resist leaving this note in honor of JafaLad's Chihuahua Beetoe.err, I did miss out one e, so Pierre had to squeeze it in , and then he added the arrow and yellow...
- Haters on Nov 12, 2009 in this is diversity Haters professional jealousy yarnbombing naysayers
You know the types of haters, they have nothing nice to say or negate everything you do. It happens a lot when you're young, but even at my age I get it now and again, especially with any attention my work or public art projects get. I wonder if they...
- Remembering on Nov 11, 2009 in veterans day war art veterans healthcare sketchbook
Sketchbook StudiesI decided to experiment in my sketchbook with an image of my current embroidery piece and rename it."be normal"I was thinking of our troops, of war zones and wondering how one can be normal after all this AND what is normal anyway?
