After a new art quilt is completed, I have a Photo Shoot…
Photoshoot for “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”
Capturing an image and downloading it into Photoshop on my computer….. and using Canon’s Studio Pro software to edit and prepare the files is the next step in creating fine art prints and cards of the Original.
Photoshop and Canon software to prepare Print files.
Once the files are ready, I individually print each print and card as needed on my Canon Pro 10 pigment ink printer, pack carefully, and then ship for delivery to each customer!
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At this time, Open Edition, Signed Art Prints, as well as 5″ x 7″ Art Cards are available of several of my Original works of art! Here are just a few…
Open Edition Art Print~~Fractured Fish #2 (2017)“Fractured Fish #1″, 5″ x 7” Art Card
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“Santa’s Night-time Trek”, 5″ x 7″ Art Card
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“Winter Holidays”, Special Boxed Set of 3.
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~ You are invited to visit our Print Shop... [Use Code: WINTERHOLIDAYS at check-out for 20% off of your purchase + Free Shipping through Dec. 31st!~ (Order by Dec. 14th to be delivered by Dec. 24th)
A couple of years ago I began “playing around” with the shape of a typical Christmas ornament…experimenting to just see how I might incorporate it into a design. ? After settling on a shape, I used it in unique ways in designing a series of art quilts…each one very different, but all using the ornament shape.
The results (so far) include 3 small art quilts, which all have a Winter holidays theme~~
And “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow“~ A current project that I am now finishing.the Studio!
Some of you have seen these photos on Instagram & Facebook. And, when I asked whether I should use Red thread or Blue, the Overwhelming answer was Blue!!
So…..Blue it will be! 🙂
In the Studio this week, I am completing this art quilt and then plan to photograph it. The 3 Art Quilts in this series, Winter Holidays, will also be offered as a set of Art Cards in time for your Holiday Season! So stay tuned… 🙂
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*These 2 Original Art Quilts are Available in the Art Gallery! (Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow will be available soon)*
Many times artists will create several works of art, or a series, related to the same subject or theme. This can be the result of their creative process, where an artist experiments with different materials…explores one idea in several ways, or tries out many ways to design one idea…or takes one concept and builds upon it, revising it as they work. So, there are many ways to create in the studio with no one “right” method…
Some artists work on one piece or series at a time, while others may have many projects and series being developed and created at the same time…working on several at various stages of the design process. So, it can look like this! 🙂
I currently work on a few different series, which I’d like to introduce to you one at a time. Today’s series is called,“Child’s Play”…Because for children their play is actually their work…the way they learn, develop, and understand the world around them!
In “Playtime Games” (2012), the games of children are depicted~~Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey, sparkling marbles, decorated flip-flops, the swirls of a turning top! For from the lessons learned in playing these games, they learn the lessons of life.
In “Meow, Mr. Whiskers”, saying hello in cat language is a specialty of children who know their pets well. Not only is he a cat, he is a friend who just happens to love to play with a ball of fabric yarn. And, from this they learn to better communicate and interact with other living beings…including people!
In this series, I have fun exploring ways children learn, grow, and develop through fun and games, colors and crayons, animals and bugs, friends and family, and other wild, wonderful, awe-inspiring things, using brightly colored, quirky prints, vivid colored threads, and fun found objects!
Stay tuned for more…! 🙂
(These designs are Available Now as wonderful, Open Edition Art Prints in the Art Shop.)
Joni Beach 