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Saturday, June 16, 2012

favorite object drawing challenge

'Featherweight' pencil in 9x12 sketchbook
I was hard pressed to pick from amongst my objects for a favorite.  In the end, I drew the first thing I saw when I entered the studio this morning, my little Singer Featherweight.  Born in the late 60's in Great Britain, she has a trusty stitch - forward and reverse only - and always makes me smile!  You can take a look at the other participants in this challenge by visiting Helen.


Also this week I began some new work - paintings with Procion on cotton.  Here are some process shots of that - a long way from completed, but on the way!
Once all the dye was applied, I covered the work with plastic to hold the moisture while it cures.

19 comments:

  1. Hi Sus
    your little singer is a beauty and nicely drawn too!

    Procian? Ive never heard of it but Im going to kook it up now because under its raincoat your work looks amazing..

    Have a lovely day
    Helen :)

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    1. Helen, procion dye is the most marvelous stuff - sort of process-heavy in that you have to stuff with chemicals, and wait while things cure (under their rian coats - I love that!) but the colors resulting are always amazing! Best beginning books on the media are by Ann Johnston and Jane Dunnewold.

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  2. hello susan, i like the name of your machine: featherweight. makes it all the more magical for what it does. i find mine rather listes to heavyweight, or stashed-away-at-the-moment.. ;)))
    nice to meet you!
    n♥
    and i like the suppleness of your drawing.

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    1. Hey, thanks and nice to meet you too! I went visiting at your blog and am so glad I did. Love what your are doing over there.

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  3. what a classic little singer you have there
    not that I know anything about sewing machines :-p

    i adore the imagery you're painting on that cotton

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    1. thanks, Kel - I appreciate the positive feedback as I am unsure of what I am doing as always when starting a new body of work. -sus

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  4. Sus!! I too have a featherweight. They are priceless machines. Cadillacs of the sewing machine world. Workhorses. Mine refuses to budge because I let it sit unused uncovered in a dusty apartment (mine) for a 3-year stretch. It's on strike. So I just need to get it to Masons on Fraser St. to clean, oil, lube and coax it into submission. There's not much that can go wrong really, with the featherweights. Meanwhile I am using an old WHITE that is electric, weighs the exact same weight as a tank, has almost as much metal on it as a tank and does one thing and one thing only...sews in a straight line. But the beast holds its tension. I never touch the tension knob. And this is my real workhorse. I sew paper, fabric, leather, just any ol' thing my heart desires. I am rough with it and don't worry. I love your drawing of the featherweight. Wouldn't it look grand in a sewing room? (If one had a sewing room that is.)
    I'll be watching to see how the painting art piece you are working on unfolds. It looks very cool. *smiles* Norma

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    1. I love the description of your work horse, Norma - hope you will get your little guy fixed up again. They are sweet little machines, and so easy to slide under the seat of the jet for taking with on adventures! -sus

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  5. hello Susan, nice to meet you,
    weel the name 'Singer' brings back lots of memories,my grandmother, mother and aunts are/were all big fans :)
    that work on cotton looks like a work of patience but one that makes you smile.

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  6. hello and nice to meet!

    a Singer...
    my first stitching-machine was a Singer
    and I sometimes miss it
    because I could do everything with it
    besides that
    great drawing!!

    Patrice A.

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  7. Very nice drawings, Susan, both your singer and the new work in progress!
    Also had to smile about the "featherweight" name, 'cause sewing machines are very well known as the complete opposite (like mine!! as heavy as a huge rock!).
    Thumbs up for your artwork!

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    1. Thank you, Tania. I have a humongous rock sewing machine, too, a Viking Lily who is my drawing tool. - sus

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  8. Hi, Patrice and Renilde - Yes, Singer is history for me, too - Grandmother Lu had a treadle model in her damp Iowa basement upon which I learned to make doll clothes; my Mother's was a 1950's portable which saw many summer hours of service as I made school clothes, and my own first machine which saw me through making clothes for my own children... best, sus

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  9. thank you for your comment! the drawing of your singer sewing machine is really wonderful, i like it very much! :) it emanates cozyness and some kind of single-mindedness, too. have a wonderful week! annelie

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  10. Hi Susan, thank you for your nice comment on my blog.
    I like what your painting on the cotton, reminds me of my garden;-)

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  11. I adore your sewing machine sketch. I'm finding many great things on your blog! Nice to meet you!

    Rachel

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  12. I adore your sewing machine sketch. I'm finding many great things on your blog! Nice to meet you!

    Rachel

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  13. Ha, you're really in the flow of painting !!!
    (one down, two to go ;-) !!!)
    The drawing challenge is fun !

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  14. Sus, what do you use to draw onto the cloth with the dye? Then do you paint with a brush?

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