In the fall of 2023, I had the honor to help test tat for Shawna Wachs' book, Flower Garden. Around that same time, I visited the Van Gogh Immersive Experience. And I thought, could I make her sunflowers to look like his sunflowers? It was a few months before I could dive into that project, but yes, I could. I started with her sunflower, daisy, and mum patterns and gradually reproduced the painting. Sometimes, my flowers were pretty close to her patterns, and sometimes I used her petal style as inspiration. Sometimes my flower centers were like hers, and sometimes they were not, to better imitate the painting. So, that's where the winging it theme fits in.
Here's my completed, slightly 3D picture. I'm quite happy with it, and it won first place for framed or mounted tatting at the NC State Fair.
Here are a couple of Shawna's flowers, made according to the book:
More free advice: picture frames in stores are expensive. Framed pictures in thrift shops are cheap. Take a measuring tape with you to the thrift shop to check the size. Find one the right size and you can throw out the old picture and add your own.
That’s amazing!
ReplyDeleteLovely! I'm not sure I'd have the patience to figure that out, but since I love Van Gogh paintings I can see why you were so inspired.
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Spectacular!
ReplyDeleteI said on facebook this morning I would come to your blog, that is a lovely picture, I love sunflowers and you made them look so real, I can see why the picture inspired you, well done on doing s great job
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