More recycling from nature inspired art

 

Let's look to nature for backgrounds of which we can be proud.

This was the first time I created backgrounds using handmade shimmering mists.

I got a little help from nature and a little help from stencils.

I started pounding irises back in 2010.

I love my rubber mallet.  In fact, I have three of them.  You can never have too many mallets!

Once I opened the cardstock, this is what I saw.

I was delighted this project turned out so well the first time I tried it.

Years later, I was still pounding flowers every April or May,

but this time, I chose fabric.

I'm actually quite pleased with how this turned out.  Believe me, this is permanent.  If you don't believe me, just set a vase of irises on a white tablecloth, then try to remove the stains once one petal falls on the table.

 

More fabric pounding of fabric, this time in 2016.

 

More pounding on fabric, this time a few days later.  Note the paper under the vase of irises.  I'm no fool (grin).

 

That same day, I cut a heart from corrugated cardboard.

This deconstructed crocheted flower got a bit of iris juice on it, so I paired it with some previously rusted, then flower pounded cheesecloth.  The flower had been crocheted by my grandmother (grandparents raised me from birth), so I dedicated the recycled heart and flowers to her.  She definitely was an angel in my eyes.

Speaking of rust, I used some of my rusted fabric to create this quiltlet with the pansy in the center.

I apologize for not visiting anyone yesterday.  I have not been and am still not well.  It all started after I ate lunch on Thursday.  I fear (and so does my friend Sharon, a T Tuesday participant who called me on Friday) I got food poisoning from the meal I ate at a local restaurant.  I am still not well enough to sit and read your wonderful posts, but will be by once I feel better.  Right now, I'm staying close to the "facilities."  However, I thank you for your visit.