3-D Rust Wall Hanging

This is another piece in my Rusty Skills series.  I think it is less successful than my rust book but it is not bad.  It is 3-D because the back fabric in stretched on the back of stretcher bars that I painted black.  The front fabric is stretched onto the front of the bars and wrapped around to be stapled to the back.  Both pieces of fabric were repeated rusted.  Below is the wall hanging and then two detail shots.

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Rusty Skills Book

I am currently taking another print class.  This is part of a series on the lost skills of everyday sewing.  Now I know that doesn't include you or me but for the general population it is true.  Not only can't they sew their own clothes, they can't mend or sew on a button.  The tradition of passing skills from mother to daughter is gone.  So for this series I used rust to symbolize the neglected and unused skill of sewing.

The outside of my Rusty Skills Book.  Below are some pages.

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Playing with rust

Deborah's piece at While I was Waiting reminds me of a piece I made last year.  All the fabric started out the same.  I wrapped some of the fabric around a rusty tin can and let it soak in vinegar for a while.  I fell in the love with the results and could barely stand to cut it.  Here is the very simple de-constructed quilt wall hanging I made with it.  I stiffened the fabric in the back so that it would lay relatively flat on the wall without support. You can see the three blocks of fabric in the piece that were not exposed to the rusting process.  Embroidery floss make the simple cross-stitches that serve as quilting.