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ABSTRACT ON FABRIC

mary gow, indigo art, 2024.

“Indigo Abstract,” indigo dye on fabric, by Mary Gow.

With my love of abstract art that translates so well if applied to fabrics – finally in early 2024 I took a class I’ve been longing to take for a long while.

I discovered Joy Lily’s “Dyeing For Crafters with Shibori” class available through South San Francisco’s Parks and Recreation Department.

It’s a four hour class that runs about 9 weeks per term, offered 3 or 4 times a year. In a cool way, that means it’s possible to make this course almost a weekly routine – with some healthy breaks in between!

See the image above for a sample of an indigo piece I created.

If you’re interested in taking Joy Lily’s dyeing class in South San Francisco, go to
https://secure.rec1.com/CA/south-san-francisco-ca/catalog/index/
and in the filters box, put “Dyeing” and you’ll find out if/when the class is offered and whether registration is open.

Exploring abstract painting on fabric is an adventure! I look forward to doing more!

Beneath Our Feet

Photo by Mary Gow

Floor Studies, Photo No. 5, by Mary Gow

Continuing with the inspiration from Tyler Mitchell’s MasterClass, “Tyler Mitchell Teaches Storytelling Through Portrait Photography,” I took this photo looking at the living room floor. What you see when you look at your floor? In my July posting I mentioned Mitchell’s recommendation to take pictures every day. Observe the floor beneath our feet — that’s do-able.

Light from Below

Following the advice of photographer, Tyler Mitchell, in his MasterClass “Tyler Mitchell Teaches Storytelling Through Portrait Photography” I’ve been taking a series of photographs of the floor.

You can see Day One of my series by clicking HERE.

Applying an app I love called Paper Artist, the image immediately skewed in a new direction.

The exercise is easy.

Who doesn’t have a floor?

Here’s what I captured on Day 2. I was looking at the floor through crossed legs. The Paper Artist filter pushed the image into an abstraction.

Like Tyler says, “Daydream about photography.”

Mary Gow Photo Floor No. 2

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