Getting geared up

 I’m getting ready to start working on my recycle piece. The show is not until April, but I want to get started on it. The theme this year is “on the books.” My idea is to make a raven standing on the top of a stack of books. Some of the books have Poe titles on the spines. I have created my sketch/pattern. The piece will be 14 inches by 14 inches and will be framed.

I’ve pulled the plastic bags that I will use from my bag collection. You can see that I have quite a few different values.

I have cut my piece of Pellon 70 stabilizer. I use that instead of batting.

I have a translucent piece of plastic that I think will work for the moon. I’m debating whether using a scrap piece of Stonehenge fabric behind it is appropriate for a recycle challenge. Here’s what that would look like. I will have to think and experiment with that idea. Or just make some gray features behind the translucent piece.

The next steps will be to pick a background plastic and start cutting pieces. The pieces will need to be glued in place. I actually use Steam a Seam fusible for that. It sticks great to plastic. Of course I don’t use an iron on it!

Thanks for reading.

Chris