Today's feature artist is Diana Bartelings from Rock Creek, BC.
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Diana writes:
The Pacific
Ocean is a part of my heritage, having grown up in Vancouver, BC. To know that
we are destroying this part of our world strongly affects me. I chose to focus
on the wildlife that is caught up in pollution that freely roams the ocean with
the tides.
I began with
some of my ice dyed fabric that represented the beauty of the ocean itself. I
soak my fabric in soda ash, place some in the bottom of a smaller container,
cover in ice and sprinkle the Procion MX dye powders on then continue to layer
more fabric, ice and dyes until my container is fairly full. I put a lid on it and
then let it sit for 24 hours. After that I wash it out using sythropol.
I used
commercial fabrics to make the turtle and, in an effort to recycle, an avocado
bag for the netting. The diver was appliqued on with recycled cotton as well.
We are so careless in the way we discard our garbage that I chose to add a
piece of plastic that holds pop, juice or beer cans together. These are often
found on sea creatures.
"Help Me" Diana Bartelings
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