The Starr sisters, Genaveve and Judy, have combined their talents and their media to create some special and unique art. This blog will highlight these art pieces and each of the artists will provide a paragraph to discuss their contribution and its relationship to the whole piece.
Judy: It all began with Genaveve’s husband, Karl. He is an avid garage sale attendee and found a treasure which he brought home to her. Genaveve has spent a lifetime perfecting her talents with calligraphy and handmade tools used for painting. Karl thought she might be able to use them.
My hobby of about seven years is tatting and I enjoy creating new patterns. I had a new book with ideas for using photo folders to display tatting. Genaveve was willing to share her treasure and out came the box of photo folders. Not only that, but she wanted to have some pieces of tatting threads, the purpose, was unclear to me.
After Genaveve got her creative juices flowing, some special paper arrived for me to ponder. What fun I had with the choosing of the appropriate tatting embellishment.
Genaveve: Judith showed me the colored threads she uses for tatting and asked me to help her compose a design that would work in the photo folder. Since I know nothing about tatting, except that it is a skill that is very difficult to master, I wasn’t able to visualize any compositions. I researched patterns on the internet, but still wasn’t able to draw a design. Then I got the idea to create backgrounds that Judith could use as inspiration for designing patterns herself. I asked her to send me samples of her colored threads. I mixed watercolor paint to match colors of the threads and using wooden tools painted strokes on watercolor paper, leaving space for the tatting. My only motivation was to provide her with an element she could have fun playing with.