Art Quill Studio: ‘LRSP’ A New Collection of Digitally Designed ArtCloth TextilesCelebrating Art Quill Studio’s 700th BlogMarie-Therese Wisniowski

Background image from my ‘Celebratory Fireworks’ collection of digitally designed fabrics.

I started this blogspot on August 26, 2010, nearly fourteen years ago with my first post highlighting an exhibition, namely, ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions - An International Exhibition which highlighted an international ArtCloth exhibition that I curated and was also a contributor. This exhibition was concieved by me in 2008. It was exhibited at the Fairfield City Museum and Gallery (NSW) 29th August - 11th October 2009, Orange Regional Gallery (NSW) 9th of April - 30th May 2010, Redcliffe City Art Gallery (Queensland) 11th - 28th August 2010 and at the Wangaratta Gallery (Victoria) between 11th December 2010 and 23rd January 2011.

I gave the opening address at the exhibition which was held at the Redcliffe Art Gallery.

Since then this blogspot has grown to incorporate a number of resources for beginners, for those who dabble and for those who are experts in the fields of ArtCloth and Prints on Paper.

Creator and Title: Violet Petyarr, Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming (1997).
Technique: Batik on silk.
Size: 115 cm (width) x 203 cm (length).
Click on - ArtCloth from Utopia - to view the post.

Creator and Title: Marie-Therese Wisniowski, Veiled Curtains: Benazir (prints on paper).
To view the post click on - Veiled Curtains

I published a number of glossaries to add a further dimension to this blogspot. I was at a lecturer in Fine-Arts at the University of Newcastle and so I wanted my students to have access to data bases in order to give them resources to inform their artwork. There are currently eight data bases on this blogspot, namely: Glossary of Cultural and Architectural Terms, Timelines of Fabrics, Dyes and Other Stuff, A Fashion Data Base, the Glossary of Colors, Dyes, Inks, Pigments and Resins, the Glossary of Fabrics, Fibers, Finishes, Garments and Yarns, Glossary of Art, Artists, Art Motifs and Art Movements, Glossary of Paper, Photography, Printing, Prints and Publication Terms and the Glossary of Scientific Terms.
These glossaries are being continually updated.

Click on - Glossary of Art, Artists, Art Motifs and Art Movements Edition 5.0 in order to access all the glossaries.

From time-to-time, I have invited guest artists to write a post about their own work.

Blog Title: 'My Voice using Disperse Dyes on Cloth.'
Guest Artist: Jennifer Libby Fay.
Click on - Libby Fay - to see the post.

I am happy that my hard work to create these posts has not gone unnoticed. In fact, the Art Quill Studio blog spot has been selected by FeedSpot’s panelist as one of the ‘Top 30 Australian Art Blogs’ on the web.

To see Feedspot’s top 30 Australian Art blog sites and to read more about FeedSpot and its activities click on the follwing link - Feedspot.

I would like to thank all our followers, contributors, supporters and general readership for their continuing patronage over the last 700 blog posts/fourteen years. As usual, on our anniversary post in August we will post highlights of your favourite posts over the past year. It is your patronage and on-going support that inspires me to continue with this blogspot. Many thanks!
Marie-Therese Wisniowski.

‘LRSP’ A New Collection of Digitally Designed ArtCloth Textiles
I have been designing my hand dyed and hand printed fabric lengths using a range of fabrics and multiple surface design techniques. As a professional senior graphic designer/illustrator in a previous career, I have always had an interest in creating imagery, prints, illustrations, posters, and publications using digital processes. This interest has led me to some fascinating explorations in the field of digitally created fabrics and textiles. I have uploaded my new digitally designed ArtCloth fabric collection, ‘LRSP’, on this blogspot.

The ‘LRSP’ collection of digitally designed prints on cloth were based on one of my personal and unique prints on cloth, which employs my signature Low Relief Screen-Printing (LRSP) technique. Over the years, I have been experimenting with various improvisational screen-printing techniques using low relief texture items and so I developed (and termed) a new signature method of screen-printing which employs these low relief images using fabric paints. My LRSP images produce only one print that can result in a mono print series of prints. By incorporating interesting colour combinations and items, these low relief mono prints are imbued with a painterly, multi coloured, richly textured and organic aesthetic, which in turn impart these unique qualities to digitally designed fabric creations.

The individual mono prints were scanned, and digitally reworked in Photoshop to create a superb complimentary colorways suite. There are five color-ways in the ‘LRSP’ collection. The colors have been sensitively and painstakingly created to encompass the rich textural qualities and organic aesthetic. The contemporary fabric designs can be used for interior design, clothing items and other decorative purposes. The designs employ a mirror repeat pattern technique.

The printed designs are available in a range of approximately 28 natural and synthetic fabric types from Spoonflower which include – chiffon, celosia velvet, cotton lawn, cotton poplin, cotton twill, petal signature cotton, linen cotton canvas, organic cotton sateen, sport lycra, performance velvet, poly crepe de chine, and satin. Fabric widths vary from 40" (102 cm), 42" (107 cm), 54" (137 cm), 56" (142 cm), and 58" (147 cm) depending on the chosen fabric. There is no minimum order, and the printed fabrics range from a test swatch (8" x 8" or 20 cm x 20 cm) to a fat quarter (21" x 18" or 53 cm x 46 cm) or to whatever your yardage requirements may be.

These fabric designs can be used for wearable art, accessories, furnishing and interior design projects. If you would like to purchase fabric lengths from my ‘LRSP’ collection, please email me at - Marie-Therese - for pricing and any for other queries.

My ‘LRSP’ ArtCloth design/s - for wearable art, accessories, interior and other decorative design projects - are shown below. Each image in the collection below shows a fat quarter (21" x 18" or 53 x 46 cm) view of the printed fabric design. There are also additional images of the fabric designs which have been crafted into throw pillows, dinner napkins, placemats, table runners, throw blankets, sheet sets, and duvet covers. Other items available in the range include curtains, wall hangings, tea towels, and tablecloths. Images courtesy Spoonflower.

To view more of my Digital ArtCloth Fabric Collections please click on the following link - My Fabric Collections on Spoonflower