“Gone fishing” fabric patchwork oil painting 11″ ×14″ ©YueZeng2025 Previous experiment Please check out my pervious experiment for background context. Project ideas 1) Dog portrait This piece is similar to the cat one. I paint directly on dyed fabric, but the difference is that I transferred the line drawing before dyeing the fabric. 2) GoneContinueContinue reading “Exploring fabric dye and needle work on linen canvas for oil painting”
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Exploring paper cutting and its design
Paper cutting Minnesota state map ©YueZeng The beginning It all started with the Christmas gift idea. I wanted something special for a music instructor who teaches guitar. I thought about guitar ornament or guitar decoration or guitar pillow but none of them inspired me. Until one day when I was looking for some Chinese NewContinueContinue reading “Exploring paper cutting and its design”
Exploring fabric design on linen canvas for oil painting
Oil painting of Orange cat on dyed linen canvas 11″×14″ ©YueZeng2024 First thoughts I like to work with fabric besides painting. For a long time I have been exploring different ways to combine my favorite things. These include painting, sewing, and simple woodworking. And this time I want to try fabric surface design on linenContinueContinue reading “Exploring fabric design on linen canvas for oil painting”
Exploring Boro and Sashiko with DIY bags and toys
Background Last Thanksgiving I got myself a sewing machine. Since then I played with it a lot. I focused on making fabric bags and found some good channels on YouTube such as Ae PooiM. One day YouTube sent me a video about Sashiko and I was totally amazed by this type of needle work. SoContinueContinue reading “Exploring Boro and Sashiko with DIY bags and toys”
Printing 2024 calendar with my artwork
Cover of my 2024 calendar Background I wanted to print a calendar with my artwork years ago. It takes me years to collect 12+1 paintings that I like to put together. Finally, this holiday season I am able to try that. And I hope this would make a nice holiday gift for my family andContinueContinue reading “Printing 2024 calendar with my artwork”
Drift wood sticks from Second beach, Washington
Second beach It’s been years since my last travel. I was happy that my family could take a vacation trip to Seattle, Washington on July 4th weekend. During this visit, we took a day off the city and drove all the way to coast of Pacific ocean. We saw the snow mountains in Olympic NationalContinueContinue reading “Drift wood sticks from Second beach, Washington”
Etched and painted wood stick
OK, I have to admit that I am really having fun with these wood sticks. 😀 I have no plan for this stick. I just play with it. After etching some tribe style patterns I apply a little wood stain. But I am not satisfied with the monochrome color. So I draw on it withContinueContinue reading “Etched and painted wood stick”
Experimental project with wood, macramé, mosaic and painting
The goal of this experimental project is straightforward. I want to try to combine several elements into one project, including oil painting, wood burning, mosaic and macramé. Mosaic is kind of new to me but I think the idea is similar to cross stitch. Materials 1. Wood tray 2. Cradled gesso board 5″×7″ 3. TinyContinueContinue reading “Experimental project with wood, macramé, mosaic and painting”
Wood sticks with macramé
Continue with last post, I made more wood stick crafts with macramé. I believe the interest of macramé comes from my childhood. Back then every girl in school liked to make own bracelet and personal backpack decoration with colorful cord. In college one of my classmate could make really complicated traditional Chinese macramé. I learnedContinueContinue reading “Wood sticks with macramé”
Wood stick crafts from our backyard maple tree
In April my husband decided to chop down one of our backyard trees in order to give our boy more soccer practice space. It was a small maple tree. By small I mean we can handle it ourselves. Therefore, we got a lot of branches. I get a little excited about all those wood sticks.ContinueContinue reading “Wood stick crafts from our backyard maple tree”