I am so proud to be a part of Heavy Jeens for April 2020! My Puget Sound sea life design is this month’s poster-YAY! While you won’t be able to hunt for posters in person, they have something very special planned this month to make sure you still get a chance to take home some art. You can go to the Heavy Jeens and download a FREE April poster that can be printed at home or through a printing service.

Download a FREE Puget Sound Sea Life Coloring Page

If you would like the April poster you can still buy them for only $25 and they will be shipped free. As always they are a limited run so make sure to grab one while you can. Click here to shop!

I had so much fun making this poster and including some of my favorite animals. Everyone in my house has a favorite on the poster (my husband says the octopus, my son likes the otter, and I really like that smiling salmon). Reach out on social media and tell me your favorite!

The February Bremerton First Friday Art Walk is this Friday and I am so happy to be a participant this month. A local female artists group (Kitsap League of Artistic Women) will be featured at Fingers Duke in downtown Bremerton. The theme for the show is anatomical hearts, but the mediums and any other details are completely up to the individual artist. It will be fun to see the variety of art that is created based on this one theme.

I knew that I wanted to create a block print of a heart, but wanted to do something beyond just a framed paper print. In college my art concentration was fibers and I am always drawn to adding in elements fabric, sewing, or weaving into my art work. Perhaps why I prefer to print on fabric rather than paper!

After designing and carving my block, my son suggested I print it in gold ink! He’s obviously a genius! I used Cranfield gold relief ink, which is a dream to print with! On the black fabric it has a subtle sheen and prints crisply. I then added hand embroidered floral deigns in a variety of colors. I did not plan out any of the flowers and instead just made it up as I went along, as if I was just doodling with needle and thread. This part of the process was quite time consuming, but so enjoyable. I loved choosing the colors as I went and seeing the forms literally grow from the heart.

I hope for this to be just the first of a series, and I already have fabric printed with hearts waiting to be sewn.

If you are interested in purchasing this piece or requesting a custom piece, please feel free contact me.

Heavy Jeens April 2020

Embroidered Anatomical Heart Print