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Lucy Farmer, Artist

Jun 02

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles 0 comments tags: Embroidery, Making of, Silk Painting

The Making of a Silk Dress Coat – Part 5: Mother of the Bride

Diamante Embellishments: This Mother of the Bride silk dress coat is now nearly finished! Last thing to do is to add the diamante embellishments before the final sewing. I only put a few on as I didn’t want to over-power the hand painted silk.

Dec 05

by Lucy Farmer in Mixed Media 1 comments tags: Diamond, Diamond a Day, Making of, Studio

Diamond a Day – November 2016

Coloured diamonds were in fashion this month in the Lucy Farmer studio. Read on for a sample of November 2016’s diamonds:

Nov 08

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles 0 comments tags: Embroidery, Flowers, Making of, Silk Painting

The Making of a Silk Dress Coat – Part 4: Sewing the Coat

The planning, painting and embroidery are done – now it’s sewing time!

Nov 04

by Lucy Farmer in Mixed Media 1 comments tags: Collage, Diamond, Diamond a Day, Making of, Studio

A Diamond a Day – October 2016

The diamond theme for October 2016 was black and white. No colour, just white, black and all the lovely greys in between.

Oct 04

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles 0 comments tags: Embroidery, Flowers, Making of, Silk Painting

The Making of a Silk Dress Coat – Part 3: Hand Embroidery

After painting the silk taffeta for the dress coat, I’m ready to begin adding extra detail with some hand embroidery.

Sep 24

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles 1 comments tags: Flowers, Making of, Silk Painting

The Making of a Silk Dress Coat – Part 2: Painting the Silk

In part 1 of The Making of a Silk Dress Coat I walked through the planning and preparation of the design. Now we’re at part 2, let’s get into the painting!

Sep 06

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles, Watercolour 1 comments tags: Flowers, Making of, Silk Painting

The Making of a Silk Dress Coat – Part 1: Watercolour Studies for Silk Painting

I have been commissioned to create a silk painting to be made into a ladies dress coat. In order to become familiar with my subject matter, I needed to do several watercolour studies of my subject: Australian native flowers.

Apr 22

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles 1 comments tags: Fish, Making of, Silk Painting, Studio

Making a Hand Painted Gold Fish Silk Top

These two friendly goldfishes have been hand painted on silk. I painted the silk so that when made into a top it would wrap around the body and join with a single seam at the back.

Nov 11

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles 1 comments tags: Bird, Making of, Melbourne Cup, Silk Painting

How I Made a Bird Silk Painting

Scraps of silk can come in handy. I used this small piece of white, textured silk satin to make a bird silk painting featuring a cassowary.

Nov 03

by Lucy Farmer in Textiles 0 comments tags: Bird, Making of, Melbourne Cup, Silk Painting

My Hand Painted Dress with Pink Flamingos

I made a hand painted dress with flamingos on it to wear to the Melbourne Cup. For those of you who have never been, the Melbourne Cup is a major day on the Australian fashion calendar.