Computer Textile Design Group, which sadly has now disbanded.
Below is a pic I took of the gallery, a wonderful setting, with a good variety of interesting pieces on display.
I love colourful fruit, and one of my pieces created with Photoshop Elements, is based on the Pitaya or Dragon Fruit below, and uses techniques including 'layers', 'selections', 'gradients' and various distortion filters.
The finished piece below, is printed onto 'Ink Aid' treated calico, and enhanced with machine stitch and couched threads.
'Enter the Dragon' AD 2012
Below are a couple of details from it.
My second piece was inspired by ideas that came from a CTDG workshop back in 2009.
Three photo images were combined to form the design, each layer being worked separately using transparency effects, blend modes and texture filters in
Paint Shop Pro.
'Arches of Time' AD 2012
The piece is ink jet printed onto pre prepared cotton and stitched onto a vilene backing using machine and some hand stitching
