Samantha Pope Creations

Image-In - Tech-Styles photo by David Leane SALA (South Australian Living Artist Festival) 2014 collaboration between Photography by David (David Leane, Artist) and Samantha Pope Creations. Textiles and photography come together with Wearable art creations by Samantha Pope, creatively photographed by David Leane.  Imagine Textiles is a collaboration of two talented artists, each enhancing the others work in a perfect blending of  individuality. Finished art work & Concept art drawing initial idea      Strips of faux leather shaped with boning pinned to foam head. Materials used include a faux leather coat being chopped up and lined with sparkly red and black stretch fabric. Each spike is cut, boned and lined then pinned to the base shape. More layers are added and inserts create flaring around the base. Black silver metal trouser zips placed around the bottom edge can be opened out to flair the caplet or closed to fit it snugly aground the s

VIVA PAPER TOWELL VIVA PAPER TOWELL the unsung result of mixed media collage. When I create anything with paint involved I always clean up using Viva brand paper towels. Why you ask?  because often the towel produces a better background for artwork by accident than when I try to plan it.  The absorbency and strength of Viva mean the dried towel is perfect to add freehand machine embroidery and embellishments to.  You can iron Vlisofix or interfacing to the back to stabilise it, tear it up and collage it, cut out shapes, stencil, draw and add more patterns.  painted Viva Paper towels Techniques for colouring Clean dirty brushes with a dry or damp Viva towel by rubbing the bristles into a towel.  Clean up the surface of a palette. If lots of paint remains then use several towels. If the palette has only a little paint remaining then wet the towel first and rub it over the surface to clean and absorb the paint. Squidge a damp paint infused towel in your hand to bl

Cityscape - Art Quilt  Dare to Differ is a quilt exhibition held every two years in South Australia. It is designed t o push t he boundaries of the contemporary art quilt  with the use of fabrics and other materials like paper, plastic, sheer fabrics, embellishments, texture and printing.  The interpretation of the guidelines i s up the the entrant. At the last Fibre Artist Network (FAN) meeting I attended in August there was a discussion as to how to make a 3D quilt from 2 layers of fibre stitched together while still maintaining a quilt format. One of the rules state " The work must possess the basic structural characteristics of a quilt and must be predominantly fibre comprised of at least 2 layers stitched together". This is my idea and the process it takes to complete my entry for this exhibition. Inspiration One the drive home from Adelaide I thought about this challenge, I liked the idea of a cityscape with the layers of buildings pressed tog