Jen Powell designs

Mixed media artist

abstract art art-journal challenge collage creativity fabric manipulation felt felting fragmentation gel print indigo intuitive collage mixed media natural dye paper process rework sketchbook sketchbook collage studio wet felting

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  • Indigo dyeing from my garden

    I’ve been growing indigo to use in natural dye projects. It’s growing well, about a foot tall. and I had to figure out when to harvest it. I searched online and found I could use it right now, just harvesting the leaves. You need to harvest the leaves before it flowers, and you just cut

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  • Sketchbook Sessions: Intuitive collage

    Sketchbook session using intuitive collage and some homemade papers I recently created as well as other papers.

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  • Sketchbook Sessions: Reworking a Gel Print

    The writer is embracing the practice of using a sketchbook inspired by mixed media artists. They experimented with gel printing and reworked a print to create a collage in their sketchbook, enjoying the process and the results. This experimentation allows for creativity and exploration in a playful and enjoyable manner.

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  • A Felted Background

    I’ve been working on these collages for my 100-collages project for a little while, and I decided I wanted to do some other kinds of backgrounds than just fabric. I really enjoy wet felting, so I thought that I would make a new wet-felted background for a collage piece. Here I’ll show you my process

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  • A springy landscape collage

    For collage number 7 of 2024, I started out with a piece of fabric that I had printed on, using printable fabric sheets. I had copied a gelli-plate-printed piece I had made onto the fabric. I then thought I’d try to do some rust dyeing to the fabric. I have a cool rusty wire coil

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  • A challenge for 2024

    I’m relatively new to textile art – I took a couple of classes last year and it really got me inspired. I decided for 2024 that I wanted to do a challenge – it will help me to create a body of work, and maybe discover my voice with my art. I am not sure

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