Lovely Lutradur

Dijanne Cevaal
My quilts are the product of a lifelong engagement with textiles, the mobility of the stitch, the interaction of colour created by dyeing and printing and the creation of stories. As a small child, I built constructions that were stitched and embroidered, and this love of embroidery continued through my teenage and adult years. I have a Masters Degree in Visual and Performing Arts from Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, which has pushed me to examine the textile surface in a more immediate way, not simply as a vehicle for imagery, but a return to the touch and textuality of textiles, its intimacy and its narrative content.
All the fabrics in my work are hand dyed, and I employ simple printing techniques to create the original one-off fabrics used in my work. I love simple resist techniques such as folding and tieing, having fallen in love with the indigo cloth of West Africa. I tend to work in fairly simple colour contrasts, though the cloth I use is often complex in the colours they contain. Stitching, both by machine and hand, is an important element, as is the creation of texture. My work is much inspired by the Australian landscape.
In the past 7 years, I have been curating travelling exhibitions of the work of Australian Quilting Artists. These exhibitions have travelled mostly in Europe and the Middle East. I also teach widely, especially in Europe, as I speak fluent Dutch and some quilting French and German. Recently, I have won a prize with my quilt 'View From My Studio' in the Concours International at le Carrefour Europeen du patchwork. The piece was a whole cloth quilt which I dyed and stitched entirely by machine
Website address: http://www.picturetrail.com/dcevaal
Blog address: http://origidij.blogspot.com
Email: dcevaal@gmail.com

Marion is a Scottish artist living and working in a tiny village in Norfolk, UK with four cats, lots of art supplies, sundry musical instruments, including a lute, and a very understanding spouse. She was introduced to Lutradur by Dijanne, several years ago, immediately fell in love with it, and has made it the focus of her textile work ever since. She also uses it in her mixed media and altered art work, and intends to extend that to using Lutradur as a base for paintings.
Her work has always featured texture and colour; learning to paint has also introduced an interest in line, particularly drawing with stitch.
Marion's work has been exhibited in the UK, Europe and the USA. She has demonstrated and taught at quilt shows, including the Scottish Quilt Championships and ExpoMagicQuilt in Lyon, and is available to give talks and workshops; email for more details (artmixter@tiscali.co.uk). She is currently working towards an exhibition in October 2008 in Norfolk, and is about to begin her first solo book. An avid blogger, her work can be found online in several places, including;
http://artmixter.blogspot.com
http://artmixter.etsy.com
http://purelypainting.etsy.com
http://www.thegallerydereham.co.uk
http://www.thedb.com/artmixter

Lovely Lutradur is an E-book, or book on CD, 88 pages long, filled with information on how to colour and use this versatile fabric.

Contents

Introduction

Section 1. Learning about Lutradur

An overview of the material itself

Adding colour to Lutradur

Method for mixing transfer dye from powder

Storage

Transferring colour to fabric

Overview: the process in pictures

Section 2. Projects

Cutting Away/Reverse Appliqué

Printing

Foiling

Postcards From Lutradur

Lutradur Through The Printer

Altered Quilts

Section 3. Gallery

Section 4. Troubleshooting

Section 5. Appendices

NB Section 3, The Gallery, is on a separate PDF file for ease of access and printing.