Deborah Velásquez: trees

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Vote • West Elm + Minted Challenge

I am excited to share that I am in the West Elm + Minted Art Challenge.
I would love your vote!

The winning prints will be sold in West Elm stores and through Minted's website.

Click here to see my main page of submissions, you must rate the designs to count as a vote. You may have to set up a Minted account if you do not have one.
Very easy to do...Just an email address and a password
Here are a few samples of the Art Prints in the Challenge:

Blue and Black Tree

Feather Solo

You can Click on Pages below to see and vote on submissions.

Page 21 two pieces bottom right
Page 22 Full page
Page 23 Full page


you must click on artwork and rate the design and that counts as a vote.

Thank you for stopping by.

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Swimming Blue Pods

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Art Every Day Twenty-One • Heron Border Design

Day Twenty-One of Making Art Every Day.

Another print combination with the heron. This design lends itself nicely to a border design.

I made the abstract tree last year, you can see original post here.

AEDM brings together a group of creative people committing themselves to more creativity for the month of November. Stop by Leah's website, Creative Every Day and check out fellow artist and their creations for Art Every Day Month.

Thank you for stopping by. I am sharing this quote that I have used before because I am strongly influenced by nature. My work shows a very stylized and simplified approach.
I am so grateful for its gifts of inspiration and beauty.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Silkscreening Finally!

I finally achieved a goal that has been on my list for a long time. I am learning how to silkscreen. I have one more class to go.

I just let it become this "thing", this mystery for the longest time. Funny how we let things like that become the big scary monster!! So now I have tried and worked in all types of printmaking with this being my last to embrace. Why did I wait so long?

I just loved it!!! Here are some photos to share from my fun experience.

Exciting to see my tree motif printed. I printed the design on paper only in this round looking forward putting ink on fabric.

I love this printmaking process. No longer a mystery.

Instructor with demo of photo emulsion application.

Burning images to the screen. Trying a few images all at the same time as test.

Washing the screen.

Putting a ribbon of paint on to the screen. Decided to try the tree motif first.

Flooding the screen.

Here are the printed tree motifs, I love the strength of silhouette.
As much as I enjoy design, surface pattern design to be exact, there is nothing like the "magic' of creating art with your hands.
In surface pattern design I have realized that it is possible to find balance between computer work and working with your hands.
I had a fabric design teacher, who eventually became my friend who always said "keep your "hand" in your work, don't lose that.
With that said make the computer your other "favorite brush" use it as an art supply or tool.

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