by Fred Campos | My Art, Unconventional Media
Migdalia’s Grand Opening Paris, Kentucky: self-proclaimed home of “horses, history & hospitality.” This weekend, my husband and I attended the opening celebration for Migdalia’s Restaurant, where we brought a few works of my art for their...
by Fred Campos | Fabric Dyeing, Techniques
Preparing and concocting I took my large pile of plain cotton fabric (scraps from tees and sweats, etc) and prepared them for dyeing. I cut them into manageable pieces and washed them with Synthrapol to get them ready for the colorful chemicals. After running them...
by Fred Campos | Techniques
He does not have a name, but he is very handy. If you have a plain, store-bought pincushion that rolls around all over the place, I highly suggest that you do this to hold your pins where you want them. I’ve got an old ceramic frog, one of those old-timey sink...
by Fred Campos | My Art, Unconventional Media, Wearable Art
They don’t say “the clothes make the man” for nothin’. What we wear speaks volumes about our class, occupation, status, who we are, or more accurately, what we want people to think we are. The long-term changes that have occurred in the...
by Fred Campos | My Art, Unconventional Media, Wearable Art
The midnight magic monkeys were at work last night–and they brought me this! My beautiful hat is finished! Yessiree, this was definitely not a one-day project, but it was worth the wait. Out of curiosity, I kept track of how many yards of “twine” I...
