Welcome to Rainbows End! This is a site for artists craftspeople and the creatively inclined.
I am a textile artist and have been working some 30 odd years at my craft I have studied at an art school and three universities in Australia to perfect my craft I have knowledge of and use many techniques in my artistic endeavors and creations. Please feel free to browse my site, I have a blog for up to date information about my current projects I have just added a forum that is common to both my site and my blog. I also host a social networking site called The Rainbow Cafe membership of this is open to any with and interest in the visual or preforming arts Links to my blog and the cafe are provided below.
Predominantly this site showcases Sun Print a lovely medium I love to use for both textiles and painting . It truly is something you should try It will be the most fun you could have in the sun!
We have pages of how to use, the product, many ideas on how to explore and adapt techniques to various art and craft processes.
Go shopping in our online store to see the very reasonably priced kits you can purchase to get you started. There is also a unique range of designer textiles available for purchase for the sewers amongst you they are one off handprinted originals and very reasonably priced You may purchase from the store by Paypal or if you wish to make a direct debit transaction / Please visit the Marketplace page for instructions.
We also have a Gallery of both my work and the work of guest artists and craftspeople, If you create a masterpiece you want to share with us you too are invited to submit a photo of it for display just contact me via email for approval and upload. Or alternatively visit us at the Rainbow Cafe and display your work there!
News!
50% off all hand printed textiles in My Congo Cart Store
Beautiful Original Fabrics at Massive savings until Monday May 24th
Indigo examples and techniques are now included in the Techniques section I will be adding other dye types soon.
Go and learn how to make beautiful Indigo fabrics
Indigo Tryptitch Body Map with embellishment
I have a new store in the Crafty Mamas Marketplace It is located in the Congo Cart you can purchase my textile prints in this new store and also browse amongst the other lovely creations by the Crafty Mamas, Still visit the online store to purchase Sun Print Dyes or stockingette fabric to print or dye!
Each piece of fabric is a one off original
I construct my pieces as a painter would compose a painting. The background is sunprinted with special stencils then the design is printed in single units I don't use metre screens I work with a single unit as a painter would with a brush. No two pieces could ever be exactly the same
Stayed tuned in the next few days for an upgrade to this site lots of new information and features are coming
Visit My Blog!
Day to day daily events of sun printing machine embroidery,
indigo and other dyeing. Also news of what is happening in the online
store and this website become a follower and contribute to our forum
.juliet-rainbowsend.blogspot.com
Please visit my Guestbook and leave a comment If you have any questions about techniques or the product or anything you may wish for me to explain further vist my forum in the above link
THE RAINBOW CAFE
Come and join us in the newest arts cafe for Australian Artists. Our cafe is a meeting place for artists to relax, share common interests and showcase their work. Artists may upload work they want to display, also they can tell us about events, workshops exhibitions or just about themselves. You can have your own page to upload and keep albums as well as that they are showcased on the sites slideshow. You may leave comments and messages for other artists There are forums to start thread discussions in and a chat window for instant chatting. You may even begin a group of your own in the particular arts discipline you are interested in It is open to all arts disiplines practioners and people who are just interested Drop in for coffee and company at THE RAINBOW CAFE
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