Over 25 years ago when I lived in Kentucky, I created hand painted pillows to sell at juried craft fairs. I used to stretch mercerized cotton fabric over canvas stretchers and paint imagery using Versatex acrylic fabric paint. The final design would be heat set with an iron, machine sewn with a hand painted complimentary backing, machine washed, and hand stuffed with cotton/polyester filler. Back then I often used the “Mona Lisa” as a theme; this particular pillow was called “LOVE IS SELDOM BLIND” (24” x 24” x 12”). The final pillow form was amazingly soft to the touch despite multiple paint layers.

“LOVE IS SELDOM BLIND”, 24” x 24” x 12” hand painted pillow by Rob Moler (heat-set acrylic fabric paint on mercerized cotton fabric, cotton/polyester filler) #symbol #symbolism #surreal #surrealism #finecraft #handpaintedpillow #monalisa #dove #rose #time #ubiquitosstare #artswap #portrait #venus