Yesterday was spent with friends at the Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade, Colorado
learning to make batik prints. The pictures are not the best as I have forgotten
how to crop them in wordpress.
We all had a great time and are hoping to do
a more advanced class in the fall.
These are probably two of my favorites. Made from used tea bags, washers colored with alcohol inks, machine stitching and lots of hand stitching.
I was looking at the pictures of the fiber art that I have done in the years since moving to Grand Junction and decided to put them on here. Can’t believe how many there are. Some are in new homes and some are still with me. So here goes. No particular order. This does not show the silk scarves I have painted nor the garments that I have dyed or embellished. As you can see, I like to use many different techniques.
Look and enjoy!
These two were inspired by the works of Kandinsky.
These were for various shows.
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These two were made for a Chinese Whispers challenge. To see the entire show go to theartquiltassociation.com
This piece was made from black fabric and discharged to show this beautiful rusty color.
This piece was screened and then rusted.
These last pieces are 6×18
Some people have a guard dog.
We have a guard mallard.
Every morning he stands in our front yard
quacking away at anyone who
gets to close. Must be a nest nearby that
we can’t find.
What better protection could a poor girl want?
Then there is this little cutie who
chatters away when I get
near the garden when it has
taken up residence.
Ahh, the wonders of the animal kingdom.
EARTH WITHOUT ART IS JUST EH!
The tulips have been blooming for several days now.
It’s good that they are a hardy plant as
we have been having temps about 20 degress
below normal here.
It’s so cheery to see these right
outside the front door.
And the pear tree is blooming. These
blossoms are so fragile looking, but
do produce some very good fruit.
I’ve been working hard in the garden, splitting sedum
and hostas and replanting them into
areas that are bare
My philosophy is—the less bare ground
the fewer weeds. One can hope.
I’ll either have some nice green plants
or some lovely brown leaves.
I also bought 10 bags of chips that I spread
some of the gardens. I’ll have to get more on Saturday.
Tomorrow it’s to buy some annuals
to fill in for when the tulips die
and also some for the back gardens.
Next time, hopefully pictures of the art piece
that I have been working on this past week.
Lots of foundation piecing.
Hopefully makes for sharp points and nice rounded curves.
EARTH WITHOUT ART IS JUST EH!
It’s been a long time since I have posted. Once I dropped the habit, I just didn’t get back to it.
Today I posted on the Raven Maven’ s blog. The Raven Mavens is a small group that I
belong to.. We do smaller pieces and show out art as a group show.
Last week I taught a mini class on controlled rusting.
This group has a blog and it was decided that the person, we take turns,
who presents something to the group would also
write something for our blog.
So, I’m inviting you check out this blog and see what we
have been up to lately.
gjravenmaven.blogspot.com
I almost forgot to enter the blog address.
The picture above is what I did to show something that
could be done with the rusting process.
LIFE IS TO SHORT TO NOT USE ALL THE COLORS IN LIFE
My son was in town this weekend and we decided to drive into Fargo
and see my older sister and her husband. We all went to lunch at Denny’s.
Nothing better than family, laughs, and food.
The weather turned nice so it was a perfect day for an outing.
We have to do this more often.
Next week we’re planning to go to the Twin Cities to have lunch with my brother.
More good family times. Unfortunately, my son
will be working so won’t be able to join us. Someone has to
work to pay into SS so that I can continue to collect.
LIFE CAN BE GOOD. ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN!
How lucky we were to be able to spend a week here
in this cabin on China Lake in Maine. The weather was hot but
the lake was cool and felt so refreshing.
This place belongs to my brother-in-law and he joined us
for part of the week.
Now, this is one of the best reasons to go to
the east coast, LOBSTER LUNCHES!!
As you can see, we left nothing for the fishes. It was great.
We did this twice . Each time we were lucky to
share a table in the shade with interesting people.
This is another fun part of eating lunch at a picnic table
at a lobster pound. Often times these people are from other
parts of the country also and much interesting conversation can be had.
We left Maine and went to CT to see more of the in-laws. Daughter-in-law
who lives in Germany right now was there with her little girl.
This was our first chance to see her in person. Much better than Skyping
but Skyping is better than nothing. Soon they will be heading
back to Germany and who knows when we’ll see them again.
We were also fortunate to spend a few hours with my niece and her
family in CT. We don’t get to see them very often either. Families can
be spread so far apart these days so when an opportunity arises
to see family, it must be grabbed.
It was a great 2 weeks being able to spend time with family
we don’t get to see very often.
Back home again to the weeds that had lots of fun
while I was gone.
LIFE IS SHORT. ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
