tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31290863968458020032024-03-13T15:48:34.810-05:00Kelly's ArtThis blog is about all the art subjects that interest me: fiber art, mixed media art, inspiration art, my creative journey, artists that inspire me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-78917281786042820072017-01-27T12:29:00.000-06:002017-01-27T12:29:28.956-06:00Our New Book Is Here!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My friend, Wil Opio Oguta, and I have written an e-book about a textile surface design using gunpowder!<br />
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Yes, you read it correctly.....gunpowder!<br />
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It has been years in the making but it is now available for download! The title is "Playing With Fire" and it is available at this link:<br />
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<a href="https://gumroad.com/l/iLbHI" target="_blank">"Playing With Fire"</a><br />
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I so hope you will check it out. We had so much fun experimenting, finding out the hard way some thing that work and some that don't! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-79980293575423118492016-01-26T09:40:00.000-06:002016-01-26T09:44:01.447-06:00And FINALLY!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I can hardly believe it has been so long since I posted here. Life has taken some major course changes and quite a few curve balls have landed in my court. One was....we moved to another state! After we arrived I began setting up my new studio. It was really scary because I could not find this piece anywhere! Only recently did I just happen upon it when searching for something else! OH HAPPY DAY!! Could I have started over...yes. But I very carefully picked the fabrics for the background on this one. All that was already done. All I had left to do was the hurricane. It would have always been second best in my eyes because many of the original fabrics are one of a kind and no remnants are left! Whew - tragedy averted!!<br />
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So here it is. My fourth and final piece for Voyage 2015 - Abstracted Nature for which I chose the series theme of "Forces of Nature." For this piece I chose several circular motifs from my won surfaced designed stash. Some are stamped, some are resists and some are sunprinted. I felt they provided the continuity of the circular motion of the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. As a native Texan...this is not a stretch for a concept in this series! The "land" fabric is a pounded fabric which I felt had the beautiful look of a topographic map.<br />
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The hurricanes are unstoppable and often seem to have a mind of their own. Just when we think we know<br />
the direction they will take and where landfall will be...it can change and head along a totally different path. Sometimes that is for the better but other times that change can cause widespread destruction. This lack of predictability is why I chose the title "Winds of Change"<br />
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So now all four of the series are completed. Since it has been a while since I posted the previous three (which I had completed in March of 2015! - a great start interrupted) I thought it would be fun to post all four of them as a photo collage.</div>
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Over the Edge, Fire in the Desert, Danger Below, Winds of Change</div>
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I have completed the third piece for the Voyage Group theme entitled "Abstracted Earth"<br />
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This is a piece for my series in this theme entitled "Forces of Nature". It is an iceberg with the largest portion below the water. The title of this piece is "Danger Below". As usual, all these are my own hand-dyed and surface designed fabrics. The one exception is the top layer of the iceberg which is above the water. That is a loosely and randomly woven piece of fabric from a friend. I think it makes the perfect iceberg top!<br />
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The fourth and final piece for this year for Voyage has been started. The plan is to have it ready before I leave for Duluth for the Minnesota Quilters Association Annual Quilt Show 2015. More about that later!</div>
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Linking this up to Nina Marie's <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2015/05/identity-of-quilter-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank">Off The Wall Fridays</a>!! Lots of beautiful creations to see. Drop by for a visit!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-523597156120744332015-03-27T06:29:00.003-05:002015-03-27T06:29:52.390-05:00The Final Act?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yep...it snowed a bit. Just a dusting really. Only about an inch. BUT...I grabbed the shovel and managed to scrape up enough to do a couple of 1-yard pieces!! It took all the snow on the front patio but I did it!<br />
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And I think it was so very worth it. This time I did both pieces dry and not soaked in soda ash. I sprinkled on the soda ash with the dye powder in between the two layers of snow.<br />
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Piece one - I grabbed the 1 yard piece and tied a knot in the middle, then in the middle of the remaining ends and finally I tied the loose ends together<br />
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Is this snow dyeing adventure over here in the frozen tundra? One never knows!!! </div>
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I'm linking this to Nina Marie's <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/2015/03/keys-to-good-composition-off-wall-friday.html" target="_blank">Off The Wall Friday</a>. Be sure to stop by there and see amazing work by very talented artists!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-69528472215378897132015-03-13T07:53:00.004-05:002015-03-13T07:53:54.773-05:00Snow Snow Gone Away<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Won't come back another day.....any time soon perhaps. BUT...this is March in the Frozen Tundra so one just never knows for sure. Could still have a foot one morning. It IS cooling off a bit near the end of the week.........<br />
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But just in case this was the last for this season, I scraped up all I could and did my last (perhaps) snow dyeing for a while (unless I purchase a snow cone machine! HA - inside joke!)<br />
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I have fallen in love with snow dyeing using dye powder instead of dye solution. I manipulated these fabrics different ways just to see what happened. All fabric was pre-soaked in soda ash, manipulated, placed in a container, covered in snow, sprinkled with dye powders, more snow and left to batch in the studio overnight.<br />
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Piece 1 I just put the damp fabric on the floor, grabbed the middle and twisted it still on the floor<br />
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Dyes for this pair - Intense Blue, Caymen Island Green and Pewter<br />
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Piece 3 I did an "informal" accordion gathering, pulling it together at one end just walking my fingers down the edge, then grabbing the fabric and pulling my hand down to "pleat" it. Folded it in half and put it in the container<br />
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OK so now I just might be the only person in the Frozen Tundra praying for MORE SNOW!!!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-69146837120037713722015-03-01T09:46:00.002-06:002015-03-01T11:36:04.357-06:00Fire In The Desert and Over the Edge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Completed my second piece for Voyage 2015 last night!! And I love it! Sorry...but I really do like how it turned out! Both of these pieces are made with my own hand dyed and surface designed fabrics and created with raw edge applique.<br />
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My series for the 2015 Voyage Theme of Abstracted Nature is "Forces of Nature". My first piece was "Over the Edge" - the lava flow.<br />
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My two remaining pieces to complete are "Danger Below" - iceberg and "Winds of Change" - hurricane. I can hardly wait to start the next one!!!</div>
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OK...so I never actually BUILT a snowman but if I had....this is where he would have ended up!<br />
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I so loved the results of snow dyeing with soy was resist I just HAD to do it again! This time I did an experiment with the soda ash. One piece was pre-soaked in soda ash and the second piece was just PFD right off the bolt. On that piece I sprinkled the soda ash on along with the dye powder.<br />
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The procion dyes I used were Victorian Blue, Turkey Red, Smoky Grey and some Pewter<br />
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And here are the fun results. I used my new favorite resist applicator....my empty tea tin!!!<br />
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Piece One - Pre-soaked fabric, snow, dye powder, more snow<br />
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Piece Two - Non-soaked fabric, snow, dye powder, soda ash, more snow<br />
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One think I noticed is that the colors mixed more with the pre-soaked fabric and kept their distance a bit more with the sprinkled piece. I love them both....just depends on what look you are going for!<br />
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Oh what wonderful things can be done with ice!! This experiment today with ice dyeing is done with Soy Wax resist. And....since I ran out of ice...other pieces are done with snow (which I'm not running out of) and Soy Wax resist.<br />
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First was to choose the items to use for applying the soy wax. I love to use things meant to be for other things. This session I chose:<br />
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A computer part (something about a fan cover or something) Also just dabbed some spots on the edges with an old paint brush.</div>
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A small wire brush along with the computer circle part in the center</div>
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And finally, the tea can along with the computer circle part</div>
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I prepared the containers by putting grates or small cups or whatever would raise the fabric up so that it would not sit in a pool of melted ice. Then I scrunched the fabrics a bit and placed them on top of the raisers.</div>
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The piece using the circular computer part and the dabs of wax with a paint brush I crunched and put ice cubes to cover it. The rest were covered with snow at this point. All were then sprinkled with dye powder and then a layer of snow was added to keep the dye powder wet.</div>
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Then it was just a matter of waiting until the ice/snow melted. I always plan at least overnight for this process. My studio is warm enough to handle that or sometimes I place it in my batching closet where it is usually about 70 degrees F. </div>
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The final parts are to rinse, wash and iron. Then to see the wonderful results.....</div>
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Computer circles and paint brush dabs with Brushed Steel dye</div>
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The tea can and the tea can with computer circles with Victorian Blue dye</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-7011364084795114962015-02-21T16:44:00.000-06:002015-02-21T16:44:16.642-06:00It Came From Outer Space!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
No...not really. It just looks kinda like it might have!<br />
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Believe it or not...this is a THREE yard piece of fabric before all the rubber bands! In the end it was more like 1 1/2 to 2 feet! OK...don't ask me how many hours it took or how many rubber bands. I have no idea. The answer would be more like "A lot of both!" I actually lost count.<br />
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Anyway, this piece had originally been white PFD which I had dyed Cayman Island Green using yogurt cups. But either not enough dye powder or it was too light a color but it came out quite boring and not texture at all. So...time for another treatment.<br />
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I can tell you that it took several nights watching TV to get all these rubber bands in. When it was finally done, it looks like some demented catepillar!<br />
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Then I put it on a screen grid in a large plastic container and covered it with snow. Then sprinkled dye powder (Golden Brown) It slept in the batching closet overnight and the next day....after much wringing out and rinsing and washing...this is the result. There are two photos. Even on my design wall I could only do half of it at a time.so these are the two parts.<br />
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Not sure yet what it will be but it has potential. The bottom photo kinda makes me think of a cobblestone patio or something. Fun in the snow again!!<br />
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What better art can one do in the winter in the Frozen Tundra than Ice Painting????<br />
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It is a variation on Pounded Fabric in my opinion. Interesting results though.<br />
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The first set I painted liberally first and then scrunched into the containers. This time I used DynaFlow paints and started with undyed, white cotton (PFD)<br />
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Then let the ice begin to melt in the studio...not in the batching closet. You can already see the paint starting to disperse</div>
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A few days later the ice was all gone. The fabric was put into the batching closet to dry completely.</div>
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When it was dry it was ironed. And this is the result. Very pale color and both will get additional work on them. Perhaps too much ice and not sure about the DynaFlow. More experimenting!!!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Next I found some hand dyed pieces that definitely needed work. I scrunched these in a tray and put paint on them (dabbing and swiping). I used watered down acrylics for this set. Just colors that I had lying around...and that would blend in well with the boring flat dyed pieces. I also used some metallic paints on them as well. A girl has to have her bling!!! </span></div>
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Then I placed some ice cubes on top of them. No photos though...end of the day...very tired....enough said. The tray was placed in the batching closet and two days later the ice had melted and the fabric was completely dry. Then ironed them. And the final results.......</div>
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So in the spirit of Frozen Tundra exploration....Ice Painting is a winner!! And since it is Friday....I'm linking this post to Nina Marie's <a href="http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Off The Wall Friday</a>!! </div>
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yes....I said 2014. Ran a bit behind on this year for the international yahoo group Voyage, but it is all finally done. The theme for 2014 was EARTH. We were allowed to develop our interpretation of that theme as we wished. I decided to choose 6 beautiful places on earth that are natural creations. The title of my series is "Earth's Amazing Wonders"<br />
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Sequoia National Forest</div>
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(The large pink back wall and the side purple walls are sunprinted dupioni silk, the top of the back wall is two of my own hand dyed cottons. The waterfall is painted with Jaquard Lumiere and white acrylic and overstitched with an iridescent white Sulky thread. While the cavern walls are not actually purple, in several photos I saw of them they were up-lighted with different colors)</div>
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(The sky is a commercial fabric but I chose it because it looked exactly like I wanted it to. I researched many baobob tree photos and the one that intrigued me was one where the trunk of the trees had a silver look. These tree trunks are a commercial satin fabric.The horizon green was quite a serendipity moment. It was cut from an impression on the very last piece of a certain breakdown screen print I have. I was sorry to see it go but it went out in style.I also used the cut out pieces of this for the bushes under the trees. The ground is one of my hand dyed cottons. The road is bark cloth and the leaves of the trees are thread lace. </div>
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I and the 12 other Voyage artists for all over the globe will have all our EARTH pieces in a Special Exhibition for the Minnesota Quilters Association Quilt Show 2015 in Duluth in June! If you are there, please drop by and visit me at that exhibition!</div>
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As promised...here it is...my first piece off my new easel!! It is made for a dear friend of mine. She will know what all it means. I haven't given it to her as yet. I hope she likes it.<br />
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It is a piece which a lot of meaning but I don't want to spoil the surprise for her...although I'm not sure if she even reads my blog! She gave me very wise counsel in a time of great confusion and helped me deal with some very difficult issues. She's an amazing woman and I'm blessed to know her.<br />
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Anyway, I told you I would show you the finished piece and here it is!!<br />
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Another canvas is already on the easel so there will me more to come!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-51505166386541086932014-05-26T10:24:00.000-05:002014-05-26T10:24:00.401-05:00Back In The Studio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The first week in April until now I have had a physical issue that has basically kept me out of the studio, at least creatively. I did check e-mails on occasion. But yesterday, even though the last vestiges of the physical issue are still a problem, everything changed.<br />
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Those of you who are artists probably know what I'm talking about. Yesterday I felt driven to get back to the studio. It was an actual physical, gut level, tangible feeling!! Like hunger pangs are physical. It felt like I would burst if I didn't get out here today and begin something creative. And here I am. <br />
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The first order of creative business was to assembly my new easel!! Yep, since so much of my work now involves painted canvases, I was thrilled to find this adjustable easel for an amazing price a few months ago. This morning my husband helped me assemble it and I will be pulling out the paints the minute after I publish this post!!<br />
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I know I have a number of series pieces that are running behind schedule but I feel the need to do something not "required" of me....something a bit simple but it is important. It is a piece that "came to me" recently and I'm so excited to get it started!!<br />
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Here's my new toy!! (the little table beside it is for my brushes, paints, palettes, etc.) I'll keep you posted on the new piece as it progresses. It feels SOOOOOOO great to be back in my creative environment and have the energy to actually make art!<br />
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Starting today, I'll be spending three days explaining and demonstrating the technique for making pounded fabric. It's fun and rather easy but the results are wonderful. <br />
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Drop by at the <a href="http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">And Then We Set It On Fire</a> blog and follow along! Here's a picture of all you will need to have to do this technique:<br />
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In January I was contacted by the Granite Area Arts Council about having a show in 2015. However, shortly after that, they asked if I could be available in April because they had a cancellation. Not a problem!!<br />
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We installed everything on April 3rd and it was ready for the Opening Reception on April 4th. Here are a few photos from the Opening Reception.<br />
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I have a journal I am using as my own guest book at my shows. The pages are already painted and marked. I ask people to sign their name and draw a picture or make some kind of mark in the book. I love the collection of names and art I find after the show is over.</div>
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I now have signed and numbered prints of some of my pieces available for purchase at the shows. It is a bit of an experiment. We'll see how it works out.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-13801029553054388982014-04-08T11:39:00.002-05:002014-04-08T11:42:53.741-05:00London Show 2014 - A Quick Look<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Six of my pieces for the theme "Who Am I?" (the same that were in the Veldhoven show in October 2013) were in a show with our group just this past weekend. Alas...I was unable to attend in person but one of our group took the following photos. (Thanks Gillian!)<br />
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As some of you know, one of my goals for 2014 was a solo show of my art. That happened in January.<br />
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Near the end of the month I was contacted by the Granite Area Arts Council to see if I would be interested in a show for 2015. My answer???? ummmm YES!! Then when we talked shortly after that, they asked if I could be ready for the show for April. They had a cancellation. My answer???? ummmm YES again. So, with short notice, I'm headed off to Granite Falls, MN next week!<br />
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Then I'm hanging out at the gallery for some of Saturday at their request. Sounds like fun to me! I'm really excited to have TWO solo shows and the first half of this year! Now I have to come up with some new goal for the last half of the year. Probably something like completing a couple of the series I have in process.....THAT might be a good idea!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-31310321498193831902014-02-28T00:33:00.000-06:002014-02-28T00:43:48.671-06:00Another Little Crooked House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This month the theme for one of my groups was Contrast. My mind goes first to the B/W I love but I wanted to stretch a bit more and not be too predictable. Lots of ideas and lots of thinking. Finally decided on contrasting Color with the B/W. Figured I would design a cute house as the main bit. Remembered my favorite photo of a Crooked Little House and thought that would make a great inspiration for this theme. I made the little house in B/W and then on with Colors (there is also a contrast in using the pastels for the backboards of the house and brights for the boards in front). Here is one of the little crooked houses in contrast. BONUS!! I also have another one!!! It is still on the design wall ready to be completed later today I hope. This one still needs the binding as well. Busy busy later today!!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-8476567863536481832014-02-23T16:40:00.000-06:002014-02-23T16:40:55.179-06:00Binding Done!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, I made it! I've done pieced bindings before but this one was a bear...all the angles and bits. It took all day but it was worth it!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-41604788779954478292014-02-20T23:03:00.000-06:002014-02-20T23:07:11.397-06:00First of a New Series<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is the first piece of a new series I'll be doing this year. The series is "Earth's Amazing Wonders" OK...I know...it is not exciting so I'll just call that the working title. There will be at least 6 pieces done in textiles which will depict (or suggest) places that I find awe inspiring. I have the first several in the list. The remaining couple or three I've not narrowed down as yet. Oh I have my favorites though, it will just depend on what rises to the surface when the time comes. <br />
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First up is Antelope Canyon in Arizona. When you look at photos of this location, it seems like someone when nuts with their PhotoShop. The colors are amazing and the contours of curving rock are beautiful.This is a view inspired by several photos...looking through the jewel-tone rock to a beautiful clear sky. I hope I did it justice.<br />
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It does not yet have a binding as I have been struggling with just what to do. My current plan is to do a pieced binding that will just fit in with each part of the fabrics. This art quilt also has a lot of stitching on it. I haven't done this amount of quilting in ages. All the contour lines are stitched. At first I thought it would be a bit boring to do but it actually took on a rather organic feel as I didn't work to make the lines exact but rather made the undulate on purpose to pick up the flowing feeling of the actual rock.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-40192238868261204322014-02-13T14:20:00.001-06:002014-02-13T14:20:34.476-06:00Challenge Accepted!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
OK, so the theme for January was On The Buses. I had no idea what on earth that was about. So, I visited my old friend Google....figuring to find scenes of people on buses, views from buses, etc. What I DIDN'T expect to find was that "On The Buses" was a sitcom out of the UK!! As that was stumbled upon about 1am, I went to bed thinking about the theme. Before I fell asleep I knew what I wanted to do. I was inspired by one of the promo pictures for the show which used a green bus. From scenes from the actual show, I guess they usually involve the normal red buses but there was at least one scene photo with a green bus. In the morning I picked out fabrics from my hand-dyed collections. Found the green I wanted then the background, a transparency for the windows and an old drop cloth from years ago that I kept because I thought it looked so cool.<br />
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First I FMQed a sort of cityscape (with a small hint of a nod to Big Ben). Nothing exact. I was going with the comic feel. Cut out the bus, placed the windows in the slots. Behind the windows was the fun drop cloth...again going with the fun comic feel. I looked at putting round wheels but it all got to kitchy for me. Then I found a black very long rubber band to represent the tires. Now it was all too symmetrical. In the promo picture, there was the name of the show in red on the green bus so I grabbed a strip of red and it was just the bit of asymmetry that it needed. And here it is.....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-91577870491350611892014-02-11T13:22:00.000-06:002014-02-13T23:17:20.924-06:00One that had to be done<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The theme for November in one of my online groups was Cosmos. I knew immediately what I wanted to do...but my life was in turmoil and chaos and didn't calm down until just this week. I'm now looking at current deadlines and putting on my thinking cap. (Some of them are quite a challenge BTW!!!) But while I'm starting over fresh for 2014 in this one group (I was WAY too far behind to ever catch up) I just HAD to do this one. It was originally planned for a much larger piece but doing it in 12" X 12" just seemed to be what the doctor ordered since the larger one had its beginning a few years ago and then went nowhere.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-694864460753949152014-02-07T13:07:00.000-06:002014-02-07T13:07:14.441-06:00It's all in how you look at it.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
OK.....some of you know how I like to pass on links about interesting and perhaps a bit unusual artists. I received this one today and felt it would be fun to pass on. It is only about 2 minutes and worth it if only to make you think.<br />
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It so reminded me of a tip I learned in some class a few years back. (Sorry I can't remember just where or when so I can't give credit) The idea was this - if you sometimes find yourself wondering about the next step in a piece or just want to see it afresh.....get a different perspective. Sit somewhere else in the room to view it, etc. Like the artwork done in this video....perspective can make a HUGE difference!!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-88805145140815070042014-02-07T12:36:00.000-06:002014-02-07T12:36:06.037-06:00The Brain Finally Kicks In<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is not often that I have to think very long or hard about a theme or concept I want to do for a series. But after the two latest major deadlines, I think my brain went on a short vacation! But the time-out had the desired effect!!<br />
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In one of the online groups I belong to, we get to choose our own projects and create at least 6 pieces for the year. Last year was the Pecan Series. This year I'll be working from some favorites of my own photos taken of "distressed" barns. I'm so excited to be doing this series. Anxious to get started. Here are 3 of my most favorites that will definitely be on the list. Now to choose the remaining 3 from the other gazillion barn photos in my collection! <br />
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When I was copying these photos to put into my inspiration file for this series, the names just came to me. <br />
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Now to get my studio at least cleaned up enough after the past several frantic months so I can begin!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010332780140003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129086396845802003.post-38048665131458306712014-02-03T14:47:00.000-06:002014-02-03T14:47:23.605-06:00All Together Now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Since it has been a year long project. I decided to post all the Up Close and Personal pieces together. They are posted along with my macro photos which inspired them. Clockwise from top left: Weathered Red Door, Ancient Cactus, Peeling Birch, Rusty Leaves, Knotty Situation, Cornered.<br />
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These six pieces are currently winging their way to France for the show there in April!!!<br />
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