New projects…
Remembering the earlier post about ‘ blogging without obligation’ I’m just going to jump straight back in and post some pictures of my work…
three altered text ATCs already gone to a new home… but I really enjoyed making them so I’m sure I will be doing more…
a 5” quilty.. made for a swap…and gone to it’s new home…
Well, I’ve done the draw…
Early Saturday morning… I’ve got 17 comments since I posted ‘a little celebration…’ thank you… it is so nice to have feed back… I hope I’ve answered everyone’s questions… so everyone’s names when onto a slip of paper… and three were drawn out…
1st Cheryl who gets the atc
2nd Kari who gets a ‘plus size’ inche
3rd emhowl who gets a ‘plus size’ inche too…
thanks again to everyone who left comments…
I’ll send the three of you an email.. then you can let me have your addresses
I’ll post a picture before I send them out… if I can find the camera… it went on a school trip yesterday…
What’s in My Journal…
What’s in My Journal
Odd things, like a button drawer
Mean things, fishhooks, barbs in your hand
But marbles too
A genius for being agreeable
Junkyard crucifixes, voluptuous discards
Space for knickknacks, and for Alaska
Evidence to hang me, or to beatify
Clues that lead nowhere, that never connect anyway
Deliberate obfuscation, the kind that takes genius
Chasma in character
Load omissions
Mornings that yawn above a new grave
Pages you know exist.
I collect quotes, poems and sayings… I scribble them everywhere… I add them to my art work… I write them in my journals… I even have a word document where I copy and paste ‘jottings’ I find online… well I’ve decided to use the above poem in connection with my latest piece of fabric…
I realise everyone reads something different into each piece of writing/art… so I’m not going to say much about this poem… on the surface it seemed so me… i have boxes of discards / knickknacks… a button tin.. lots of marbles (I use them in my indigo dyeing)…. there’s hundreds of fishing hooks in this house… I love Alaska (but have never been… the reality might be different)… that said I’m not going to say any more even though other lines do say something to me…
Anyway it seemed to fit with the piece of black/white (with a hint of red) fabric I’m working on at the moment… the ‘plus size’ inches that I’m working on also need to include words so… it’s a questions of which to pick… can you think of a way to attach the whole poem?
As yet without the hint of red… but cut up ready to make into ATCs…
A little celebration…
to carry on with my happy dance a little longer… I thought I might do a prize draw (thanks Kari for the suggestion)… the picture below is a piece of fabric I’m working on at the moment…
yes… I know it’s still black and white… but I’ll add a little colour when I start stitching.. I intend to make a few different things with this… the first page in my Bead Journal Project … an ATC for Helen Cowan… a few ‘plus size’ inches for a swap over at Fiber Art Traders (a yahoo group)… so I will make an extra ATC and an extra few ‘plus size’ inches… if you would like the chance to win one please leave a comment… then next Friday I will draw out the winners… there you are a little prize draw to help me celebrate a little…
Great holiday weekend…
While Saturday was spent at home mainly doing chores and ‘referring’ the children and their friends… Sunday I got to go out to play! Open Studios was on here in North Yorkshire, so I got to visit lots of lovely studios and see lots of great work… I’ll post more on this when I’ve got the links to some of the artists I visited sorted out…. then today I finished off a swap I’m doing ‘Get your doodle on ATC swap’ these are now all ready to post…
however, the swap only called for 6 cards and I ended up making 9, I was having fun and just forget to stop… as I plan to keep one for myself that leaves two cards spare, so if anyone is reading this and would like to swap a doodle ATC please leave a comment and I’ll get back to you…
