Artwork from fabric, paint and thread
Through stops and starts working against mother nature's autumn time clock, the exterior of our little house project is completed. That before & after computer mock-up I did really helped me plan my colors with the plant material, purchasing at the end of the season while trying to imagine their blooms at other times of the year. Except for… Continue reading Old House rehab 2; completing the exterior
Creativity expresses itself in many ways and one of the ways that David and I have expressed ourselves over the years is in rehabilitating houses; old ones in particular. We are drawn to their stories, love reinforcing the layers of history they contain, are excited with the creative how-to problem solving - AND it's something fun… Continue reading Old house rehab; part 1
"How long did it take you to make that?" is the question most often asked. The honest answer? Weeks. And months. To create something original in stitched fabric - without a pattern, without a super clear direction - it does take a very long time as the piece builds upon itself before one's very eyes. It's… Continue reading The making of an art quilt
Easter is an excuse for using lots of color and I'll take any excuse I can get! Traditions in egg coloring and flushes of spring flowers draw us to dressing our tables with lots of it for the holiday. My table this year is pulled from the color in my collection of Ukrainian hand dyed… Continue reading Color study; easter table setting
I have fallen in love with the color white. I can't think of when this affair started exactly but a couple of years back I started surrounding myself in it. My rooms have become white, I am collecting white brick-a-brack but most noticeably white has become the back drop color for almost all of my… Continue reading Color study; falling in love with white
This was our Christmas tree two years ago. David was inspired by its quirky shape so, wanting to keep it in the window (where the piano was!), he cut it in half giving the illusion that the tree was growing out of the piano! This was arguably the best tree we have ever had. Christmas… Continue reading Merry Christmas color theory
I have been given the opportunity to maintain the garden strip and planter in front of the building in Strawbery Banke where my esthetics studio* is; my own "community garden" if you will. As a Storekeep I want the entrance to my business to be tidy and beautiful so this is yet another way I… Continue reading Color study; painting with plants
I made a salad Sunday with the gorgeous vegetables I had just acquired from the farmers market. Just thrown together, David and I were both startled by the beauty; what a great play on a complimentary color scheme! When I looked around our home, I was delighted to see the color scheme repeated over and… Continue reading Color study; Sunday salad
Last week at work while taking a break with Janet (when I served her some pumpkin pudding I had made) I looked around and realized that everything I was doing that day seemed to be dominated by pumpkin color. We are subliminally influenced after all... I thought you all might enjoy this brief photographic collage… Continue reading Color study; pumpkin pudding