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In This House – Inspiration
In This House by Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn available from Amazon.
Once a year during the monthly meeting at Artistic Artifacts in Alexandria, VA, people bring in their favorite books to share and this was my friend Sharon’s contribution. We all love the work of Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn. A challenge was proposed for us to use the book and the template it provides to create our own houses. The challenge is due in June. We have discussed making a “fat book” (remember them from the 90″s?). Each person who makes a book can print out one of their pages several times to combine into one book. We may simply share what we’ve done in our usual SHOW AND TELL portion of the meeting. I enjoyed working on mine and look forward to seeing what others make. How I made the book is at the bottom of this post.
I cut out the shaped pages from 90 lb Arches Hot Press watercolor paper and painted them with ink. Next step was gelli printing, followed by spray painting with stencils. Images, some printed on transparencies, and collage papers finished the process. I bound the pages with eyelets and ribbons. Voilà! While that voilà expresses that I am satisfied with the project, it did take several days and sometimes it fought me. It took several hours a day over a week of time. Thanks for looking.
Tale of the Walnut Tree
One day a large storm took down the old walnut tree. Neighbors knew it well. They loved its gnarled appearance.
Later the county removed most of the tree but left the stump to decay naturally.
The photo above was pinned to the stump so all could say Goodbye.
Lots of time has passed and recently neighborhood children built a fort with sticks, digging out the under growth and creating an entrance.
A neighborhood artist left an offering inside. I hope they find the leaf.
My leaf pins can also be found on Etsy HERE.
Sacred Threads Eye Contact Exhibition Schedule
The Eye Contact Exhibit is going on the road. The curator, Barbara Hollinger, has engineered the Eye Contact exhibit into 11 double-sided panels that can be suspended from poles or from a ceiling. Here is a mock-up so you can see how it will look.
Below is the travel exhibit schedule for Eye Contact:
Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, Gaithersburg, MD
March 2020
HeART Gallery, Toledo, OH
April 2020
White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh NC
May 2020 – June 2020
Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA
July 2020 – August 2020
International Quilt Festival (IQF) – Houston
October 29 – November 1, 2020
AQS Quilt Week:
Feb 2021 – Daytona, FL
March 2021 – Lancaster, PA
April 2021 – Paducah, KY
Lavender Door Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
June 2021
My contribution to the exhibit
More Quirky Felt and Silk Paper Pins Available
Sold! Pins from Etsy going out the door
Thanks J for the purchase.
These pins are on their way to a friend and artist who is a regular collector of my work. I included some felt scraps and silk scraps in her package. I will be adding handmade felt and silk paper to the shop soon.
I changed the name of the Jewelry section in Etsy to Quirky Pins/Brooches. They are quirky because they show the personality of my hand.
To select from pins that are left in my Quirky Pins section, go to Esty HERE
New Jewelry Section – Felt Pins – on Etsy
Available in my Etsy shop HERE
Bird beauty and 15FOR15 sale
Crow
All bird photos are from my yard.
Two Crows on Sculpture
Woodpecker on Telephone Pole
Woodpecker on Telephone Pole
Woodpecker on Telephone Pole
Mockingbird on Sculpture
Mourning Dove on Roof
Newest item in the shop – Eye Contact Fiber Art
Sale Ends Dec 30 Coupon for 15% off in my Etsy shop is 15FOR15 HERE
Mixed Media Ornaments Class and 15 for 15
Sharing two things today. Here are some photos of the Artistic Artifacts Mixed Media Ornaments class using the forms from paperwhimsy.com
And here is a link to 15% off for 15 days at my Etsy shop. HERE
Coupon Code 15FOR15
Joan’s Journey and her handmade dolls
Back View of the Multicolored jacket with orange shirt underneath.
Recently, my Mother-in-law, Joan (I won the lottery for great Mothers-in- law) visited from Australia. She’s cough*cough 90, and a veteran traveler who made the trip solo from down under. She is an established and award winning Australian artist represented in collections throughout Australia and internationally.
Her original trip a year ago was delayed by a head-on car collision. She was a passenger in a car when she saw another car coming from the opposite direction drifting into their lane. The other driver had fallen asleep. As these things sometimes go, the driver who caused the accident wasn’t hurt at all. My Mother-in-law and her driver had to be cut out of the car. Joan suffered 11 broken ribs and a fractured sternum. Her driver also had a fractured sternum. The car was totaled. Several difficult months of healing later, Joan rescheduled her trip to the USA.
Joan, in addition to being an accomplished artist, is a character herself. In one adventure we had, she dressed in pink pants with a multicolored orange, pink, blue, and black jacket. She looked fabulous. But, you haven’t lived until you walk into a Victoria’s Secret with a 90 year old woman who proceeds to buy all her friends and family the most beautiful “knickers” she could find.
One of her many artistic talents is doll making and at my request she sent several of them to me to put up for sale in the USA. I call them character dolls because they have expressive character and some of them are fairy tale dolls.
Please enjoy the photos of her dolls. If you wish, you can find them in my ETSY shop.
Gorgeous red head with an expressive hand painted face and a multi colored, magical dress.
Beautiful Goldilocks in a purple fairy dress.
Little Red Riding Hood.
Peasant Doll
