Busy Hands: Small Embroidered Collages

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling) …ee cummings

 

 

 

Tell someone you love that you love them.
Accepting love in the comments.  Love you.

Inspiration Collage Packs for sale on Etsy

For a short time there are inspiration collage packs for sale at ETSY
These packs of silk paper, radiance paper and pressed Angelina Fiber will be on sale until my area goes back on lockdown, which may be soon. I will not be able to get to the post office once our Covid numbers increase as we move into January.

The packs are chock full of color and detail.

Cut them, sew them, add beads and embroidery to them, use them in your collage or fiber work. Keep them whole and enjoy them as works of art.

Radiance paper is a beautiful bubbled, iridescent colored plastic paper that can be cut or sewn to artwork.

Some of the silk papers are soft like fabric and some are stiffer.

Paper Doll in a Shoe

For a friend

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.

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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

Lots of new pins listed on ETSY. Click on photos to be whisked to the shop.

 

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