slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: fiber art
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Oh dear. I have ended up joining so many fascinating social media groups that my art work remains in my head, an unacceptable situation which I hope to remedy this weekend since it is too frickin cold to work outside and we have no plans. One good thing is that Sandino’s work schedule has changed…
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It’s not often that I get photos of me, so here I am in all my glory. Susanne’s daughter Sophie helped me break in the new camera. Susanne’s husband John fed me scuppernong grapes from their vines. The paper is made of corn shucks and abaca fiber.
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Here’s something that you can do with only two hands and a bunch of honeysuckle vines.
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I finished the labyrinth tapestry several weeks ago, and forgot that I had not posted it. I don’t have a camera right now but I do have a scanner. The first photo is the tapestry and the second is the photograph of the labyrinth at Healing Ground in Oak Ridge that inspired the tapestry.
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Making recycled paper Making and writing and painting and drawing and glueing in journals – some are altered books Yes, I already spilled something on the “Sticks and Stones” journal, made with pizza box covers and my handmade paper. Here’s the first handbound book, covers made from a Kandinsky poster book, paper made by Susanne…
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This third hat from last week is mine, MINE! The hatband is inkle-woven from cotton threads. I looked out over the lake and designed it from the view. At first I resisted putting the blue and brown together, but the lake is the color of tea and the sky and sun reflects off it. When…
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The latest progress on “mindful presence” – this was started in Lisa Engelbreicht’s Fabric Art Collage class at Art and Soul at Hampton. I liked the right angles and the balance, but something about it still bothered me. So I began clipping corners, and then I decided to start swapping corners. I like the result…
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Another device to help me focus: a list of my works in progress. I’ll post about these and photograph as I actually progress. From the oldest to newest might be the best way to go, although I doubt I’ll proceed in this order. Fabulously ugly scarf III – still on the floor loom in the…
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I thought that I might share a little about my creative process in doing the mini tapestries. It’s so simple that it won’t take long. Reading Living the Creative Life and The Artist’s Way made me think about this, and I figure that it’s worth sharing. This is my current workspace in the Happy Room,…
slowly she turned 