slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: tapestry
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(Don’t worry, s/he was a little critter, about three feet long head to tail. More scared of me than I of her.) I ended up going to my cousin’s house at Lake Waccamaw on Thursday afternoon, after a stop at Mama’s house to pack up some of her art supplies, including many very nice watercolor…
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Actually, I’ve gotten about an inch farther than this, but I don’t have my camera with me. Really loving getting into this part of it. For the dark area on the right, I split the navy and dark teal yarns (each has five strands) and wove them together. I thought about twisting them but this…
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I’ve gotten about another inch done on the tapestry. The lower part will have more blocks of solid color, but as I get higher, there will be more color mixing such as in this detail: That is where the sacking needle comes in handy. I think that the solid chunks of color near the bottom…
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I’m calling it “98% Water” for now. The light green band at the bottom is meant to be turned back for a hem or stretched to the back if I decided to mount this on canvas stretchers. It was the color that I began with for the teal color and realized that it was entirely…
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The title is a quote from Calvin and Hobbes. It fits for me right now! I have entered the kind of good stress that is making me ecstatic and at the same time a bit breathless and wobbly. After spending the last ten months or so moaning about needing another fix for my travel/art retreat…
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An aphorism: “If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill A naturally dyed print on cement by nature: Woven words: First peppers: Surprise! I think that I remember tossing some unidentified seeds here. Cucumbers? Will separate and transplant elsewhere.
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I’ve been known to say that I can only do two of these three creative pursuits at a time: art, cooking, and gardening. I may have to correct that because lately I seem to be down to one at a time. I reached my goals with my gardening. Yay for setting attainable goals! My passion…
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I am back in one of my happy places – my cousin’s house at Lake Waccamaw. This time we are here alone for a couple’s art retreat. Sandy brought canvases and paint, and I brought dyepots, fabrics, yarns, hot plate, Procion dyes, and acrylic paints, paper, brayers, collage materials, and my Gelli plate. Also a…
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Handwoven by me – mostly cotton, soft and comfortable. Buttons made by Homeplace Pottery. The buttons are decorative. The cuffs close with velcro. $40 each, on sale at Elements Gallery.
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“Dingle Cliff Walk,” tapestry. Cotton, linen, and silk; 6 x 8.75 inches. Tweaked the finishing touches today. It was designed from a photo taken on the cliff trail in front of Gorman’s Clifftop House on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland. The mountains in the background are called the Three Sisters. It is a bit wop-sided. I’m…
slowly she turned 