tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13188727395544383032024-02-06T21:08:03.611-07:00Collecting Life Mixed Media Textile ArtistAutumn Summerfield Mixed Media Textile Artiststarseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.comBlogger338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-39619086541015361332014-02-09T14:08:00.000-07:002014-02-09T14:08:08.513-07:00{Painting - A Day This Week...}<div align="center">
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<em>A Day This Week</em></div>
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Just stopping in to share a painting I did yesterday.</div>
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I thought I'd also show some of the progression.</div>
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It has lots of layers underneath that can't be seen. I'm not sure why</div>
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It does add some texture under the paint. Which is really difficult to see in the photos.</div>
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The trunk seemed to give me the biggest problem.</div>
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First the brown... well it had to go.</div>
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Then it's placement wasn't right either so it had to be corrected.</div>
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All in all I am pleased with the final painting.</div>
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Well that's it for now. I figure a short post is better than no post.</div>
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Till next time.</div>
<br />starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-75437810746160693082014-02-02T09:15:00.000-07:002014-02-02T09:15:44.525-07:00{2014 Word of the Year}<br />
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Journey</div>
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I'm recognizing the journey I but began when I was born.</div>
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A journey, I of course have be taking all along. How could I not have been?</div>
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This journey is one back to where I have, in reality, never left.</div>
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A journey "back" to my Source.</div>
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"In time this happened very long ago, In reality it never happened at all"</div>
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ACIM</div>
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starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-56293469423814736762014-01-25T09:58:00.002-07:002014-01-25T09:58:42.867-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I miss you all and my blog too. I just don't seem to have the time to spend creating new posts.</div>
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They seem to take me a long time to create. But I'm still being creative and learning new techniques mostly inspired by artists</div>
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<a href="http://jeanietomanek.com/" target="_blank"> Jeannie Tomanek</a> and <a href="http://fracturedangelics.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kate Thompson</a></div>
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Jeannie has inspired me to paint full figures of people and Kate experimenting with different</div>
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art mediums like old linens and plaster.</div>
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The painting below is my first.</div>
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Below is one of my first attempts at adding plaster - no face yet. Not nearly as much plaster as the two above paintings. </div>
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In these cases more is much more fun.</div>
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Well, I've got a wedding art journal to complete for my son and his wife and I am about to become and grandmother for the first time. So not sure when I'll be back but know I will be. Thanks for </div>
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Love Autumn</div>
starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-9785197922295628572013-08-22T23:46:00.001-07:002013-08-22T23:46:11.028-07:00{Bloom Project}...<div align="center">
I started out making little</div>
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applique flower pieces. That I planned to combine into a larger piece.</div>
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I had several ideas in mind. But not sure exactly what I would do with them.</div>
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I made several flower patches and then began</div>
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to add layers at random.</div>
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Just laying scraps down and stitching here and there.</div>
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I complete these four and was ready to put it all together.</div>
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I had been at the thrift store earlier in the day when I saw this old frame. I didn't</div>
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buy it then but later as I was planning out the final design I remembered it. And knew it would be perfect. </div>
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I got more patches and more ideas for them. So we'll see what I come up with next.</div>
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Art Journal's title </div>
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"Choose to Laugh"</div>
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I don't usually put the spine on until after I have complete the pages</div>
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but I couldn't resist It all came together so quickly.</div>
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Below is the inside back cover. The background fabric is a paint rag, as are </div>
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Some of you may know where these words come from. Although written more</div>
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as <em>we should have laughed at the tiny mad idea</em></div>
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My art is always very personal. With meaning that I incorporated into</div>
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it without necessarily pointing it out. So I love it when someone sees that meaning and asks about it.</div>
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This is such a page.</div>
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The outside back cover is a PSE photo of some snapdragons.</div>
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starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-17846537709488627582013-08-10T13:14:00.001-07:002013-08-10T13:14:35.877-07:00{summer art}...<div align="center">
A different form of painting.</div>
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Exploring painting a more complete body form. Why a bald head I am not entirely</div>
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sure? Only that I like it. </div>
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I have turned her into an art journal cover. Surprise, Surprise!</div>
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I plan to use it as a demo for my next art journal class.</div>
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the inside of the front cover</div>
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I continue to want to spend more time with my dear blog. </div>
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I 'm not ready to give it up. But seem to have so little time for it.</div>
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I think apart of it is that I am having such a time trying to get a quality </div>
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photo. I need to get a better camera. But which one??? So in the meantime</div>
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it is what it is.</div>
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Thank you, everyone who still stops in.</div>
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Love Autumn</div>
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starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-75919553774120228942013-06-02T13:56:00.000-07:002013-06-02T13:56:22.386-07:00{WIP~tree quilt progress}...<div align="center">
WIP ~ continues</div>
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Seems the working title is One Root.</div>
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I don't normally start out with the title in mind. Because at some point</div>
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the piece usually tells me. I will wait to see if the title continues to "explain" itself.</div>
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It's been through, shall I say a pruning.</div>
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I removed at least half, probably more, of the leaves I original had placed. When I saw the photo from a couple of posts ago (which had been in the camera for a few weeks) I noticed that it looked better with the branches visible. So I spent a couple of hours removing dozens and dozens of leaves, adding some pink leaves and cutting in some root shapes. I am considering making the roots a bit 3 dimensional.</div>
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I'll revisit that after it's been quilted.</div>
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When I say I removed a lot of leaves, I mean a lot. These will be showing up either in a lot of other projects and/or on the back of the quilt. It does seem like a ready made opportunity</div>
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to add interest to the back of the quilt. Many, many fallen leaves.</div>
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I think it's about ready to take down from the wall, get the back ready and start quilting.</div>
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starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-50637027144861600572013-05-31T08:25:00.001-07:002013-05-31T08:25:59.756-07:00{a fabric watch can you do that?}...<div align="center">
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I haven't worn a watch in a number of years now. Every time I put one on, within a short time, it would stop working. I would set it aside and low and behold it would start working again.</div>
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This happened with several different watches over many months. So I just stopped.</div>
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The challenge for this watch was the <em>Tie One On </em>at TTAS (Textiles and Textures Artist Studio)</div>
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The idea is to use a necktie and create something.</div>
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So I took the point end of the necktie and used it as the base for my wrist wrap watch.</div>
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I added a digital watch face, some up cycled lace, scrape fabrics from the desk top, a couple of beads and a shabby ribbon for the tie on. </div>
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SO what time is it? As the watch show it's time to Play</div>
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Another different wrist wrap altogether.</div>
starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-90447624850540794962013-05-25T08:27:00.000-07:002013-05-25T08:29:31.680-07:00{Announcing My First Ever Workshhop and New WIP}...<div style="text-align: center;">
Dear blog friends,</div>
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I've been MIA (missing in action) for so long I hardly know what to say. </div>
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But thanks for stopping back in.</div>
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All is well, I've just been trying to do less.</div>
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Relaxing, gardening, reading. </div>
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Not a whole lot to blog about. Or at least I didn't think so.</div>
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Then a couple of months ago I was asked to join a new Artist's Studio shop here in Prescott, AZ. Well when I heard the name <em>Textiles and Textures</em> and met Debra and Nellie, the sisters who own the new shop I was excited and I jumped back in. </div>
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So I'm practicing practicing balance. </div>
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One of the things I enjoy about this new shop is that the artists can come in and work on their art right there. The shop has only been open a couple of months so things are still just gearing up.</div>
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I've got a new quilt in progress.</div>
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Sorry the pic is not a better quality. I took it with my cell phone.</div>
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But I think you can get the idea.</div>
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I'll take my real camera and get a better shop soon.</div>
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In the mean time...</div>
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If you live local, or are visiting the Prescott area I invite you to stop in and watch the progress.</div>
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I am usually there on Fridays between noonish and 2. Although not always. Remember practicing balance.</div>
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It's already changed since I took this photo a few weeks ago.</div>
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Now here comes the tricking part in balancing, work, play, art, relaxing.</div>
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They offer regular workshops. And yes, yours truly, has agreed to do one.</div>
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Yikes, my first, ever.</div>
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But I've been asked several times and well</div>
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it's just plain time to do it. So here are the details.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Autumn Summerfield will share techniques for constructing your journal from fabrics, notions and ephemera. Explore your visual language. In essence an art journal is the combination of making art and journaling. It is a place to play and experiment with art materials in new ways. An art journal is a space for questions, a place for thoughts, a safe container for ideas. Enjoy the process while you listen to your art. Register in advance. Space limited. Techniques oriented for all skill levels. <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="tel:928-227-2659" target="_blank" value="+19282272659">928-227-2659</a> or <a href="mailto:TextilesTextures@cableone.net" target="_blank">TextilesTextures@cableone.net</a> to reserve your place.</span></span></div>
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And here is the outline for the 3 classes</div>
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from my flyer. It think having the 3 classes is ideal. We could not possible hope to</div>
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complete an art journal in just one sitting. No matter how long it was.</div>
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This way you will have a week to work on your journal pages and prepare</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe Script"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I will show you the foundational techniques I use to create my art
journals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then by repeating and changing
up these techniques you will be able to create numerous pages where each is
unique to your personal style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
workshop is for anyone who has ever wanted to create an art journal, for those
who have never created an art journal or for those who have kept a journal for
a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Class 1- Covers… where it
all begins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using
photos printed on fabric<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adding a
pocket<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Raw edge
applique <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Class 2 - Pages… adding
text, layers and interest</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Journaling
with found poetry<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Creating
sheer pages<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using lace, gloves or dollies<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Class 3 - Putting it all
together… binding and adding dangles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Creating
a fabric spine</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Attaching
our pages to the spine<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adding 3
dimensional items and dangles</span></span></div>
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Well this post is done.</div>
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Does it really take an hour to post? Or was it more. Hope there are not too many typos.</div>
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Anyway I hope to be back soon.</div>
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~Autumn</div>
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starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-34150715348675256752012-11-11T15:55:00.001-07:002012-11-11T15:55:29.429-07:00{a tiny little painting}...<div align="center">
Finally had sometime to do a little painting. And considering I am painting</div>
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entire rooms in my house this really is tiny.</div>
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This is the original painting and below</div>
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is another after being altered in PSE.</div>
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I'm experimenting a bit with a different style in hair. She's a little 5X6. </div>
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I have a large canvas and I'm thinking</div>
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perhaps I could do a really large painting</div>
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as I am feeling a bit more convenient in my painting abilities.</div>
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And seeing how I got the canvas at the Goodwill and learning that</div>
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you just keep painting over and over, layer after layer until you get something you like.</div>
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What do I have to lose?</div>
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Until later. Thanks for stopping by.</div>
starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-63560975609809481872012-10-28T08:30:00.000-07:002012-10-28T08:30:35.279-07:00{give it a go}...<div align="center">
A Sundance catalog painting by artist Rebecca Puig, inspired my painting.</div>
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I really found the painting unique so I thought "just give it a go and try</div>
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it yourself".</div>
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She's titled <em>expressing thanks.</em></div>
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My painting is a personal reflection of me . </div>
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And when I display it in my home it speaks directly</div>
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<em>to,</em> or perhaps is speaking to me <em>from</em> my soul. </div>
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Jeanne Carbonetti said "that when we create from the unity of </div>
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body, mind, and spirit, we are one with our muse, and our work</div>
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is always original, and always powerful".</div>
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I think she's correct.</div>
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the inspiration</div>
starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-82757714564875421342012-09-23T11:37:00.002-07:002012-09-23T11:38:47.929-07:00{continuing pages for Christmas Art jOURNaL}...<div align="center">
A few page options for my Christmas Journal.</div>
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I've included a couple of magazine pictures I have been saving to use in the journal</div>
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along with a couple of altered photos.</div>
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The page below includes more personal Christmas items. Along with one</div>
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of the same magazine photos.</div>
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I plan to use one of these 1st two photo layouts as the first page in the journal. Then beginning with page 2 I will</div>
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begin the family photo pages interspersed with all sorts of non tradition page sizes and items.</div>
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The 2 photos below are from the box I packed these ornaments in last year.</div>
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I'm not sure which of these photos I perfer.</div>
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But I think they will be on the inside back cover.</div>
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Before I can assemble the pages I will need to decide what will be on the outside back cover and page 2. I have begun the first of the family photos from 1972. But haven't any idea about the back cover yet.</div>
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But enough time has been spent on this for now.</div>
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I didn't get enough takers for my photo challenge to do a post. But if Eden still wants to send hers I will post it. Thanks Eden, maybe next time more will join it. I think maybe you have to have hundreds of viewers for a challege to work.</div>
starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-23800782417222435602012-09-07T08:44:00.001-07:002012-09-07T08:44:26.639-07:00{from photograph to faux painting and challenge}...<div align="center">
I set out to create a piece of art in red and yellows. Not colors I usually work with.</div>
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Using only PSE, and a bit of luck with my layering I came up with this.</div>
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I am really pleased with the results.</div>
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Once I created the photo I attached it to a 3" wide styoform block that I had prepared with a</div>
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plaster texture. This allows it to sit on a table or hang on a wall. It's now at the Raven Cafe </div>
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Collage Show.</div>
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Below is the original photo from moguefile.com </div>
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I don't have all of the layers available to show as I work with so many combinations</div>
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it's difficult to remember which one's I keep. </div>
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But after doing a bit of cropping, and a hue/saturation to tone down the colors</div>
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I tried a Gaussian blur, which I often try, but rarely keep as the results seem to just create an out of focus photo. And not in a pleasing way. But this time it looked really great and showed real promise. I then add a greenish yellow layer a couple of times and grunged it up a bit with some brushes.</div>
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It's just amazing how this nice photo can become so much more.</div>
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If you took a dozen people, even a hundred people they would all come up with just as many</div>
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other amazing results.</div>
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Which suggests.</div>
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Why not offer a challenge. Is anyone game? What can you do with this photo?</div>
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" they" say Summertime is coming to it's official end this weekend.</div>
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So after bring in some fresh cut Echinacea flowers. I shot a few photos of the old dried</div>
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of it. I haven't been in PSE much this summer so it was time well enjoyed.</div>
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There are sooooo many choices in photo editing and I always wonder why I am so attracted to </div>
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whatever it is I see in them that is so beautiful to me. Why this combination of layers? Rather than another? So when I came across the following quote from Carl Jung. I knew I was not alone in my wondering. And that there must be something to it.</div>
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<em> and accept it as your guide</em>. ~ Carl Jung</div>
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Now if I just knew where is was guiding me!</div>
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starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-24508773609235218202012-08-28T08:15:00.000-07:002012-09-09T08:33:32.573-07:00{Raven Art Show}...<div align="center">
I'm excited to let all of you locals know that I will have several pieces of art </div>
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I'm with a great group of Collage Artists</div>
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that will have our art displayed until Oct 7.</div>
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The Raven is a really fun cafe in downtown Prescott.</div>
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Opening reception is this Thursday, August 30th from 5-7 pm.</div>
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I may not be able to get there until 5:30. So I hope you'll wait around for me</div>
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I love to see you.</div>
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I wanted to have a more translucent look to painting on fabric then </div>
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So I sat down with a limited palette of paint (2 colors) and supplies, grabbed a piece of</div>
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I wish my camera would capture the colors accurately. The golds you see are actually</div>
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shades of much prettier yellows. Anyway...</div>
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The hand of the fabric is quite acceptable for these small pieces.</div>
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I added the white "flowers" with the paint straight out of the bottle which of course </div>
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Echinaceas are growing everywhere. And I had the perfect little vase waiting for them.</div>
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Then of course the camera had to come out and the next thing I knew PSE was opening ~ just to see</div>
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All the while contemplating the question from yesterday experience?</div>
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That if in a moment of absolute clarity, when you suddenly realize that your life was designed with perfect care for your well being. Then if even this one tiny moment of your life was perfect</div>
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would that not mean that the whole of your life has been perfect?</div>
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And if this is True for me then would it not be True for everyone?</div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-73534348791837889382012-07-28T08:30:00.000-07:002012-07-28T08:30:21.827-07:00{local art graffiti}...<div align="center">
I love to catch the messages </div>
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we are receiving all the time.</div>
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It's just a matter of being present in our lives.</div>
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I could just have easily have missed this little graffiti sign</div>
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as not. And who knows how long its been there. I drive by this fence often.</div>
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The original ~ on the street...</div>
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Have any of you locals seen it? </div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-85800292180980240492012-07-22T06:58:00.000-07:002012-07-22T06:58:49.244-07:00{da vinci for everyone}...<div style="text-align: center;">
While we have all heard of and know Da Vinci's art.</div>
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I have never <em>felt</em> his art before.</div>
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To feel so connected to his art and perhaps even Da Vinci himself was unexpected.</div>
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But that's what happen. I had spent several hours (it's been raining again) working in PSE</div>
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to look at the finished pieces this art felt like it was real and alive in my live.</div>
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<em>Head of Madonna</em></div>
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I hope he would approve. </div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-60655093765193320152012-07-15T09:49:00.001-07:002012-07-15T09:56:09.877-07:00{freshing up the blog banner}...<div align="center">Well ~ even though I haven't been <span style="font-family: inherit;">spending</span> much time blogging lately</div><div align="center">I felt my banner really needed a renewal.</div><div align="center">So here it is. </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKFMUwwKkPFOpiQxlmhPcQsqEGc-XoA35LEeMzKza-4mkkXigcTZZXkIsC4W4ApykN-3PJmS3I2cWFNarUdZ3o3NriSFcslTRRBsPM1uX0QRlEYTPCmW-CdsuXk_31Sd74SmEXUW2hAay/s1600/blog-banner-4_no-frame-s.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKFMUwwKkPFOpiQxlmhPcQsqEGc-XoA35LEeMzKza-4mkkXigcTZZXkIsC4W4ApykN-3PJmS3I2cWFNarUdZ3o3NriSFcslTRRBsPM1uX0QRlEYTPCmW-CdsuXk_31Sd74SmEXUW2hAay/s640/blog-banner-4_no-frame-s.gif" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I'm still spending most of my time relaxing and gardening. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">after the storms this week, in which hail and wind destroyed most of the flowering plants </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">and trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I have leaves plaster to the front of my house).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its more like major clean up than gardening.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">So while the rains have stopped, for now, I think I will go outside and <strike>do some more clean up</strike> play some more. Play because here in Arizona we do love the rain. </div></span><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"></div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-70504720200469123932012-07-08T17:53:00.001-07:002012-07-08T18:07:31.090-07:00{OMG I don't even recognize blogger}...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
When I did my last post I didn't know I would be gone sooooo long.</div>
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I've been doing more home decor projects and gardening then art of late and</div>
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I've also been doing a lot of reading and contemplation this summer. Just relaxing. </div>
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But I've got the collage show coming up in August at</div>
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The Raven Cafe here in Prescott. I wanted to do at least one fiber piece for the show.</div>
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So I ask by looking at the photo below what could all this <strike>mess </strike>I mean layers be?</div>
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This is how it all starts. Collage means layers so... Grab a bunch of fabric for the collage layers,</div>
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rip them into strips, mix in a few thoughts and then lay them all out into some kind of</div>
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cohesive whole.</div>
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Below is the result. This project sort of took hold of me and wouldn't let go until </div>
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I completed it. Whenever I tried to go in another direction nothing worked.</div>
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I spent a whole day trying to go another direction and at the end of the day</div>
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I had nothing. It felted like such a waste of time. </div>
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But in the morning it was clear that this is what I needed to complete before </div>
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moving on.</div>
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I kept the edges raw, a layer, which seemed a bit odd for such a large piece.</div>
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But I got over it.</div>
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I've gotten comfortable with loose threads and raw edges for my art journals </div>
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but this was different. Or at least I thought it was thinking you "shouldn't"</div>
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have raw edges and threads. But it would have been a very different look if I had seamed</div>
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all the edges. I would not have liked it nearly as much.</div>
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I'd love to hear your thoughts on the raw edges.</div>
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Close ups</div>
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It reads</div>
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...<em>and just when</em></div>
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<em>you think the whole world is going to implode</em></div>
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<em>from hatred, separateness, and fear</em></div>
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<em>when light, liberty, and sacredness are missing</em></div>
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<em>their are still those who will see the beauty</em></div>
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<em>who will act with kindness </em></div>
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<em>and </em></div>
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<em>who will live with hope and gratitude</em></div>
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<em>these are the souls that carry</em></div>
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<em>the entire planet</em></div>
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I've put this thought into my own words which I've adapted </div>
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from a quote I read from<em> </em><a href="http://www.tut.com/" target="_blank"><em>Tut Notes from the Universe</em></a></div>
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Like I said I've been spending time contemplating things lately </div>
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and this just took hold of me.</div>
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Now I need to keep blogging. I feel so out of it.</div>
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</div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-65084632474358358322012-03-18T16:48:00.000-07:002012-03-18T16:48:12.821-07:00{one last blast of winter}...<div align="center">While we are experiencing a winter blizzard - 18" of snow and counting.</div><div align="center">I have been spending a little time in PSE with some photos of spring flowers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC7wWR309XLB73sR-gZo2CdHH7ZE9Fsha-58WZz0SdKAfeqKGEenxjWJcht6LpPiiwErRQOw4Yx5KB3PlMXxyBEAzUKYJDgklhvZDw0zOTksqmIJbrYxi1wOpBsKEON5xOEr3hMhTSU6i/s1600/one-flower-large_with-words.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC7wWR309XLB73sR-gZo2CdHH7ZE9Fsha-58WZz0SdKAfeqKGEenxjWJcht6LpPiiwErRQOw4Yx5KB3PlMXxyBEAzUKYJDgklhvZDw0zOTksqmIJbrYxi1wOpBsKEON5xOEr3hMhTSU6i/s1600/one-flower-large_with-words.gif" /></a></div><div align="center">knowing full well spring will return shortly.</div><div align="center">I'm really glad I didn't plant the peony shrub outside on Friday.</div><div align="center"></div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-79988305164500284822012-03-03T09:34:00.000-07:002012-03-03T09:34:27.074-07:00{more fiber and poem}...<div align="center">You may remember when I got this window frame last year.</div><div align="center">Since then I have played with different ways to use and display it.</div><div align="center">My first decision was whether or not to put glass in it. I decided I would if I could find some "interesting" glass.</div><div align="center">So off my sister and I went to a local glass shop. He had some textured glass that seem perfect.</div><div align="center">So I added glass. The texture is subtle and difficult to see it the photo. But it looks old. And heavy. </div><div align="center">Now</div><div align="center">for my most recent use of the frame I stitched a</div><div align="center"> Hafiz poem title using ribbon to add width to the lettering. I want the stitching to be large so the whole poem</div><div align="center">was out of the question for this piece. Although the whole poem may show up at a later time.</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KNBQKWBrHnhG_xP6zaCIJxlGjSTNYoE2Nkew_UvIrcEekSslbh0VgWgaDD3KyQHiAYgmYaHG0oqPpbAWvZ28w-NtPFuJOtpdhe7mQN-u1ZY94cOMnTF83nX2MyYSsG6q58UM4EFWqYqS/s1600/P3030011.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KNBQKWBrHnhG_xP6zaCIJxlGjSTNYoE2Nkew_UvIrcEekSslbh0VgWgaDD3KyQHiAYgmYaHG0oqPpbAWvZ28w-NtPFuJOtpdhe7mQN-u1ZY94cOMnTF83nX2MyYSsG6q58UM4EFWqYqS/s640/P3030011.gif" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the poem in it's entirety</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who wrote all the music</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is it now<br />
that I come to you like a humble servant<br />
willing to feed you brilliant words and love<br />
from my own sacred mouth and hands,<br />
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willing to say, "I am sorry,<br />
I am sorry for all your pain"?<br />
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It is because when God<br />
fully revealed Himself in me.<br />
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I saw that it was Hafiz<br />
who wrote all the music you have been playing.<br />
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I saw it was Hafiz<br />
who wrote all your notes of sadness,<br />
but also etched and gave you<br />
every ecstatic wince of joy your face, body,<br />
and heart has ever known.<br />
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Okay my dear,<br />
you have stumbled enough in the earth's sweet dance,<br />
you have paid all your dues<br />
many times.<br />
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Now let's get down to the real reason<br />
why we sit together and breathe<br />
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and begin the laughing, the divine laughing,<br />
like great heroic women<br />
and magnificent<br />
strong men. ~ Hafiz</span></em></span></span></div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-35473391702664249362012-02-25T11:47:00.001-07:002012-02-25T11:47:40.704-07:00{the post that almost had no title}...<div align="center">3 finished pieces. </div><div align="center"> I only used one of the original photo collages I started with. </div><div align="center">I wanted something with a bit less of a polished look. So I chose</div><div align="center">a couple of my first paintings.</div><div align="center">But how to attach? There are so many options.</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3P1hJDq9mx7UxjLrcj49wL_uInkHbUBUftG4JLEZ30vnvGW1zUEDOk0kpyfIFxeUHPmqWByHmpyxHxTB6YD3UgEcauRkMXPYEfzGHWHQAOYd8Z9bXSxhdtF5rEwDyrQK3D-lnFFHLYVL/s1600/P2250007-4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3P1hJDq9mx7UxjLrcj49wL_uInkHbUBUftG4JLEZ30vnvGW1zUEDOk0kpyfIFxeUHPmqWByHmpyxHxTB6YD3UgEcauRkMXPYEfzGHWHQAOYd8Z9bXSxhdtF5rEwDyrQK3D-lnFFHLYVL/s1600/P2250007-4.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> After considering encaustic. I went with gel and matte medium instead.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know these materials better. My experiments using encaustic are still to unpredicatable.</div><div style="text-align: center;">More on that someday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm64M8TUiGD_rDDqnOQIRz3f58wBBAIinxNdKMWfmxslkT5mBLEtUnnzOtBqSJxVW8wZMwS-PFywx1cwr46ARoaR3_78qPFpGV9LBmzaQUBinADhqioP5QM5dhmo87enWTTJIotdZKaIj/s1600/P2250003-4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm64M8TUiGD_rDDqnOQIRz3f58wBBAIinxNdKMWfmxslkT5mBLEtUnnzOtBqSJxVW8wZMwS-PFywx1cwr46ARoaR3_78qPFpGV9LBmzaQUBinADhqioP5QM5dhmo87enWTTJIotdZKaIj/s1600/P2250003-4.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the sides. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A solid color white or black would have been fine </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I wanted something "different". Whatever that meant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a grunge ribbon around them for a while and I was about to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">go with that when inspiration struck. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laying on the desk top were writing scraps from </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">another printing experiment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was the perfect touch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was just what I was wanting.</div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1318872739554438303.post-83112269864156438442012-02-19T08:51:00.000-07:002012-02-19T08:51:08.689-07:00{6X6 Canvas Art ~ paper}<div style="text-align: center;">A couple of little pieces of canvas art. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Collecting paper can be as addicting</div><div style="text-align: center;">as collecting fabric. So it was time to dive into my paper stash for </div><div style="text-align: center;">a little collage work.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been starting the day with this in my mind.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's layer upon layer of paper petals or rays depending on whether</div><div style="text-align: center;">I see a sunflower or the sun</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-FCznvoBc0Ob58Fa4q1eOpuFXD11ob8TQBb9spgKrKDU4Ho3Dh4p1MEOgSLB-hna9pyZE3EzVLK_Zh9kXtktW8RJr8MEFqBZ6DKIVxjL5QJtq70BwzmBuTx3HDgXWbJ0-YZMLzGubMmU/s1600/P2190002.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-FCznvoBc0Ob58Fa4q1eOpuFXD11ob8TQBb9spgKrKDU4Ho3Dh4p1MEOgSLB-hna9pyZE3EzVLK_Zh9kXtktW8RJr8MEFqBZ6DKIVxjL5QJtq70BwzmBuTx3HDgXWbJ0-YZMLzGubMmU/s400/P2190002.gif" width="385" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The second piece is a quote from Walt Whitman.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Made of far fewer layers. I could keep adding more</div><div style="text-align: center;">and more and it may be just as fun but I tend to like the simple clean layout . So I stop. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's bright and cheery and </div><div style="text-align: center;">the quote helps set me free.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh128NJFhEYqjf6OeK7gNkQgBdjRTQbB5G98IA9OugXlZElIPZ9qdmbbojLOxdYxPtnAwfwxEFJcScw3uhr_fT4m3svQTdJhZY7fsGyn3m2LYSc3ZQnshk4ahbEdM233y8OkZFIN7GKhb59/s1600/P2190001.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh128NJFhEYqjf6OeK7gNkQgBdjRTQbB5G98IA9OugXlZElIPZ9qdmbbojLOxdYxPtnAwfwxEFJcScw3uhr_fT4m3svQTdJhZY7fsGyn3m2LYSc3ZQnshk4ahbEdM233y8OkZFIN7GKhb59/s400/P2190001.gif" width="386" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>starseasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720569841123343824noreply@blogger.com1